Emilio Gomez and Nicolas Mejia will play each other in the quarter of the Lexington Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT 1. 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 Emilio Gomez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.33
Nicolas Mejia -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Nicolas Mejia
This will be the 6th time that Emilio Gomez and Nicolas Mejia play each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Gomez won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2022.
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-26 | 38-15 | 1-3 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-33 | 25-15 | 9-11 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121 (career-high), the Ecuadorian reached the quarter after beating Cannon Kingsley 6-4 3-6 7-5 and Ryan Harrison 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gomez had a good straight sets win against Harrison (7-5 6-4). During the match, Gomez scored 75 points vs Harrison’s 60. Emilio was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gomez bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Emilio Gomez was very effective on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gomez broke Harrison 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gomez has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Gomez has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (337-240). 26-9 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gomez has a composed 168-96 record in the last years on hard.
Emilio’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Salinas Challenger,the Malaga Challenger and the Winnipeg Challenger.
The Ecuadorian has a compiled 30-17 win-loss record in 2022, 26-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 16-10 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, Nicolas reached the quarter after defeating Hady Habib 6-3 6-4 and Strong Kirchheimer 7-62 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mejia defeated Kirchheimer (7-62 3-6 6-3). During the match Mejia scored 101 points vs Kirchheimer’s 97. Mejia was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Mejia recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Kirchheimer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mejia has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Mejia’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Anapoima and the Cali Challenger.
Nicolas has an overall 20-23 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 50 |
| Pts | 180-156 | 163-147 |
| Total Points | 336 | 310 |
| Winners | 72 | 78 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Both Gomez and Mejia played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez dropped 1 set, while Nicolas Mejia surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Mejia have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Gomez played 3 games more than Mejia. Gomez scored 72 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas blasted 78 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 90/160 | 112/165 |
| %1st in | 56% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 72/90 | 78/112 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 40/70 | 32/53 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 60% |
Gomez scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Mejia fired 6 aces (3 per match). Gomez won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 28% | 63% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Gomez broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | ||||
| R1 Kingsley |
R2 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
| pts | 105-96 | 75-60 | 180-156 | |
| Total points | 201 | 135 | 336 | |
| Winners | 41 | 31 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/95 | 39/65 | 90/160 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 41/51 | 31/39 | 72/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 15/26 | 40/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 3/9 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 33% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mejia | ||||
| R1 Habib |
R2 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-62 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 101-97 | 163-147 | |
| Total points | 112 | 198 | 310 | |
| Winners | 33 | 45 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 45% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 68/101 | 112/165 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 45/68 | 78/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 20/33 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 61% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/6 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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