Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Juan Alejandro Hernandez will play each other in the 2nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CANCHA YUCATAN. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco who should win in 2 sets.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 1.114
Juan Alejandro Hernandez -> 5.75
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Prediction and head to head Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco vs. Juan Alejandro Hernandez
This will be the 2nd time that Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Juan Alejandro Hernandez play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alejandro Dellien Velasco (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 6-1 1-6 11-9 in the qualifications in M15 Weston back in 2021.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 229 (career-high), Alejandro Dellien Velasco reached the 2nd round after defeating Ozan Baris 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a good straight sets win against Baris (6-3 6-2). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 60 points vs Baris’s 40. Alejandro Dellien Velasco was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (25/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke Baris 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (153-85). 23-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a composed143-76 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Bolivian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an aggregate 23-6 win-loss record in 2024, 23-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Alejandro Hernandez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 13-8 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 19-18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-19 | 18-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 826, Juan got to the 2nd round after beating Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Mexican had a good straight sets win against Fernando Rubio Fierros (6-4 7-64). During the match Alejandro Hernandez scored 88 points vs Fernando Rubio Fierros’s 76. Juan was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Alejandro Hernandez couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juan Alejandro Hernandez lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Hernandez put 75% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Fernando Rubio Fierros twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Alejandro Hernandez has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Alejandro Hernandez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 60-40 | 88-76 |
| Total Points | 100 | 164 |
| Winners | 25 | 44 |
| %Winners | 42% | 50% |
Both Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Alejandro Hernandez played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Alejandro Hernandez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 6 games less than Alejandro Hernandez. Murkel scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro Hernandez fired 44 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Alejandro Hernandez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 59/79 |
| %1st in | 65% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 44/59 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 9/20 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 45% |
Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 2 aces . Alejandro Hernandez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Hernandez won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Alejandro Hernandez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 71% | 22% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Murkel broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Alejandro Dellien Velasco conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Mexican broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Alejandro Hernandez conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alejandro Dellien Velasco | |||
| R1 Baris | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 60-40 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Alejandro Hernandez | |||
| R1 Fernando Rubio Fierros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 88-76 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 59/79 | 59/79 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-60 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- David PichlerPichler – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Dan MartinMartin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Preston BrownBrown (6-71 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Emiliano AguileraAguilera (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Ozan BarisBaris (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-6(0) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto CidCid – David PichlerPichler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Nick HardtHardt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-1) – H2H and prediction