Denis Kudla and Nicolas Mejia will square off in the semifinal of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.54
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Kudla reached the semifinal after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 6-1, Vasek Pospisil 6-0 7-63 and Bernard Tomic 6-4 3-0 ret..
In the quarter against Tomic, Kudla had a free pass after Tomic retired on a 6-4 3-0 . scoreline.
Kudla has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (316-254). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a compiled 37-40 record in the last years on clay.
Denis’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Kudla has a compiled 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
13 - 8win/loss
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LLLWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-33 | 18-21 | 23-8 | 3-4 | 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 got to the semifinal after beating Santiago Valle 6-1 6-0, Louis Wessels 6-2 7-5, Ernesto Escobedo 6-73 7-5 6-1, Oliver Crawford 6-3 6-0 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Agustin Tirante (6-3 6-4). During the match Mejia scored 69 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 57. Mejia was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Mejia was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mejia broke Agustin Tirante twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Colombian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Mejia’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sunrise.
Nicolas has an aggregate 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 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 | Kudla | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 99 |
| Pts | 190-136 | 363-258 |
| Total Points | 326 | 621 |
| Winners | 62 | 134 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Kudla played 3 matches while Mejia competed in 5 matches. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Kudla had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia surrendered 1 set while Denis Kudla hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudla has played 4 set(s) less than Mejia (7 vs 11). Therefore, Kudla played 51 games less than Mejia. The American scored 62 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Mejia fired 134 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 1st in | 76/145 | 179/315 |
| %1st in | 52% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 62/76 | 134/179 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/69 | 78/136 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Kudla recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Mejia blasted 23 aces (4.6 per match). Kudla won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 23 |
| Converted | 11/30 | 23/43 |
| % Converted | 37% | 53% |
| Conceded | 7 | 25 |
| Saved | 6 | 19 |
| % Saved | 86% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Denis broke his opponents 11 times with a 37% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponents 23 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Pospisil |
1/4 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-0 7-63 | 6-4 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 13 | 48 | |
| pts | 68-44 | 74-55 | 48-37 | 190-136 | |
| Total points | 112 | 129 | 85 | 326 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 15 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 33/62 | 18/36 | 76/145 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 25/33 | 15/18 | 62/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 76% | 83% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 16/29 | 11/18 | 40/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/14 | 3/9 | 11/30 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 33% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | – | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mejia | |||||||
| Q1 Valle |
Q3 Wessels |
R1 Escobedo |
R2 Crawford |
1/4 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-73 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 99 | |
| pts | 57-26 | 70-49 | 110-94 | 57-32 | 69-57 | 363-258 | |
| Total points | 83 | 119 | 204 | 89 | 126 | 621 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 39 | 23 | 28 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 35% | 40% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 36/57 | 56/107 | 30/51 | 34/59 | 179/315 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 52% | 59% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 25/36 | 39/56 | 23/30 | 28/34 | 134/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 69% | 70% | 77% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 16/21 | 25/51 | 11/21 | 15/25 | 78/136 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 76% | 49% | 52% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 | 7/8 | 5/8 | 2/8 | 23/43 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 88% | 63% | 25% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 7/11 | 5/6 | 3/3 | 19 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 64% | 83% | 100% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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