Garrett Johns and Sebastian Gima will play each other in the 1st round of the Merida Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Garrett Johns who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Garrett Johns is the pick to win this match.
Garrett Johns -> 1.44
Sebastian Gima -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Garrett Johns vs. Sebastian Gima

This will be the 2nd time that Garrett Johns and Sebastian Gima square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Johns (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Johns won 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2 in the final in M15 Palm Coast back in February 2025.

Garrett Johns

Garrett Johns

19 - 4win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
14-3
Rank
296
High
279
LLWWWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 54-31 33-19 21-10 0-2 0-0 0-0
2024 30-23 16-12 13-9 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 34-16 29-11 5-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 19-8 13-4 6-2 0-2 0-0 0-0
2021 11-9 9-6 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 434, Garrett will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he won the title in M15 Huamantla after beating 4-6 6-0 7-6(5) Alejandro in the final.

The American has an overall 19-4 win-loss record in 2025, 14-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Johns’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Palm Coast,M15 Sunrise,M15 Naples and M15 Huamantla.

Johns won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Johns has an overall 137-79 record. He has a positive 48-27 record on clay.

Previously in the Merida Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida Challenger
Johns's Record

Sebastian Gima

Sebastian Gima

10 - 7win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-3
Rank
529
High
436
LLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-35 9-5 33-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 34-33 3-5 31-28 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 57-35 15-8 41-25 1-2 0-0 0-0
2022 48-30 25-11 23-18 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 31-24 1-3 28-20 2-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 629, the Romanian will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Huamantla where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Brymer in the 1st round on the 4th of March.

Sebastian has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Palm Coast.

In terms of his career, The Romanian has an overall 197-146 record. He has a positive 135-104 record on clay.

Merida Challenger
Gima's Record

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