Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Nicolas Mejia will square off in the final of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 1.63
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
19 - 9win/loss
31
30
LWWWWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-25 | 15-9 | 10-5 | 13-7 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-27 | 21-12 | 9-9 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 31-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-22 | 5-6 | 15-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160 (career-high), Giovanni got to the final after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 7-65 7-63, Aidan Mayo 7-66 6-4, Maxime Janvier 6-3 7-64 and Adam Walton 7-66 5-7 7-5.
In the semifinal, The French player defeated Walton (7-66 5-7 7-5). During the match, Mpetshi Perricard scored 118 points vs Walton’s 106. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mpetshi Perricard buried his opponent with 31 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was quite effective on serve to win 89% (57/64) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giovanni broke Walton once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mpetshi Perricard has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Mpetshi Perricard has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (116-94). 7-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mpetshi Perricard has a compiled33-20 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Nottingham Challenger where he overcame Matteo Martineau in the final 7-6(2) 6-4.
The French player has an aggregate 18-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
21 - 10win/loss
219
215
LLLWLWWLLW | 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. 333, the Colombian reached the final after defeating Manuel Sanchez 6-0 6-2, Ryan Seggerman 6-3 6-73 6-1, Zachary Svajda 0-6 6-3 6-0, Dominik Palan 7-5 6-3, Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 and Maxime Cressy 7-66 7-65.
In the semifinal, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Cressy (7-66 7-65). During the match Mejia scored 93 points vs Cressy’s 86. The Colombian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Mejia blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (36/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the 2nd serve. Mejia broke Cressy 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.
Nicolas has a compiled 21-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mpetshi Perricard | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 108 | 131 |
| Pts | 339-302 | 457-370 |
| Total Points | 641 | 827 |
| Winners | 183 | 197 |
| %Winners | 54% | 43% |
Mpetshi Perricard played 4 matches while Mejia competed in 6 matches. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Mpetshi Perricard had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard dropped 1 set, while Nicolas Mejia conceded 2 sets. Mpetshi Perricard has played 5 set(s) less than Mejia (9 vs 14). Therefore, Mpetshi Perricard played 23 games less than Mejia. Mpetshi Perricard scored 183 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian made 197 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mpetshi Perricard | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 100 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 25 | 5 |
| 1st in | 202/314 | 268/399 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 183/202 | 197/268 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 62/112 | 75/131 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Mpetshi Perricard recorded 100 aces (25 per match). Mejia struck 30 aces (5 per match). Mpetshi Perricard won 91% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mpetshi Perricard | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 24 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 24/57 |
| % Converted | 27% | 42% |
| Conceded | 9 | 25 |
| Saved | 7 | 15 |
| % Saved | 78% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 10 |
Mpetshi Perricard broke his opponents 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponents 24 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mpetshi Perricard | ||||||
| R1 Escobedo |
R2 Mayo |
1/4 Janvier |
1/2 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-63 | 7-66 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | 7-66 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 22 | 37 | 108 | |
| pts | 70-72 | 84-73 | 67-51 | 118-106 | 339-302 | |
| Total points | 142 | 157 | 118 | 224 | 641 | |
| Winners | 42 | 44 | 40 | 57 | 183 | |
| %Winners | 60% | 52% | 60% | 48% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 27 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 100 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 47/76 | 51/78 | 40/57 | 64/103 | 202/314 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 65% | 70% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/47 | 44/51 | 40/40 | 57/64 | 183/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 86% | 100% | 89% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 12/27 | 10/17 | 22/39 | 62/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 44% | 59% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 2/9 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 22% | 50% | 25% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | – | 67% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mejia | ||||||||
| Q1 Sanchez |
Q3 Seggerman |
R1 Svajda |
R2 Palan |
1/4 Pospisil |
1/2 Cressy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-73 6-1 | 0-6 6-3 6-0 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-66 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 131 | |
| pts | 52-23 | 95-76 | 76-66 | 70-59 | 71-60 | 93-86 | 457-370 | |
| Total points | 75 | 171 | 142 | 129 | 131 | 179 | 827 | |
| Winners | 21 | 44 | 30 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 197 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 39% | 53% | 41% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 62/91 | 46/64 | 44/62 | 35/58 | 58/89 | 268/399 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 68% | 72% | 71% | 60% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 44/62 | 30/46 | 37/44 | 29/35 | 36/58 | 197/268 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 71% | 65% | 84% | 83% | 62% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 18/29 | 7/18 | 10/18 | 12/23 | 21/31 | 75/131 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 62% | 39% | 56% | 52% | 68% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 6/14 | 2/5 | 3/15 | 3/8 | 24/57 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 43% | 40% | 20% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 25 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 33% | 100% | 75% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
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