Alexander Donski and Daniel Merida Aguilar will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Donski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Donski is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Donski -> 1.61
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Donski vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
There is no head to head record between Alexander Donski and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Donski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-12 | 22-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-22 | 11-9 | 8-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 33-16 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-24 | 13-14 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 607, the Canadian got to the qualifications after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-3 1-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Donski defeated Martin Tiffon (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match, Donski scored 78 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 75. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Donski bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Donski lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Donski put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Martin Tiffon 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Donski has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (82-61). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Donski has a composed24-18 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Alexander’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Donski has a composed 19-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-18 | 7-4 | 26-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 811 (career-high), Merida got to the qualifications after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-3 7-62.
In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Orlov (6-3 7-62). During the match Merida scored 80 points vs Orlov’s 66. Merida was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Merida struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Orlov 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
The Spaniard has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Donski | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 |
| Pts | 78-75 | 80-66 |
| Total Points | 153 | 146 |
| Winners | 39 | 25 |
| %Winners | 50% | 31% |
Both Donski and Merida played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexander Donski surrendered 1 set while Daniel Merida Aguilar hasn’t lost a set so far. Donski has played 1 set more than Merida (3 vs 2). Therefore, Donski played 3 games more than Merida. Donski scored 39 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 25 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Donski | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 36/66 |
| %1st in | 62% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 25/36 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 57% |
Donski fired 5 aces . Merida recorded 6 aces . Donski won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 69% of the points behind 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 | Donski | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 75% | 36% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 77% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Canadian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Merida broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Donski | |||
| Q1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 78-75 | 78-75 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 53/85 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Merida | |||
| Q1 Orlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 80-66 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/66 | 36/66 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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