Nicolas Mejia and Tomas Farjat will play each other in the quarter of the Ibague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRAL . Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Mejia who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.181
Tomas Farjat -> 4.333
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Tomas Farjat
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Tomas Farjat since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Mejia
30 - 13win/loss
217
215
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. 265, Nicolas reached the quarter after defeating Johan Alexander Rodriguez 6-2 6-1 and Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (6-3 6-2). During the match, Mejia scored 55 points vs Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen’s 34. The Colombian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mejia recorded 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve once. Furthermore, Mejia put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Mejia has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (192-159). 19-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mejia has a compiled111-80 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.
Nicolas has an aggregate 29-13 win-loss record in 2024, 19-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ibague Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Farjat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-26 | 0-0 | 32-25 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-29 | 0-0 | 31-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-20 | 5-3 | 21-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-16 | 22-11 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 571, Farjat got to the quarter after beating Jose Pereira 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 4-6 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Pucinelli De Almeida, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Farjat scored 111 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 110. Tomas was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Farjat fired 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tomas Farjat lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Farjat put 52% of his first serves in, winning 82% (45/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (20/50) on the 2nd serve. Tomas broke Pucinelli De Almeida 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Tomas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Bragado and M25 Trelew.
The Argentine has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 14-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mejia | Farjat |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 58 |
| Pts | 119-76 | 203-195 |
| Total Points | 195 | 398 |
| Winners | 39 | 85 |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% |
Both Mejia and Farjat played 2 matches. At the moment, Tomas Farjat conceded 2 sets while Nicolas Mejia hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mejia has played 2 set(s) less than Farjat (4 vs 6). Therefore, Mejia played 26 games less than Farjat. Nicolas scored 39 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas made 85 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mejia | Farjat |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 11 |
| 1st in | 54/88 | 103/198 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 85/103 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 25/34 | 36/95 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 38% |
Mejia struck 6 aces (3 per match). Farjat made 22 aces (11 per match). Mejia won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Farjat won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mejia | Farjat |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 56% | 39% |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Nicolas broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Tomas broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mejia | ||||
| R1 Alexander |
R2 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 55-34 | 119-76 | |
| Total points | 106 | 89 | 195 | |
| Winners | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 38% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 30/47 | 54/88 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 21/30 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/17 | 25/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 76% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/4 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Farjat | ||||
| R1 Pereira |
R2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 4-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
| pts | 92-85 | 111-110 | 203-195 | |
| Total points | 177 | 221 | 398 | |
| Winners | 40 | 45 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 48/93 | 55/105 | 103/198 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 40/48 | 45/55 | 85/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/45 | 20/50 | 36/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 40% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/10 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 30% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 60% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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