Yuta Shimizu and Nicolas Mejia will square off in the 1^st round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 13. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Mejia who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.52
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Nicolas Mejia

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 191, the Japanese will start his run in the Little Rock Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Coppejans in the qualifications on the 19^th of May.

Shimizu has an overall 8-10 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Shimizu has an overall 265-154 record. He has a positive 208-120 record on hard.

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

Nicolas Mejia

Ranked no. 250, the Colombian will start his run in the Little Rock Challenger after he played his last match in the Bogota Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 5-7 6-3 to Rodrigues in the 2^nd round on the 14^th of May.

Mejia has an aggregate 15-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the year was winning the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(3).

In terms of his career, Nicolas has an overall 222-192 record. He has a positive 88-81 record on hard.

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd

round in 2022. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger

• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alvin Nicholas TudoricaNicholas Tudorica (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alvin Nicholas TudoricaNicholas Tudorica (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel MilavskyMilavsky – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-4 1-2 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Hyeon ChungChung – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Andres AndradeAndrade (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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