Nicolas Mejia and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Bogota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT KIA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.36
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
This will be the 2nd time that Nicolas Mejia and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodriguez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Rodriguez won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in the San Luis Potosi Challenger back in 2025.
Nicolas Mejia
25 - 17win/loss
121
115
LLLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-22 | 14-15 | 13-4 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-33 | 21-19 | 18-6 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 165, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Fermin Tenti 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Tenti (6-3 6-2). During the match, Mejia scored 59 points vs Tenti’s 43. Mejia was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mejia fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nicolas Mejia was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tenti 4 times.
Mejia has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (273-227). 9-4 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mejia has a composed 142-91 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.
The Colombian has an overall 25-17 win-loss record in 2026, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2025. See his history.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
13 - 17win/loss
472
157
LWLWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-20 | 1-1 | 16-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 51-40 | 4-4 | 47-35 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-35 | 4-5 | 28-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 384, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Samuel Alejandro Linde Palacios 7-6(1) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Linde Palacios (7-61 6-3). During the match Rodriguez scored 76 points vs Alejandro Linde Palacios’s 61. Rodriguez was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Rodriguez struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Alejandro Linde Palacios 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Argentine has an aggregate 13-17 win-loss record in 2026, 12-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mejia | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 59-43 | 76-61 |
| Total Points | 102 | 137 |
| Winners | 23 | 29 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Mejia and Rodriguez played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mejia and Rodriguez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mejia played 5 games less than Rodriguez. Nicolas scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Rodriguez managed to score 29 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mejia | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 31/60 | 38/77 |
| %1st in | 52% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 29/38 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 46% |
Mejia bagged 6 aces . Rodriguez blasted 7 aces . Mejia won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mejia | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Mejia broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Colombian lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mejia | |||
| R1 Tenti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/60 | 31/60 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rodriguez | |||
| R1 Alejandro Linde Palacios |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 76-61 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/77 | 38/77 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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