Alvaro Guillen Meza and Nicolas Mejia will face off in the semifinal of the Ibague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.75
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Alvaro Guillen Meza and Nicolas Mejia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 0-2 | 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. 259 (career-high), Alvaro reached the semifinal after defeating Juan Sebastian Osorio 6-1 6-0, Noah Schachter 6-0 6-2 and Valerio Aboian 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, Alvaro had a good straight sets win against Aboian (6-1 6-3). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 65 points vs Aboian’s 42. Alvaro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Guillen Meza scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 70% of his first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Alvaro broke Aboian 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alvaro hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 66% of the points he played.
Guillen Meza has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (116-79). 21-17 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Guillen Meza has a composed113-73 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Ecuadorian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger.
The Ecuadorian has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ibague Challenger
The Ecuadorian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
30 - 14win/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. 265, Mejia got to the semifinal after defeating Johan Alexander Rodriguez 6-2 6-1, Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-3 6-2 and Tomas Farjat 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Mejia had a good straight sets win against Farjat (6-2 6-3). During the match Mejia scored 58 points vs Farjat’s 41. Nicolas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Mejia was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Farjat 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mejia hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.
Mejia has a compiled 30-13 win-loss record in 2024, 20-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guillen Meza | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 49 |
| Pts | 169-87 | 177-117 |
| Total Points | 256 | 294 |
| Winners | 63 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Guillen Meza and Mejia played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Guillen Meza and Mejia have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Guillen Meza played 6 games less than Mejia. The Ecuadorian scored 63 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas managed to score 60 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guillen Meza | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 79/113 | 83/140 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 63/79 | 60/83 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 40/57 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 70% |
Guillen Meza managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Mejia fired 9 aces (3 per match). Guillen Meza won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guillen Meza | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 13 |
| Converted | 17/27 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 63% | 65% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Alvaro broke his opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. Alvaro conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guillen Meza | |||||
| R1 Sebastian Osorio |
R2 Schachter |
1/4 Aboian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 14 | 16 | 43 | |
| pts | 53-22 | 51-23 | 65-42 | 169-87 | |
| Total points | 75 | 74 | 107 | 256 | |
| Winners | 14 | 24 | 25 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 47% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 17/31 | 30/36 | 32/46 | 79/113 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 83% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 24/30 | 25/32 | 63/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 80% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 4/6 | 5/14 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 67% | 36% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/6 | 6/13 | 17/27 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 83% | 46% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 60% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mejia | |||||
| R1 Alexander |
R2 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen |
1/4 Farjat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 55-34 | 58-41 | 177-117 | |
| Total points | 106 | 89 | 99 | 294 | |
| Winners | 18 | 21 | 21 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 38% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 30/47 | 29/52 | 83/140 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 21/30 | 21/29 | 60/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/17 | 15/23 | 40/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 76% | 65% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 100% | 100% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Ibague Challenger
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Matias SotoSoto – Facundo MenaMena (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
