Nicolas Mejia and Aziz Dougaz will square off in the quarter of the Leon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on ESTADIO MEXTENIS. 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 Aziz Dougaz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aziz Dougaz is the pick to win this match.
Aziz Dougaz -> 1.88
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Aziz Dougaz
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Aziz Dougaz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 234, the Colombian reached the quarter after beating Antoine Escoffier 6-1 6-73 6-3 and Oliver Crawford 7-66 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Crawford (7-66 7-64). During the match, Mejia scored 91 points vs Crawford’s 86. The Colombian was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mejia scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (44/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Crawford twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mejia has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Mejia has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (152-123). 4-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mejia has a compiled63-43 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Mejia’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Anapoima.
Nicolas has an overall 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Leon Challenger
Mejia has never competed in this tournament before.
Aziz Dougaz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-16 | 4-6 | 21-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-29 | 38-17 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-16 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257, the Tunisian reached the quarter after beating Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-3 6-4 and Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Aziz had a good straight sets win against Olivo (6-2 6-4). During the match Dougaz scored 59 points vs Olivo’s 42. Dougaz was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Dougaz blasted 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aziz Dougaz was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Tunisian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Olivo 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aziz hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Dougaz’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Monastir.
Dougaz has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mejia | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 37 |
| Pts | 201-177 | 124-96 |
| Total Points | 378 | 220 |
| Winners | 86 | 54 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Mejia and Dougaz played 2 matches. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia conceded 1 set while Aziz Dougaz hasn’t lost a set so far. Mejia has played 1 set more than Dougaz (5 vs 4). Therefore, Mejia played 18 games more than Dougaz. Nicolas scored 86 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Aziz managed to score 54 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mejia | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 119/190 | 72/121 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 86/119 | 54/72 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/71 | 29/49 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 59% |
Mejia scored 14 aces (7 per match). Dougaz fired 8 aces (4 per match). Mejia won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Dougaz won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mejia | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/24 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 29% | 86% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 11 | 6 |
| % Saved | 73% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Nicolas broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Colombian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Tunisian broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Tunisian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mejia | ||||
| R1 Escoffier |
R2 Crawford |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-73 6-3 | 7-66 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 | 55 | |
| pts | 110-91 | 91-86 | 201-177 | |
| Total points | 201 | 177 | 378 | |
| Winners | 42 | 44 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/102 | 57/88 | 119/190 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 44/57 | 86/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 13/31 | 35/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 42% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 2/9 | 7/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 22% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Dougaz | ||||
| R1 Andres |
R2 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 59-42 | 124-96 | |
| Total points | 119 | 101 | 220 | |
| Winners | 30 | 24 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/69 | 31/52 | 72/121 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 24/31 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 14/21 | 29/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 67% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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