Alexis Galarneau and Nicolas Mejia will square off in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm 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 Nicolas Mejia who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.79
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.95
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Nicolas Mejia
This will be the 2nd time that Alexis Galarneau and Nicolas Mejia face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mejia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Mejia won 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in the qualifications in the Columbus Challenger back in 2022.
Alexis Galarneau
4 - 3win/loss
161
161
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Alexis reached the 2nd round after defeating Adam Walton 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-3 7-65). During the match, Galarneau scored 72 points vs Walton’s 57. Alexis was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Galarneau recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was very efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Canadian broke Walton twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Galarneau has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (144-119). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Galarneau has a compiled 21-24 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Galarneau has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Nicolas Mejia
15 - 9win/loss
291
228
LWLWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-11 | 10-6 | 12-5 | 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. 344, Mejia reached the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-3 6-2). During the match Mejia scored 70 points vs Fonio’s 53. The Colombian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Mejia made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 54% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Fonio 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.
Nicolas has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 70-53 |
| Total Points | 129 | 123 |
| Winners | 23 | 24 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Galarneau and Mejia played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Galarneau and Mejia have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Galarneau played 5 games more than Mejia. Alexis scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian blasted 24 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/64 | 31/57 |
| %1st in | 45% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 24/31 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 50% |
Galarneau struck 5 aces . Mejia scored 3 aces . Galarneau won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Canadian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Canadian dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/64 | 29/64 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mejia | |||
| R1 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWLWWLWW
LWLWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Mexico City Challenger
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernard TomicTomic – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aidan MayoMayo – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (3-6 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (4-6 7-67 6-3) – 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
