Elmar Ejupovic and Stefan Kozlov will square off in the 2^nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.63
Elmar Ejupovic -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Stefan Kozlov

There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elmar Ejupovic

Ranked no. 476, Elmar reached the 2^nd round after beating Trey Hilderbrand 7-6³ 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Elmar had a good straight sets win against Hilderbrand (7-6³ 6-3). During the match, Ejupovic scored 78 points vs Hilderbrand’s 65. Ejupovic was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ejupovic struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Ejupovic broke Hilderbrand 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Ejupovic has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (308-230). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ejupovic has a composed 148-121 record in the last years on clay.

Ejupovic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Glasgow Challenger.

Ejupovic has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Elmar has never competed in this tournament before.

Stefan Kozlov

Ranked no. 653, Kozlov got to the 2^nd round after defeating Federico Gaio 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Kozlov defeated Gaio (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Kozlov scored 98 points vs Gaio’s 84. Kozlov was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Kozlov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Gaio 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Stefan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.

The American has a compiled 15-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ejupovic	Kozlov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	28
Pts	78-65	98-84
Total Points	143	182
Winners	31	44
%Winners	40%	45%

Both Ejupovic and Kozlov played 1 match. At the moment, Stefan Kozlov lost 1 set while Elmar Ejupovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set(s) less than Kozlov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ejupovic played 6 games less than Kozlov. Elmar scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 44 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ejupovic	Kozlov
Aces	10	0
Avg per match	10	0
1st in	44/65	64/95
%1st in	68%	67%
1st pts	31/44	44/64
%1st pts	70%	69%
2nd pts	14/21	17/31
%2nd pts	67%	55%

Ejupovic struck 10 aces . Kozlov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ejupovic won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ejupovic	Kozlov
Won	3	5
Converted	3/8	5/9
% Converted	38%	56%
Conceded	5	11
Saved	4	8
% Saved	80%	73%
Times Broken	1	3

Elmar broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Elmar surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kozlov broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Ejupovic
	R1 Hilderbrand	Total
Score	7-63 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	78-65	78-65
Total points	143	143
Winners	31	31
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	44/65	44/65
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	31/44	31/44
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	14/21	14/21
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Kozlov
	R1 Gaio	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	98-84	98-84
Total points	182	182
Winners	44	44
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	64/95	64/95
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	44/64	44/64
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	17/31	17/31
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger

• Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Preston BrownBrown (6-7¹ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jacob BrummBrumm – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-6⁰ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Dan MartinMartin (6-2 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
• David PichlerPichler – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Ozan BarisBaris (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Emiliano AguileraAguilera (6-3 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
• 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