Tristan Boyer and Nick Hardt will square off in the semifinal of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. 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 Tristan Boyer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tristan Boyer is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Boyer -> 1.81
Nick Hardt -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Tristan Boyer vs. Nick Hardt
There is no head to head record between Tristan Boyer and Nick Hardt since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tristan Boyer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 5-3 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-23 | 15-11 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 11-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, Tristan reached the semifinal after defeating Alafia Ayeni 6-0 6-3, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-1 7-5 and Dmitry Popko 1-6 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter against Popko, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Boyer scored 76 points vs Popko’s 74. Tristan was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Boyer bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tristan Boyer lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Boyer put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Popko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Boyer has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Boyer has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (95-73). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Boyer has a composed47-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Boyer’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger.
Tristan has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Boyer has never competed in this tournament before.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-18 | 6-5 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 317, the Dominican reached the semifinal after beating Juan Pablo Paz 6-4 3-6 6-3, Jacob Brumm 6-1 6-3 and Facundo Mena 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Dominican had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-4 6-4). During the match Hardt scored 68 points vs Mena’s 54. Hardt was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Hardt wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nick Hardt was very effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nick broke Mena 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nick has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Dominican’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Santo Domingo.
Nick has an overall 19-7 win-loss record in 2024, 13-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Boyer | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 64 |
| Pts | 203-155 | 214-173 |
| Total Points | 358 | 387 |
| Winners | 78 | 88 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Boyer and Hardt played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tristan Boyer lost 1 set, while Nick Hardt lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Boyer and Hardt have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Boyer played 6 games less than Hardt. Tristan scored 78 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Dominican recorded 88 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Boyer | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 105/177 | 120/183 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 78/105 | 88/120 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 42/72 | 37/63 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 59% |
Boyer made 9 aces (3 per match). Hardt bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Boyer won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Hardt won 73% 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 | Boyer | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 46% | 46% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 64% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Boyer broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Tristan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Dominican broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Nick conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Boyer | |||||
| R1 Ayeni |
R2 Pacheco |
1/4 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 24 | 58 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 67-49 | 76-74 | 203-155 | |
| Total points | 92 | 116 | 150 | 358 | |
| Winners | 23 | 26 | 29 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 31/55 | 45/78 | 105/177 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 26/31 | 29/45 | 78/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 84% | 64% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/24 | 20/33 | 42/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 46% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 | 3/9 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Hardt | |||||
| R1 Pablo Paz |
R2 Brumm |
1/4 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 | 20 | 64 | |
| pts | 88-77 | 58-42 | 68-54 | 214-173 | |
| Total points | 165 | 100 | 122 | 387 | |
| Winners | 40 | 18 | 30 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 31% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/71 | 29/47 | 40/65 | 120/183 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 62% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 18/29 | 30/40 | 88/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 62% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 10/18 | 15/25 | 37/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/8 | 3/6 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 75% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 75% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Stefan KozlovKozlov (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Stefan KozlovKozlov (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
