H2H, prediction of Nicolas Mejia vs Dominik Palan in Cuernavaca Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 10th April 2024

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Dominik Palan

Nicolas Mejia and Dominik Palan will face off in the 2nd round of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.35
Dominik Palan -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Dominik Palan

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Dominik Palan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicolas Mejia

Nicolas Mejia
Nicolas Mejia

19 - 9win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
12-5
Rank
219
High
215
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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. 333, Mejia reached the 2nd round after defeating Manuel Sanchez 6-0 6-2, Ryan Seggerman 6-3 6-73 6-1 and Zachary Svajda 0-6 6-3 6-0.

In the 1st round against Svajda, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Mejia scored 76 points vs Svajda’s 66. The Colombian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mejia fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 72% of his first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Svajda 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Mejia has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (181-155). 6-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mejia has a composed71-57 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he defeated Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.

Mejia has a compiled 18-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger

Mejia has never competed in this tournament before.

Mejia
Cuernavaca Challenger
Mejia's Record

Dominik Palan

Dominik Palan
Dominik Palan

6 - 9win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-2
Rank
571
High
280
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-28 24-26 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 34-29 34-28 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 39-26 38-24 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 26-22 15-9 9-8 2-5 0-0 0-0
2020 8-12 8-11 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 386, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Nick Chappell 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-3 6-4). During the match Palan scored 73 points vs Chappell’s 57. Palan was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Palan bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dominik Palan was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Chappell twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Dominik has a compiled 6-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Palan
Cuernavaca Challenger
Palan's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Mejia
D.Palan
!
4h:45
4h:45
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
1h:46
1h:46
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
64
64
Games Played​
19
19
8
8
Set played​​
2
2
223
223
Total points​
73
73
74.3
74.3
Avg point​
73
73
95
95
Winners
30
30
31.7
31.7
Avg Winners​
30
30
43%
43%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
9
9
5.7
5.7
Avg Aces
9
9
11
11
Double Faults
3
3
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
95/131
95/131
1st won total​
30/37
30/37
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
32/59
32/59
2nd won total​
18/30
18/30
54%
54%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
16/29
16/29
BP won
2/8
2/8
5.3/9.7
5.3/9.7
Avg BP won
2/8
2/8
!
55%
55%
Won
!
25%
25%
14
14
Conceded
6
6
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
6
6
6
6
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mejia Palan
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 8 2
Tot Games 64 19
Pts 223-165 73-57
Total Points 388 130
Winners 95 30
%Winners 43% 41%

Mejia played 3 matches while Palan competed in 1 match. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Palan had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia conceded 2 sets while Dominik Palan hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mejia has played 6 sets more than Palan (8 vs 2). Therefore, Mejia played 45 games more than Palan. Nicolas scored 95 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 30 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mejia Palan
Aces 17 9
Avg per match 5.7 9
1st in 131/190 37/67
%1st in 69% 55%
1st pts 95/131 30/37
%1st pts 73% 81%
2nd pts 32/59 18/30
%2nd pts 54% 60%

Mejia recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Palan bagged 9 aces . Mejia won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mejia Palan
Won 16 2
Converted 16/29 2/8
% Converted 55% 25%
Conceded 14 6
Saved 8 6
% Saved 57% 100%
Times Broken 6 0

Nicolas broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nicolas surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Palan broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Palan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Mejia
Q1
Sanchez
Q3
Seggerman
R1
Svajda
Total
Score 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-73 6-1 0-6 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 14 29 21 64
pts 52-23 95-76 76-66 223-165
Total points 75 171 142 388
Winners 21 44 30 95
%Winners 40% 46% 39% 43%
SERVE
Aces 4 8 5 17
Double Faults 2 5 4 11
1st in 23/35 62/91 46/64 131/190
% 1st in 66% 68% 72% 69%
1st pts 21/23 44/62 30/46 95/131
% 1st pts 91% 71% 65% 73%
2nd pts 7/12 18/29 7/18 32/59
% 2nd pts 58% 62% 39% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5 6 16
Converted 5/7 5/8 6/14 16/29
Converted % 71% 63% 43% 55%
Conceded 0 8 6 14
Saved 0/0 6/8 2/6 8
Saved % 75% 33% 36%
Times Broken 0 2 4 6
Palan
R1
Chappell
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 73-57 73-57
Total points 130 130
Winners 30 30
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 37/67 37/67
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 30/37 30/37
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 18/30 18/30
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/8 2/8
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 6/6 6
Saved % 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mejia
LLLWLWWLLW
Palan
LWWLWWWWLL
2024 2023 2022
43 - 30
24 - 28
18-19
Hard
24-26
3-4
I Hard
0-0
22-7
Clay
0-2

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