Seong Chan Hong and Nicolas Mejia will play each other in the 2nd round of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.34
Nicolas Mejia -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 214 (career-high), Chan Hong reached the 2nd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-4 6-1). During the match, Chan Hong scored 79 points vs Bellucci’s 60. Chan Hong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chan Hong scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Seong Chan Hong was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Korean broke Bellucci 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Chan Hong has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (196-97). 5-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chan Hong has a compiled 168-73 record in the last years on hard.
Chan Hong’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Rome Challenger.
The Korean has an overall 9-5 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Seong has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 10-8 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 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. 247, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after beating Zachary Svajda 7-67 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Svajda (7-67 6-4). During the match Mejia scored 73 points vs Svajda’s 72. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Mejia was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Colombian broke Svajda twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The Colombian has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 79-60 | 73-72 |
| Total Points | 139 | 145 |
| Winners | 26 | 38 |
| %Winners | 33% | 52% |
Both Chan Hong and Mejia played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Chan Hong and Mejia have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Chan Hong played 6 games less than Mejia. Chan Hong scored 26 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian bagged 38 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 36/73 | 53/78 |
| %1st in | 49% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 38/53 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Chan Hong bagged 1 ace . Mejia also recorded 2 aces . Chan Hong won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 72% 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 | Chan Hong | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 56% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Chan Hong broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Korean surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 79-60 | 79-60 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/73 | 36/73 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mejia | |||
| R1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-72 | 73-72 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 53/78 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Waco Challenger
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- Aziz DougazDougaz – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 3-6 7-68) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
