Oliver Crawford and Nicolas Mejia will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CANCHA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Crawford who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oliver Crawford is the pick to win this match.
Oliver Crawford -> 1.57
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Oliver Crawford vs. Nicolas Mejia
This will be the 3rd time that Oliver Crawford and Nicolas Mejia fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Crawford and Mejia (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Crawford won 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Morelos Challenger back in 2023.
Oliver Crawford
7 - 5win/loss
258
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LWLLWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-21 | 6-4 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 62-27 | 17-9 | 43-17 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-25 | 14-8 | 38-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-23 | 23-11 | 29-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, Crawford got to the 2nd round after beating Dominik Palan 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Crawford had a good straight sets win against Palan (6-4 6-3). During the match, Crawford scored 66 points vs Palan’s 44. Oliver was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Crawford made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Oliver Crawford was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Crawford broke Palan twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Crawford has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (242-107). 1-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Crawford has a composed150-62 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Bhopal.
Crawford has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 15-19 | 23-8 | 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. 444, the Colombian reached the 2nd round after beating Santiago Valle 6-1 6-0, Louis Wessels 6-2 7-5 and Ernesto Escobedo 6-73 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Escobedo, Mejia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-5 6-1). During the match Mejia scored 110 points vs Escobedo’s 94. Mejia was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia recorded 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (25/51) on the 2nd serve. Mejia broke Escobedo 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Nicolas’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sunrise.
Nicolas has an aggregate 10-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Crawford | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 65 |
| Pts | 66-44 | 237-169 |
| Total Points | 110 | 406 |
| Winners | 28 | 83 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Crawford played 1 match while Mejia competed in 3 matches. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Crawford had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia lost 1 set while Oliver Crawford hasn’t lost a set so far. Crawford has played 5 set(s) less than Mejia (2 vs 7). Therefore, Crawford played 46 games less than Mejia. The American scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian scored 83 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Crawford | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 115/205 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 83/115 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 52/90 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 58% |
Crawford fired 5 aces . Mejia bagged 14 aces (4.7 per match). Crawford won 88% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Crawford | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 16 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 16/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 59% |
| Conceded | 2 | 16 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The American pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Colombian broke his opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Crawford | |||
| R1 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 66-44 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mejia | |||||
| Q1 Valle |
Q3 Wessels |
R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-73 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 20 | 32 | 65 | |
| pts | 57-26 | 70-49 | 110-94 | 237-169 | |
| Total points | 83 | 119 | 204 | 406 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 39 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 36/57 | 56/107 | 115/205 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 25/36 | 39/56 | 83/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 69% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 16/21 | 25/51 | 52/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 76% | 49% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 | 7/8 | 16/27 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 88% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 7/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 64% | 144% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWLLW Tennis Scores in San Luis Potosi Challenger
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-73 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Christian LangmoLangmo (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Andres AndradeAndrade (6-74 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-73 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Omar JasikaJasika (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Dominik PalanPalan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Blaise BicknellBicknell (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-7(3) 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Christian LangmoLangmo (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Andres AndradeAndrade (6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Denis KudlaKudla (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Matias SotoSoto (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Federico GaioGaio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
