Oliver Crawford and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco will face off in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco is the pick to win this match.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 1.66
Oliver Crawford -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Oliver Crawford vs. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
This will be the 2nd time that Oliver Crawford and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Crawford (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Crawford won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Guayaquil back in 2021.
Oliver Crawford
9 - 5win/loss
403
190
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 reached the 2nd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Crawford had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (7-65 6-4). During the match, Crawford scored 86 points vs Escobedo’s 81. Crawford was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Crawford fired 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Oliver Crawford lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Crawford put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Crawford has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (243-108). 2-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Crawford has an aggregate151-63 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Oliver’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Bhopal.
The American has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Crawford has never competed in this tournament before.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 226 (career-high), the Bolivian got to the 2nd round after beating Gerard Campana Lee 7-62 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Murkel defeated Campana Lee (7-62 3-6 7-5). During the match Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 113 points vs Campana Lee’s 112. Murkel was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Alejandro Dellien Velasco bagged 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Murkel broke Campana Lee 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Bolivian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.
The Bolivian has a compiled 27-8 win-loss record in 2024, 27-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Crawford | Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 34 |
| Pts | 86-81 | 113-112 |
| Total Points | 167 | 225 |
| Winners | 34 | 46 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Crawford and Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 match. At the moment, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco lost 1 set while Oliver Crawford hasn’t lost a set so far. Crawford has played 1 set(s) less than Alejandro Dellien Velasco (2 vs 3). Therefore, Crawford played 11 games less than Alejandro Dellien Velasco. The American scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Bolivian struck 46 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Crawford | Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 50/82 | 65/105 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 46/65 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 16/40 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 40% |
Crawford blasted 6 aces . Alejandro Dellien Velasco made 3 aces . Crawford won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Crawford | Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 45% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Oliver broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Crawford dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Murkel broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Alejandro Dellien Velasco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Crawford | |||
| R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-81 | 86-81 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/82 | 50/82 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Alejandro Dellien Velasco | |||
| R1 Campana Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 113-112 | 113-112 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 65/105 | 65/105 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Mexico City Challenger
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- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (4-6 7-67 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernard TomicTomic – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Bernard TomicTomic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
