Robin Catry and Petr Nesterov will play each other in the 1st round of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 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 Petr Nesterov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Petr Nesterov is the pick to win this match.
Petr Nesterov -> 1.6
Robin Catry -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Robin Catry vs. Petr Nesterov

There is no head to head record between Robin Catry and Petr Nesterov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Robin Catry

Robin Catry
Robin Catry

7 - 2win/loss

Clay
2-0
Rank
High
WWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-2 0-0 2-0 5-2 0-0 0-0
2024 23-11 6-5 0-0 17-6 0-0 0-0
2023 9-10 5-4 3-4 1-2 0-0 0-0
2022 16-7 7-3 2-2 7-2 0-0 0-0
2021 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, Catry got to the 1st round after defeating Drew Van Orderlain 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 and Tristan Mccormick 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Mccormick, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Catry scored 83 points vs Mccormick’s 80. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Catry blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Robin Catry lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Catry put 68% of his first serves in, winning 84% (51/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mccormick twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Robin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Catry has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (56-31). 2-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Catry has an overall7-6 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

Robin has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida Challenger
Catry's Record

Petr Nesterov

Petr Nesterov
Petr Nesterov

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
3-2
Rank
448
High
384
LWLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-5 5-3 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0
2024 45-22 3-3 35-17 7-2 0-0 0-0
2023 51-22 30-9 21-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 24-18 5-6 18-10 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 2-6 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 448, Petr will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the Cap Cana Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Mejia in the qualifications on the 11th of March.

Petr has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on clay.

Petr’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Bucharest.

In terms of his career, Petr has an overall 130-73 record. He has a positive 74-41 record on clay.

Merida Challenger
Nesterov's Record

Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger

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