Gerald Melzer and Nicolas Barrientos will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.44
Nicolas Barrientos -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Nicolas Barrientos
This will be the 2nd time that Gerald Melzer and Nicolas Barrientos fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Melzer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Melzer won 6-2 6-7(5) 6-1 in the semifinal in the Bogota Challenger back in 2021.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 14-9 | 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. 271, Gerald reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-4 0-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Melzer defeated Kozlov (6-4 0-0 ret.). During the match, Melzer scored 38 points vs Kozlov’s 31. Melzer was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melzer blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gerald Melzer conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 57% of his first serves in, win 94% (15/16) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Gerald broke Kozlov once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Melzer has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (251-175). 1-3 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melzer has a compiled 219-137 record in the last years on clay.
Melzer has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Gerald has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Barrientos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-14 | 1-3 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-10 | 8-4 | 14-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 8-10 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 413, the Colombian got to the 2nd round after beating Tomas Lipovsek Puches 6-4 6-3, Adrian Andreev 6-3 6-4 and Facundo Mena 6-1 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nicolas defeated Mena (6-1 2-6 6-3). During the match Barrientos scored 74 points vs Mena’s 69. The Colombian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Barrientos fired 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolas Barrientos lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Barrientos put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Mena 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Barrientos has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Barrientos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 10 | 62 |
| Pts | 38-31 | 196-166 |
| Total Points | 69 | 362 |
| Winners | 15 | 68 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Melzer played 1 match while Barrientos competed in 3 matches. Barrientos started his run from the qualifications while Melzer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Barrientos conceded 1 set while Gerald Melzer hasn’t lost a set so far. Melzer has played 4 set(s) less than Barrientos (3 vs 7). Therefore, Melzer played 52 games less than Barrientos. Melzer scored 15 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Barrientos blasted 68 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Barrientos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 16/28 | 100/182 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 15/16 | 68/100 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 47/82 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Melzer blasted 4 aces . Barrientos managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Melzer won 94% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Barrientos won 68% 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 | Melzer | Barrientos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 14 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 14/17 |
| % Converted | 17% | 82% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
The Austrian broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Gerald quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Nicolas broke his opponents 14 times with a 82% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 38-31 | 38-31 | |
| Total points | 69 | 69 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 15/16 | 15/16 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Barrientos | |||||
| Q1 Lipovsek Puches |
Q3 Andreev |
R1 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 24 | 62 | |
| pts | 59-44 | 63-53 | 74-69 | 196-166 | |
| Total points | 103 | 116 | 143 | 362 | |
| Winners | 19 | 14 | 35 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 22% | 47% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 24/51 | 45/74 | 100/182 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 47% | 61% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 14/24 | 35/45 | 68/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 58% | 78% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 20/27 | 13/29 | 47/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 74% | 45% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 14/17 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 80% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 0% | 60% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Mexico City Challenger
- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Facundo MenaMena (6-1 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Keegan SmithSmith (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Andrej MartinMartin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-5 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Mateus AlvesAlves – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (4-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (1-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Denis IstominIstomin (5-7 7-65 7-66) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Facundo MenaMena (6-1 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Gerald MelzerMelzer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
