Alvaro Guillen Meza and Nicolas Mejia will face off in the semifinal of the Ibague Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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

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