Juan Estevez vs Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Clay
- Date & time
- October 12 · 5:00 PM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
At 1.30 or shorter, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez has won 15 of 16 (94%). The price implied 78%, so Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez has beaten it by 16 points.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Juan Estevez will meet Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in the 1st Round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger on October 12, 2026, on clay. Estevez sits ranked 360th; Pacheco Mendez is at 266th. The two have met once before, with Pacheco Mendez claiming that victory.
Estevez has won just one of his last five matches and is on a four-match losing streak. Pacheco Mendez has won four of five before taking a three-week break from competition. On clay, Estevez holds a 50% record in recent play while Pacheco Mendez stands at 40%. Both players defeated Bruno Fernandez and Kangyuan Shi in their recent clay campaigns.
Estevez relies on physicality and sustained baseline pressure to wear opponents down. Pacheco Mendez commands a broader toolkit, mixing pace, court sense, and tactical flexibility. The test for Estevez is whether he can build momentum through dogged baseline exchange; for Pacheco Mendez, whether his sharper game sense and recent winning form translate to rhythm in this first-round test.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Estevez | Pacheco Mendez | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Juan Estevez | Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 83% | 45/54 | 73% | 22/30 |
| Wins a set when losing | 53% | 16/30 | 31% | 8/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 25/84 | 29% | 16/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 30/52 | 57% | 17/30 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 76% | 16/21 | 48% | 11/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 55% | 11/20 | 24% | 4/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 87% | 47/54 | 77% | 24/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 83% | 45/54 | 71% | 22/31 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Estevez
⚔️ The Gladiator
Mendez
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 53% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 688 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Estevez and Mendez have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Estevez | Mendez | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Juan Estevez | Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 93% | 13/14 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 79% | 11/14 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 71% | 10/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 29% | 4/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Estevez | Mendez |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–9 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.99 | 1.73 |
| ROI % | -52.9% | -6.9% |
| Units P/L | -6.87u | -1.10u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Estevez | Mendez |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 1 | 4 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | ARG | VIE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Estevez has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Mendez's 60%).
| Opponent | Estevez | Mendez |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Bergomi | W 60 60 | W 64 61 |
| Segundo Goity Zapico | W 63 26 61 | W 62 62 |
| Bruno Fernandez | W 75 64 | W 57 62 64 |
| Gonzalo Villanueva | W 62 63 | L 36 46 |
| Facundo Mena | L 57 64 06 | L 46 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Murkel Dellien
Antofagasta Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 5
Francisco Comesana
Buenos Aires Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 22
Federico Iannaccone
Plovdiv 3 Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 1
Benito Sanchez Martinez
Augsburg Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 26
Andrej Nedic
Augsburg Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 24
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Sion Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 18
Nico Hipfl
M25 Muttenz · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Alex Bergomi
M25 Muttenz · 1st Round
Aug 12
Ilia Simakin
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · Final
Sep 20
Moise Kouame
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · Semifinals
Sep 19
Philip Sekulic
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Arthur Weber
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 16
Sergio Callejon Hernando
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 14
Max Purcell
Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 8
Andy Andrade
Kingston 2 Challenger · Semifinals
Aug 28
Miguel Tobon
Kingston 2 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 27
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–84 matches
| Metric | Estevez | Mendez |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 64% | 54% |
| Sets won | 64% | 53% |
| Games won | 57% | 53% |