Nicolas Mejia and Pedro Sakamoto will face off in the qualifications of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sakamoto -> 1.81
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Pedro Sakamoto
This will be the 3rd time that Nicolas Mejia and Pedro Sakamoto clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mejia and Sakamoto (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Mejia won 7-6(4) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Barletta Challenger back in 2021.
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. 329, the Colombian reached the qualifications after defeating Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos 6-2 7-65.
In the qualifications, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Andre Saraiva Dos (6-2 7-65). During the match, Mejia scored 75 points vs Andre Saraiva Dos’s 63. Mejia was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mejia blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 79% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Andre Saraiva Dos 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Mejia has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (161-144). 16-16 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mejia has an overall90-73 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Mejia’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Anapoima.
The Colombian has a compiled 22-31 win-loss record in 2023, 16-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-12 | 1-1 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416, Pedro got to the qualifications after defeating Miguel Mateo Larrea 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Mateo Larrea (6-3 6-0). During the match Sakamoto scored 56 points vs Mateo Larrea’s 27. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Sakamoto fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 73% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Mateo Larrea 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Sakamoto’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Lajeado.
Pedro has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 32-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mejia | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 |
| Pts | 75-63 | 56-27 |
| Total Points | 138 | 83 |
| Winners | 36 | 20 |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% |
Both Mejia and Sakamoto played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mejia and Sakamoto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mejia played 6 games more than Sakamoto. Mejia scored 36 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro made 20 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mejia | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 53/67 | 32/44 |
| %1st in | 79% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 20/32 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 9/12 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 75% |
Mejia struck 2 aces . Sakamoto recorded 3 aces . Mejia won 68% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mejia | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Nicolas broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nicolas dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mejia | |||
| Q1 Andre Saraiva Dos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 75-63 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/67 | 53/67 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sakamoto | |||
| Q1 Mateo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-27 | 56-27 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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