Hugo Dellien and Joshua Sheehy will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Dellien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Dellien is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Dellien -> 1.088
Joshua Sheehy -> 6.4

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Dellien vs. Joshua Sheehy

There is no head to head record between Hugo Dellien and Joshua Sheehy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Hugo Dellien

Ranked no. 103, Dellien got to the 2^nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Dellien had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-5 6-3). During the match, Dellien scored 64 points vs Janvier’s 55. Dellien was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dellien made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Dellien lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Dellien put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. The Bolivian broke Janvier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Dellien has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (358-198). 10-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dellien has a compiled 346-168 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Hugo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Rosario Challenger.

The Bolivian has a compiled 12-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Dellien has never competed in this tournament before.

Joshua Sheehy

Ranked no. 752, Sheehy got to the 2^nd round after defeating Cleeve Harper 6-4 6-4, Evan Zhu 6-4 6-4 and Aidan Mayo 6-1 1-6 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, Joshua defeated Mayo (6-1 1-6 7-6²). During the match Sheehy scored 82 points vs Mayo’s 72. Joshua was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Sheehy struck 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Joshua Sheehy was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Joshua broke Mayo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The American has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dellien	Sheehy
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	21	67
Pts	64-55	223-197
Total Points	119	420
Winners	33	74
%Winners	52%	33%

Dellien played 1 match while Sheehy competed in 3 matches. Sheehy started his run from the qualifications while Dellien had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Joshua Sheehy surrendered 1 set while Hugo Dellien hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dellien has played 5 set(s) less than Sheehy (2 vs 7). Therefore, Dellien played 46 games less than Sheehy. The Bolivian scored 33 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 74 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dellien	Sheehy
Aces	2	20
Avg per match	2	6.7
1st in	47/66	104/219
%1st in	71%	47%
1st pts	33/47	74/104
%1st pts	70%	71%
2nd pts	12/19	69/115
%2nd pts	63%	60%

Dellien struck 2 aces . Sheehy scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Dellien won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sheehy won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dellien	Sheehy
Won	3	9
Converted	3/7	9/14
% Converted	43%	64%
Conceded	4	16
Saved	3	11
% Saved	75%	69%
Times Broken	1	5

Dellien broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Hugo dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Joshua conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Dellien
	R1 Janvier	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	64-55	64-55
Total points	119	119
Winners	33	33
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	47/66	47/66
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	33/47	33/47
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Sheehy
	Q1 Harper	Q3 Zhu	R1 Mayo	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-1 1-6 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	20	27	67
pts	71-62	70-63	82-72	223-197
Total points	133	133	154	420
Winners	21	23	30	74
%Winners	30%	33%	37%	33%
SERVE
Aces	8	3	9	20
Double Faults	4	3	5	12
1st in	31/73	32/67	41/79	104/219
% 1st in	42%	48%	52%	47%
1st pts	21/31	23/32	30/41	74/104
% 1st pts	68%	72%	73%	71%
2nd pts	26/42	21/35	22/38	69/115
% 2nd pts	62%	60%	58%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	9
Converted	3/4	3/5	3/5	9/14
Converted %	75%	60%	60%	64%
Conceded	4	7	5	16
Saved	3/4	6/7	2/5	11
Saved %	75%	86%	40%	201%
Times Broken	1	1	3	5

Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger

• Petr NesterovNesterov – Robin CatryCatry (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Govind NandaNanda (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-2 7-6¹⁰) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Miguel TobonTobon (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Dan MartinMartin (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Rodrigo AlujasAlujas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Karl PolingPoling (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Joshua SheehySheehy – Aidan MayoMayo (6-1 1-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andres AndradeAndrade (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Sebastian GimaGima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo DellienDellien – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Joshua SheehySheehy – Aidan MayoMayo (6-1 1-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Karl PolingPoling (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Dan MartinMartin (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-2 7-6(10)) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Rodrigo AlujasAlujas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Govind NandaNanda (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Petr NesterovNesterov – Robin CatryCatry (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Miguel TobonTobon (6-2 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo DellienDellien – Joshua SheehySheehy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Tyler ZinkZink (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction