Christopher Eubanks and Nicolas Mejia will square off in the final of the Orlando 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher Eubanks who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.42
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Nicolas Mejia
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Nicolas Mejia play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Eubanks won 6-3 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Little Rock Challenger back in June 2021.
Christopher Eubanks
Ranked no. 241, Christopher got to the final after defeating Alexander Ritschard 6-3 6-4, Mitchell Krueger 7-65 7-63, Nicolas Jarry 6-3 7-5 and Sam Riffice 6-3 7-63.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Jarry (6-3 7-5). During the match, Eubanks scored 68 points vs Jarry’s 62. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Eubanks scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher Eubanks was quite effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Jarry 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Eubanks started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Eubanks has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 54% of his matches (110-92). 6-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Eubanks has an overall79-59 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Christopher has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orlando 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
Nicolas Mejia
Ranked no. 341, Mejia reached the final after defeating Edan Leshem 7-66 6-3, Nicolas Alvarez 6-3 7-5, Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-4 6-1, Guido Andreozzi 7-5 6-3, Jenson Brooksby w/o and Jc Aragone 1-6 7-61 6-0.
In the semifinal against Aragone, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-61 6-0). During the match Mejia scored 83 points vs Aragone’s 80. Mejia was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Mejia bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 61% of his first serves in, winning 58% (29/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Aragone 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mejia started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Colombian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Salinas Challenger.
Mejia has a compiled 16-12 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Eubanks | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 88 | 107 |
| Pts | 301-260 | 362-317 |
| Total Points | 561 | 679 |
| Winners | 154 | 144 |
| %Winners | 51% | 40% |
Eubanks played 4 matches while Mejia competed in 5 matches. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Eubanks had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia surrendered 1 set while Christopher Eubanks hasn’t dropped a set so far. Eubanks has played 3 set(s) less than Mejia (8 vs 11). Therefore, Eubanks played 19 games less than Mejia. Eubanks scored 154 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas recorded 144 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Eubanks | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 38 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 195/286 | 214/347 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 154/195 | 144/214 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 49/91 | 75/133 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Eubanks blasted 38 aces (9.5 per match). Mejia scored 24 aces (4.8 per match). Eubanks won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Eubanks | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 19 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 19/33 |
| % Converted | 35% | 58% |
| Conceded | 9 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 78% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
Christopher broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Eubanks surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Mejia broke his opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Eubanks | |||||
| R1 Ritschard |
R2 Krueger |
1/4 Jarry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 7-63 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 21 | 66 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 89-78 | 68-62 | 230-201 | |
| Total points | 134 | 167 | 130 | 431 | |
| Winners | 34 | 44 | 34 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 50% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 13 | 3 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 46/69 | 54/81 | 47/65 | 147/215 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 44/54 | 34/47 | 112/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 81% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 18/27 | 10/18 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 67% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 0/3 | 3/7 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 0% | 43% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 0% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mejia | ||||||||
| Q1 Leshem |
Q3 Alvarez |
R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Andreozzi |
1/4 Brooksby |
1/2 Aragone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | w/o | 1-6 7-61 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 17 | 21 | – | 26 | 107 | |
| pts | 75-69 | 65-51 | 68-53 | 71-64 | – | 83-80 | 362-317 | |
| Total points | 144 | 116 | 121 | 135 | – | 163 | 679 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 29 | 25 | – | 29 | 144 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 43% | 35% | – | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 38/65 | 45/69 | 36/63 | – | 50/82 | 214/347 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 58% | 65% | 57% | – | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 30/38 | 29/45 | 25/36 | – | 29/50 | 144/214 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 79% | 64% | 69% | – | 58% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 15/27 | 16/24 | 18/27 | – | 15/32 | 75/133 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 56% | 67% | 67% | – | 47% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/8 | – | 6/6 | 19/33 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 60% | 38% | – | 100% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | 9 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3/4 | – | 4/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 100% | 75% | – | 44% | 106% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 9 | |
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