Maxime Cressy and Nicolas Mejia will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.48
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-15 | 0-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
| 2020 | 19-17 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 193, Maxime reached the semifinal after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-3 6-3, Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-66 6-1 and Alexis Galarneau 6-4 7-65.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 7-65). During the match, Cressy scored 78 points vs Galarneau’s 70. Cressy was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cressy fired 14 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Maxime Cressy lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cressy put 60% of his first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Maxime broke Galarneau 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cressy hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Cressy has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (227-169). 6-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cressy has a composed103-75 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Maxime has a composed 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Maxime has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
21 - 9win/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. 333, Mejia got to the semifinal after beating Manuel Sanchez 6-0 6-2, Ryan Seggerman 6-3 6-73 6-1, Zachary Svajda 0-6 6-3 6-0, Dominik Palan 7-5 6-3 and Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (6-4 6-4). During the match Mejia scored 71 points vs Pospisil’s 60. The Colombian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Mejia was quite effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Pospisil 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.
The Colombian has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 105 |
| Pts | 207-166 | 364-284 |
| Total Points | 373 | 648 |
| Winners | 89 | 161 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Cressy played 3 matches while Mejia competed in 5 matches. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Cressy had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia lost 2 sets while Maxime Cressy hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cressy has played 6 set(s) less than Mejia (6 vs 12). Therefore, Cressy played 44 games less than Mejia. The American scored 89 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian blasted 161 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 43 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 14.3 | 5.2 |
| 1st in | 98/170 | 210/310 |
| %1st in | 58% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 89/98 | 161/210 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 36/72 | 54/100 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 54% |
Cressy made 43 aces (14.3 per match). Mejia managed to score 26 aces (5.2 per match). Cressy won 91% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 21 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 21/49 |
| % Converted | 41% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Cressy broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Maxime surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 21 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | |||||
| R1 Fanselow |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
1/4 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-66 6-1 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 23 | 61 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 71-54 | 78-70 | 207-166 | |
| Total points | 100 | 125 | 148 | 373 | |
| Winners | 22 | 34 | 33 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 14 | 14 | 43 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 23/44 | 36/61 | 39/65 | 98/170 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 59% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/23 | 34/36 | 33/39 | 89/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 94% | 85% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 12/25 | 10/26 | 36/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 48% | 38% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/8 | 4/9 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 25% | 44% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Mejia | |||||||
| Q1 Sanchez |
Q3 Seggerman |
R1 Svajda |
R2 Palan |
1/4 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-73 6-1 | 0-6 6-3 6-0 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 105 | |
| pts | 52-23 | 95-76 | 76-66 | 70-59 | 71-60 | 364-284 | |
| Total points | 75 | 171 | 142 | 129 | 131 | 648 | |
| Winners | 21 | 44 | 30 | 37 | 29 | 161 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 39% | 53% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 62/91 | 46/64 | 44/62 | 35/58 | 210/310 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 68% | 72% | 71% | 60% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 44/62 | 30/46 | 37/44 | 29/35 | 161/210 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 71% | 65% | 84% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 18/29 | 7/18 | 10/18 | 12/23 | 54/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 62% | 39% | 56% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 6/14 | 2/5 | 3/15 | 21/49 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 43% | 40% | 20% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 33% | 100% | 75% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Cuernavaca Challenger
- Maxime CressyCressy – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-63 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios – Antoine Bellier/Beibit ZhukayevBellier/Beibit Zhukayev (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adam WaltonWalton – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
