Elmar Ejupovic and Jose Statham will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.41
Jose Statham -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Jose Statham
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Jose Statham since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 10-3 |
Ranked no. 288 (career-high), the German reached the qualifications after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ejupovic had a good straight sets win against Kirchheimer (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ejupovic scored 56 points vs Kirchheimer’s 36. Ejupovic was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Elmar Ejupovic was very effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elmar broke Kirchheimer 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Ejupovic has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (321-219). 4-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ejupovic has an overall 151-112 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Elmar has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Jose Statham
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 20-23 | 4-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-27 | 37-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-6 | 7-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 458, the Kiwi reached the qualifications after beating Nick Chappell 6-78 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Chappell, Jose recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-4). During the match Statham scored 121 points vs Chappell’s 99. Statham was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Statham recorded 6 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Jose Statham lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Statham put 57% of his first serves in, winning 84% (47/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. The Kiwi broke Chappell 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Jose has an aggregate 9-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Statham |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 56-36 | 121-99 |
| Total Points | 92 | 220 |
| Winners | 25 | 47 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Ejupovic and Statham played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jose Statham surrendered 1 set while Elmar Ejupovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set(s) less than Statham (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ejupovic played 15 games less than Statham. Elmar scored 25 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Kiwi fired 47 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Statham |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 56/98 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 47/56 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 48% |
Ejupovic made 4 aces . Statham recorded 6 aces . Ejupovic won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Statham won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Statham |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 60% | 33% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The German quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Jose broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Jose conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Statham | |||
| Q1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 121-99 | 121-99 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/98 | 56/98 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 47/56 | 47/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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