Nicolas Mejia and Jorge Brian Panta Herreros will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Ambato Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Mejia who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.38
Jorge Brian Panta Herreros -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Jorge Brian Panta Herreros
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Jorge Brian Panta Herreros since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-33 | 18-21 | 23-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-33 | 6-13 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-35 | 13-12 | 15-13 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 16-10 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 293, Nicolas got to the 2nd round after beating Gerald Melzer 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Melzer (7-5 7-66). During the match, Mejia scored 88 points vs Melzer’s 75. Mejia was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mejia bagged 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nicolas Mejia was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (38/47) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mejia broke Melzer twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Mejia has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (135-108). 14-12 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mejia has a compiled73-56 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Colombian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Anapoima and the Cali Challenger.
The Colombian has a composed 27-30 win-loss record in 2022, 14-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
The Colombian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jorge Brian Panta Herreros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12-24 | 5-5 | 6-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-23 | 12-6 | 29-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-16 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-26 | 44-19 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 464 (career-high), the Peruvian reached the 2nd round after defeating Colin Markes 6-4 7-68 and Roberto Quiroz 1-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Quiroz, The Peruvian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-2).During the match Brian Panta Herreros scored less points (5) than Quiroz. In fact, the world no. 293 won 65 points vs Quiroz’s. That means that Brian Panta Herreros was more focused during the important points. The Peruvian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Brian Panta Herreros bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jorge Brian Panta Herreros lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Brian Panta Herreros put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Brian Panta Herreros broke Quiroz 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Jorge’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cancun and M15 Manizales.
Jorge has an aggregate 35-19 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mejia | Brian Panta Herreros |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 48 |
| Pts | 88-75 | 139-134 |
| Total Points | 163 | 273 |
| Winners | 38 | 69 |
| %Winners | 43% | 50% |
Mejia played 1 match while Brian Panta Herreros competed in 2 matches. Brian Panta Herreros started his run from the qualifications while Mejia had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jorge Brian Panta Herreros surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Mejia hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mejia has played 3 set(s) less than Brian Panta Herreros (2 vs 5). Therefore, Mejia played 23 games less than Brian Panta Herreros. Nicolas scored 38 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian scored 69 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mejia | Brian Panta Herreros |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 85/135 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 69/85 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 29/50 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Mejia recorded 13 aces . Brian Panta Herreros fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Mejia won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Brian Panta Herreros won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mejia | Brian Panta Herreros |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Colombian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Jorge broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Brian Panta Herreros conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mejia | |||
| R1 Melzer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-75 | 88-75 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 38/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Brian Panta Herreros | ||||
| Q3 Markes |
R1 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-68 | 1-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 65-70 | 139-134 | |
| Total points | 138 | 135 | 273 | |
| Winners | 33 | 36 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 55% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/62 | 48/73 | 85/135 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/37 | 36/48 | 69/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 75% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/25 | 10/25 | 29/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 40% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/4 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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