Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs Juan Alejandro Hernandez Head-to-Head Stats, Results & Performance Comparison

Welcome to the comedy club of tennis stats, where Hernandez and Mendez are about to perform their greatest hits—or at least attempt to. Speaking of attempts, Hernandez and second serve points have a love-hate relationship, clocking in at 41.14% over the past six months. Mendez, the overachiever, manages a respectable 46.83%. With returns, Hernandez seems to be channeling a psychic, winning 47.11% of second serve return points. Mendez isn't far behind with 45.95%, while both players return around a quarter of their opponents' first serves.

Under pressure, Hernandez might need a chill pill having saved 44.31% of breakpoints, while cool-as-a-cucumber Mendez saves 54.35%. Though, when it comes to career surfaces, Hernandez seems to dream of clay—winning 55% on the softer ground, but hits a brick wall on indoor hard courts at 20%. Mendez does the inverse tango, pirouetting on indoor hard courts with a 67% win rate, and tripping up just a bit on clay at 47%.

Now, let's talk event levels. Hernandez has been flexing his muscles at the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, swaggering with 62.86% wins. Meanwhile, Mendez is earning his stripes at the Challengers/ITF tournaments over $10K, winning 44.44% of the time. They’ve tangoed just once before, and let’s just say Mendez led the dance with a breezy 6-3, 6-1 victory, lasting a grand total of 1:24:22. Oh, and no tiebreaks or deciding sets to vamp up the drama—so far.

The opponent quality is a face-off of ranks with Hernandez facing blokes at an average of 407.63, while Mendez ups the ante with opponents ranked 352.55. Efficiency cats will note Hernandez converts breakpoints like a coupon collector at 34.55%, while Mendez just snips past with 32.67%. For those betting on deciding sets, Hernandez sits at a lukewarm 36% win rate, with Mendez heating things up to a solid 50% across the board.

When the ball drops—and certainly it will—if there’s anyone quipping on Mendez being the more likely to triumph, it’s likely not because of their jokes. Based on these stats, Mendez might just waltz off with the trophy, leaving Hernandez to work on that second serve punchline.