James Duckworth and Nicolas Mejia will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on ESTADIO. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.49
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-12 | 16-8 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, James got to the 2nd round after beating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (6-2 7-5). During the match, Duckworth scored 76 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 64. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth made 13 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Pacheco Mendez 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (270-180). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has an aggregate 31-22 record in the last years on clay.
James’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Burnie Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
Duckworth has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-11 | 10-6 | 17-5 | 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. 243, the Colombian reached the 2nd round after beating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Mejia had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (6-2 6-0). During the match Mejia scored 61 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 35. Mejia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 52% of his first serves in, winning 80% (20/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Alberto Olivieri 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Mejia’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Anapoima.
The Colombian has an aggregate 10-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 |
| Pts | 76-64 | 61-35 |
| Total Points | 140 | 96 |
| Winners | 19 | 20 |
| %Winners | 25% | 33% |
Both Duckworth and Mejia played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Mejia have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Duckworth played 6 games more than Mejia. James scored 19 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Mejia fired 20 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3 |
| 1st in | 23/64 | 25/48 |
| %1st in | 36% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 20/25 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 48% |
Duckworth struck 13 aces . Mejia fired 3 aces . Duckworth won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 80% of the points on 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 | Duckworth | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mejia broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Pacheco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 23/64 | 23/64 | |
| % 1st in | 36% | 36% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mejia | |||
| R1 Alberto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 61-35 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Mexico City Challenger
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-78 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-65 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Nick HardtHardt (6-74 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Federico GaioGaio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
