Alvaro Guillen Meza and Garrett Johns will play each other in the quarter of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alvaro Guillen Meza is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.41
Garrett Johns -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Garrett Johns
There is no head to head record between Alvaro Guillen Meza and Garrett Johns since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alvaro Guillen Meza
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 37-32 | 1-3 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 51-22 | 0-1 | 51-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 33-23 | 1-2 | 32-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 283, Guillen Meza reached the quarter after beating Adria Soriano Barrera 7-65 6-3 and Juan Bautista Torres 7-5 6-72 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Alvaro defeated Bautista Torres (7-5 6-72 6-1). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 113 points vs Bautista Torres’s 98. Guillen Meza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Guillen Meza was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (51/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Guillen Meza broke Bautista Torres 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ecuadorian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Guillen Meza has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (111-78). 16-16 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Guillen Meza has an overall108-72 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Alvaro’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este.
The Ecuadorian has a compiled 16-16 win-loss record in 2024, 16-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
The Ecuadorian has never competed in this tournament before.
Garrett Johns
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-23 | 16-12 | 13-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 34-16 | 29-11 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 19-8 | 13-4 | 6-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 11-9 | 9-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 440 (career-high), the American got to the quarter after defeating Raul Garcia 6-4 6-1 and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 0-6 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round against Alejandro Dellien Velasco, Garrett recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 7-64).During the match Johns scored less points (16) than Alejandro Dellien Velasco. In fact, the world no. 283 won 94 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s. That means that Johns was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Johns managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Garrett Johns lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Johns put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (18/45) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Johns has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Garrett’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Vero Beach.
Garrett has an overall 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Guillen Meza | Johns |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
Tot Games | 54 | 46 |
Pts | 191-171 | 158-156 |
Total Points | 362 | 314 |
Winners | 89 | 62 |
%Winners | 47% | 39% |
Both Guillen Meza and Johns played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alvaro Guillen Meza surrendered 1 set, while Garrett Johns conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Guillen Meza and Johns have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Guillen Meza played 8 games more than Johns. Alvaro scored 89 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Garrett fired 62 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Guillen Meza | Johns |
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Aces | 3 | 9 |
Avg per match | 1.5 | 4.5 |
1st in | 137/191 | 94/169 |
%1st in | 72% | 56% |
1st pts | 89/137 | 62/94 |
%1st pts | 65% | 66% |
2nd pts | 31/54 | 36/75 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Guillen Meza fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Johns managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Guillen Meza won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Johns won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Guillen Meza | Johns |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 8 |
Converted | 7/18 | 8/20 |
% Converted | 39% | 40% |
Conceded | 21 | 22 |
Saved | 18 | 15 |
% Saved | 86% | 68% |
Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Guillen Meza lost his serve 3 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Garrett broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Johns conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
Guillen Meza | ||||
R1 Soriano Barrera |
R2 Bautista Torres |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-65 6-3 | 7-5 6-72 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
pts | 78-73 | 113-98 | 191-171 | |
Total points | 151 | 211 | 362 | |
Winners | 38 | 51 | 89 | |
%Winners | 49% | 45% | 47% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 64/82 | 73/109 | 137/191 | |
% 1st in | 78% | 67% | 72% | |
1st pts | 38/64 | 51/73 | 89/137 | |
% 1st pts | 59% | 70% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 13/18 | 18/36 | 31/54 | |
% 2nd pts | 72% | 50% | 57% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Converted | 2/5 | 5/13 | 7/18 | |
Converted % | 40% | 38% | 39% | |
Conceded | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
Saved | 9/10 | 9/11 | 18 | |
Saved % | 90% | 82% | 86% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Johns | ||||
R1 Garcia |
R2 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-1 | 0-6 6-4 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
pts | 64-46 | 94-110 | 158-156 | |
Total points | 110 | 204 | 314 | |
Winners | 20 | 42 | 62 | |
%Winners | 31% | 45% | 39% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 33/63 | 61/106 | 94/169 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 58% | 56% | |
1st pts | 20/33 | 42/61 | 62/94 | |
% 1st pts | 61% | 69% | 66% | |
2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/45 | 36/75 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 40% | 48% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 3/11 | 8/20 | |
Converted % | 56% | 27% | 40% | |
Conceded | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 8/13 | 15 | |
Saved % | 78% | 62% | 70% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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