Stefan Kozlov and Gerald Melzer will square off in the 1st round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.88
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Gerald Melzer
This will be the 2nd time that Stefan Kozlov and Gerald Melzer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kozlov won 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Tallahassee Challenger back in 2016.
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-23 | 7-13 | 5-5 | 7-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-12 | 12-6 | 6-2 | 10-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Stefan will start his run in the Mexico City Challenger after he played his last match in the Pereira Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Mejia in the 1st round on the 29th of March.
Kozlov has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 279-197 record. He has a positive 59-41 record on clay.
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 270, the Austrian will start his run in the Mexico City Challenger after he played his last match in the Pereira Challenger where he lost 7-5 0-0 ret. to Bagnis in the 1st round on the 30th of March.
Melzer has an aggregate 0-3 win-loss record in 2022, 0-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Gerald has an overall 358-231 record. He has a positive 319-184 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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