Nicolas Mejia and Aidan Mayo will square off in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Mejia who should win in 3 sets.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.63
Aidan Mayo -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Aidan Mayo
This will be the 4th time that Nicolas Mejia and Aidan Mayo face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Mayo (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Mejia won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2024.
Nicolas Mejia
34 - 18win/loss
256
228
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-18 | 14-12 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 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. 256, Mejia got to the qualifications after beating Nikita Filin 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Mejia had a good straight sets win against Filin (6-4 6-2). During the match, Mejia scored 61 points vs Filin’s 47. The Colombian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mejia scored just 1 ace and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Filin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Mejia has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (197-164). 14-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mejia has an aggregate79-65 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.
Nicolas has a compiled 34-18 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Mejia has never competed in this tournament before.
Aidan Mayo
11 - 18win/loss
285
269
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-18 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-28 | 24-15 | 2-5 | 20-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-8 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, Mayo reached the qualifications after defeating Garrett Johns 6-3 7-6(13).
In the qualifications, Mayo had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-3 7-613). During the match Mayo scored 96 points vs Johns’s 84. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Mayo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Aidan Mayo was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mayo broke Johns once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).
Aidan has an overall 11-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mejia | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 |
| Pts | 61-47 | 96-84 |
| Total Points | 108 | 180 |
| Winners | 25 | 41 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Mejia and Mayo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mejia and Mayo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mejia played 4 games less than Mayo. Nicolas scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mayo fired 41 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mejia | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 53/85 |
| %1st in | 69% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 41/53 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 59% |
Mejia blasted 1 ace . Mayo also fired 1 ace . Mejia won 68% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Mayo won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mejia | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 11% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Colombian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Aidan broke his opponent once with a 11% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Mejia | |||
| Q1 Filin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 61-47 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mayo | |||
| Q1 Johns | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-613 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 96-84 | 96-84 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 53/85 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/9 | 1/9 | |
| Converted % | 11% | 11% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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