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.
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
19 - 4win/loss
296
279
| 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.
Sebastian Gima
10 - 7win/loss
529
436
| 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.
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