H2H, prediction of Nicolas Mejia vs Mateus Alves in Bogota Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 10th August 2024

PREVIEW. Bogota Challenger. Mejia and Alves will square off in the semifinal of the Bogota Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 10th of August

Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Mateus Alves

Nicolas Mejia and Mateus Alves will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Bogota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.72
Mateus Alves -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Mateus Alves

This will be the 2nd time that Nicolas Mejia and Mateus Alves clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alves (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Alves won 7-6(2) 7-6(1) in the qualifications in the Tigre Challenger back in January 2024.

Nicolas Mejia

Nicolas Mejia
Nicolas Mejia

37 - 20win/loss

Hard
14-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
23-7
Rank
217
High
215
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 44-31 18-21 23-8 3-2 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. 260, Nicolas reached the semifinal after beating Tristan Mccormick 6-3 6-4, Johan Alexander Rodriguez 7-6(6) 6-1 and Dmitry Popko 0-6 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the quarter against Popko, The Colombian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-64 6-2).During the match, Mejia scored less points (7) than Popko. In fact, the world no. 260 won 95 points vs Popko’s. That means that Mejia was more focused during the important points. The Colombian was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mejia managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 56% of his first serves in, winning 77% (46/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (19/47) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Popko twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolas has lost 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Mejia has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (200-165). 23-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mejia has a compiled115-81 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning 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 37-19 win-loss record in 2024, 23-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

Mejia
Bogota Challenger
Mejia's Record

Mateus Alves

Mateus Alves
Mateus Alves

35 - 17win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
32-16
Rank
279
High
279
LWLWWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-26 3-1 40-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 30-28 4-7 26-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 22-15 5-1 17-14 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-33 21-20 11-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 45-15 45-14 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 356 (career-high), Mateus reached the semifinal after defeating Lorenzo Claverie 6-3 6-3, Benjamin Lock 6-3 6-4 and Bernard Tomic 3-6 6-2 7-6(4).

In the quarter against Tomic, Alves recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-64). During the match Alves scored 97 points vs Tomic’s 90. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Alves bagged 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mateus Alves lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Alves put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (45/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Mateus broke Tomic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brazilian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Alves’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Maceio and M25 Marburg.

Alves has a composed 34-17 win-loss record in 2024, 31-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

Alves
Bogota Challenger
Alves's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Mejia
M.Alves (2001)
5h:56
5h:56
Time on court​
4h:38
4h:38
!
2h:35
2h:35
Last match​
1h:59
1h:59
3
3
Match played
3
3
66
66
Games Played​
67
67
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
228
228
Total points​
223
223
76
76
Avg point​
74.3
74.3
93
93
Winners
99
99
31
31
Avg Winners​
33
33
41%
41%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
34
34
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
!
11.3
11.3
14
14
Double Faults
9
9
4.7
4.7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
93/120
93/120
1st won total​
99/122
99/122
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
51/107
51/107
2nd won total​
45/83
45/83
48%
48%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
9/22
9/22
BP won
9/24
9/24
3/7.3
3/7.3
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
41%
41%
Won
38%
38%
19
19
Conceded
12
12
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
4
4
6
6
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
13
13
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mejia Alves
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 66 67
Pts 228-207 223-180
Total Points 435 403
Winners 93 99
%Winners 41% 44%

Both Mejia and Alves played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Mejia dropped 1 set, while Mateus Alves lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mejia and Alves have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Mejia played 1 game less than Alves. Mejia scored 93 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Alves fired 99 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mejia Alves
Aces 20 34
Avg per match 6.7 11.3
1st in 120/227 122/205
%1st in 53% 60%
1st pts 93/120 99/122
%1st pts 78% 81%
2nd pts 51/107 45/83
%2nd pts 48% 54%

Mejia blasted 20 aces (6.7 per match). Alves fired 34 aces (11.3 per match). Mejia won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mejia Alves
Won 9 9
Converted 9/22 9/24
% Converted 41% 38%
Conceded 19 12
Saved 13 8
% Saved 68% 67%
Times Broken 6 4

Nicolas broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Mejia surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Mateus broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mateus conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Mejia
R1
Mccormick
R2
Alexander
1/4
Popko
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 7-66 6-1 0-6 7-64 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 19 20 27 66
pts 58-47 75-58 95-102 228-207
Total points 105 133 197 435
Winners 26 21 46 93
%Winners 45% 28% 48% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 7 8 20
Double Faults 1 5 8 14
1st in 29/56 31/64 60/107 120/227
% 1st in 52% 48% 56% 53%
1st pts 26/29 21/31 46/60 93/120
% 1st pts 90% 68% 77% 78%
2nd pts 15/27 17/33 19/47 51/107
% 2nd pts 56% 52% 40% 48%
Breaks
Won 2 5 2 9
Converted 2/3 5/8 2/11 9/22
Converted % 67% 63% 18% 41%
Conceded 1 5 13 19
Saved 1/1 2/5 10/13 13
Saved % 100% 40% 77% 72%
Times Broken 0 3 3 6
Alves
R1
Claverie
R2
Lock
1/4
Tomic
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 18 19 30 67
pts 65-47 61-43 97-90 223-180
Total points 112 104 187 403
Winners 23 31 45 99
%Winners 35% 51% 46% 44%
SERVE
Aces 7 12 15 34
Double Faults 3 5 1 9
1st in 27/54 34/51 61/100 122/205
% 1st in 50% 67% 61% 60%
1st pts 23/27 31/34 45/61 99/122
% 1st pts 85% 91% 74% 81%
2nd pts 16/27 10/17 19/39 45/83
% 2nd pts 59% 59% 49% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 2 4 9
Converted 3/10 2/4 4/10 9/24
Converted % 30% 50% 40% 38%
Conceded 1 0 11 12
Saved 1/1 0/0 7/11 8
Saved % 100% 64% 55%
Times Broken 0 0 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mejia
LWLWWLLWWW
Alves
LWLWWLLWWL
2024 2023 2022
43 - 28
43 - 26
18-19
Hard
3-1
3-2
I Hard
0-0
22-7
Clay
40-25

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