Liam Draxl and Nicolas Mejia will fight against each other in the final of the Savannah Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on LANDINGS COMPANY STADIUM. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.43
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Nicolas Mejia

This will be the 2^nd time that Liam Draxl and Nicolas Mejia square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Draxl (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Draxl won 7-6(3) 7-5 in the quarter in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in January 2025.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 156 (career-high), the Canadian reached the final after beating Garrett Johns 7-5 6-1, Patrick Maloney 7-5 7-5, Oliver Crawford 6-3 6-7(7) 6-2 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 7-5 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (7-5 6-4). During the match, Draxl scored 82 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 73. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 71% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (9/26) on the 2nd serve. Draxl broke Alberto Olivieri 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Liam has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (186-92). 10-3 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Draxl has a composed48-24 record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,the Oeiras 3 Challenger and the Sarasota Challenger.

The Canadian has an aggregate 25-11 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Savannah Challenger

The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.

Nicolas Mejia

Ranked no. 301, Nicolas got to the final after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-5 7-5, Joel Schwaerzler 6-4 6-0, Tung-Lin Wu 6-2 3-6 7-6(4)

and Eliot Spizzirri 6-4 5-7 6-3.

In the semifinal, Nicolas defeated Spizzirri (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Mejia scored 98 points vs Spizzirri’s 94. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Mejia made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 5 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. Mejia broke Spizzirri 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mejia has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Colombian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Savannah Challenger.

The Colombian has a composed 13-12 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Mejia
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	95	101
Pts	341-284	331-280
Total Points	625	611
Winners	160	123
%Winners	47%	37%

Both Draxl and Mejia played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Liam Draxl conceded 1 set, while Nicolas Mejia dropped 2 sets. Draxl has played 1 set(s) less than Mejia (9 vs 10). Therefore, Draxl played 6 games less than Mejia. Draxl scored 160 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian blasted 123 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Mejia
Aces	17	14
Avg per match	4.3	3.5
1st in	219/322	172/303
%1st in	68%	57%
1st pts	160/219	123/172
%1st pts	73%	72%
2nd pts	44/103	66/131
%2nd pts	43%	50%

Draxl made 17 aces (4.3 per match). Mejia blasted 14 aces (3.5 per match). Draxl won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Draxl	Mejia
Won	19	22
Converted	19/34	22/36
% Converted	56%	61%
Conceded	34	31
Saved	27	18
% Saved	79%	58%
Times Broken	7	13

Liam broke his opponents 19 times with a 56% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Mejia broke his opponents 22 times with a 61% conversion rate. Mejia conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	R1 Johns	R2 Maloney	1/4 Crawford	1/2 Alberto	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-5 7-5	6-3 6-77 6-2	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	19	24	30	22	95
pts	63-43	85-73	111-95	82-73	341-284
Total points	106	158	206	155	625
Winners	29	42	47	42	160
%Winners	46%	49%	42%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	10	2	17
Double Faults	3	4	8	8	23
1st in	35/51	58/85	62/96	64/90	219/322
% 1st in	69%	68%	65%	71%	68%
1st pts	29/35	42/58	47/62	42/64	160/219
% 1st pts	83%	72%	76%	66%	73%
2nd pts	8/16	13/27	14/34	9/26	44/103
% 2nd pts	50%	48%	41%	35%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	4	6	5	19
Converted	4/5	4/8	6/10	5/11	19/34
Converted %	80%	50%	60%	45%	56%
Conceded	1	11	8	14	34
Saved	1/1	9/11	6/8	11/14	27
Saved %	100%	82%	75%	79%	84%
Times Broken	0	2	2	3	7

Mejia
	R1 Janvier	R2 Schwaerzler	1/4 Wu	1/2 Spizzirri	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	6-4 6-0	6-2 3-6 7-64	6-4 5-7 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	24	16	30	31	101
pts	78-65	58-31	97-90	98-94	331-280
Total points	143	89	187	192	611
Winners	26	21	35	41	123
%Winners	33%	36%	36%	42%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	8	2	14
Double Faults	5	2	2	4	13
1st in	38/68	27/49	48/82	59/104	172/303
% 1st in	56%	55%	59%	57%	57%
1st pts	26/38	21/27	35/48	41/59	123/172
% 1st pts	68%	78%	73%	69%	72%
2nd pts	16/30	10/22	21/34	19/45	66/131
% 2nd pts	53%	45%	62%	42%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	6	4	7	22
Converted	5/6	6/6	4/12	7/12	22/36
Converted %	83%	100%	33%	58%	61%
Conceded	4	3	6	18	31
Saved	1/4	1/3	3/6	13/18	18
Saved %	25%	33%	50%	72%	45%
Times Broken	3	2	3	5	13

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