Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Bor Artnak will face off in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is the pick to win this match.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.182
Bor Artnak -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Bor Artnak
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Bor Artnak since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
15 - 10win/loss
261
196
LWWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-20 | 23-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-34 | 8-12 | 18-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 22-12 | 12-14 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 6-6 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 270, the Mexican got to the 2nd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Rodrigo had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-2 6-2). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 66 points vs Mcdonald’s 42. Rodrigo was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pacheco Mendez blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco Mendez put 69% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Rodrigo broke Mcdonald 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Pacheco Mendez has won exactly 50% of his matches (94-95) in the last 5 years. 4-1 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Pacheco Mendez has a composed43-50 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Mexican’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Metepec Challenger and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
Rodrigo has a compiled 14-10 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Bor Artnak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-18 | 5-4 | 25-12 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-19 | 7-5 | 24-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-26 | 10-11 | 29-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 16-7 | 28-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-12 | 9-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 479, Artnak reached the 2nd round after beating Guillaume Dalmasso 6-3 6-3, Patrick Zahraj 7-5 6-4 and Alan Magadan 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Artnak defeated Magadan (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Artnak scored 93 points vs Magadan’s 77. Artnak was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Artnak fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Bor Artnak lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Artnak put 53% of his first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (26/42) on the 2nd serve. Artnak broke Magadan 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Artnak’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Las Vegas.
The Slovenian has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2026, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pacheco Mendez | Artnak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 69 |
| Pts | 66-42 | 245-212 |
| Total Points | 108 | 457 |
| Winners | 29 | 75 |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% |
Pacheco Mendez played 1 match while Artnak competed in 3 matches. Artnak started his run from the qualifications while Pacheco Mendez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Bor Artnak lost 1 set while Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pacheco Mendez has played 5 set(s) less than Artnak (2 vs 7). Therefore, Pacheco Mendez played 53 games less than Artnak. Pacheco Mendez scored 29 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Bor scored 75 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pacheco Mendez | Artnak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 134/230 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 29/33 | 75/134 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 57/96 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 59% |
Pacheco Mendez blasted 5 aces . Artnak bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Pacheco Mendez won 88% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Artnak won 56% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pacheco Mendez | Artnak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 17/39 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 27 |
| Saved | 1 | 16 |
| % Saved | 100% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 11 |
Pacheco Mendez broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Mexican pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Slovenian broke his opponents 17 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pacheco Mendez | |||
| R1 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 66-42 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/33 | 29/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Artnak | |||||
| Q1 Dalmasso |
Q3 Zahraj |
R1 Magadan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 29 | 69 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 72-70 | 93-77 | 245-212 | |
| Total points | 145 | 142 | 170 | 457 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 29 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 28% | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 36/67 | 48/90 | 134/230 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 54% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/50 | 20/36 | 29/48 | 75/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 56% | 60% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 15/31 | 26/42 | 57/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 48% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/13 | 6/14 | 17/39 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/9 | 6/11 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 56% | 55% | 182% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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