Nicolas Villalon and Trey Hilderbrand

will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Merida Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA MERIDA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Trey Hilderbrand who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Trey Hilderbrand is the pick to win this match.
Trey Hilderbrand -> 1.23
Nicolas Villalon -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Villalon vs. Trey Hilderbrand

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Villalon and Trey Hilderbrand since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Villalon

Currently unranked, Nicolas got to the qualifications after beating Brandon Perez 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-4 6-3). During the match, Villalon scored 62 points vs Perez’s 49. The Chilean was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Villalon was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nicolas Villalon was quite effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nicolas broke Perez 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Villalon has a negative record in the last 4 years having won 48% of his matches (55-59). 2-3 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Villalon has an aggregate53-54 record in the last 4 years on clay.

Nicolas has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.

Trey Hilderbrand

Ranked no. 627, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Diego Bustamante 6-0 6-2.

In the qualifications, Trey had a good straight sets win against Bustamante (6-0 6-2). During the match Hilderbrand scored 60 points vs Bustamante’s 31. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Hilderbrand bagged 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Trey Hilderbrand lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hilderbrand put 64% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Trey broke Bustamante 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Trey has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Villalon	Hilderbrand
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	14
Pts	62-49	60-31
Total Points	111	91
Winners	18	23
%Winners	29%	38%

Both Villalon and Hilderbrand played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Villalon and Hilderbrand have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Villalon played 5 games more than Hilderbrand. Villalon scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Trey recorded 23 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Villalon	Hilderbrand
Aces	0	4
Avg per match	0	4
1st in	25/46	28/44
%1st in	54%	64%
1st pts	18/25	23/28
%1st pts	72%	82%
2nd pts	12/21	7/16
%2nd pts	57%	44%

Villalon didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hilderbrand managed to score 4 aces . Villalon won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Hilderbrand won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Villalon	Hilderbrand
Won	5	6
Converted	5/7	6/8
% Converted	71%	75%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	33%	75%
Times Broken	2	1

Villalon broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Trey broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Hilderbrand conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Villalon
	Q1 Perez	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	62-49	62-49
Total points	111	111
Winners	18	18
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	25/46	25/46
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	18/25	18/25
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	12/21	12/21
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Hilderbrand
	Q1 Bustamante	Total
Score	6-0 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	60-31	60-31
Total points	91	91
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	28/44	28/44
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	23/28	23/28
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	7/16	7/16
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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