Daniel Merida Aguilar and Henri Squire will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT SOPRA STERIA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Merida Aguilar is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.727
Henri Squire -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Henri Squire

There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and Henri Squire since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 292, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after defeating Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Merida Aguilar had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-4 6-4). During the match, Merida Aguilar scored 78 points vs Jacquet’s 68. Merida Aguilar was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Merida Aguilar scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Merida Aguilar put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Merida Aguilar broke Jacquet twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Merida Aguilar has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (160-117). 19-6 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Merida Aguilar has a composed112-75 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Doha and M25 Sabadell.

Daniel has a composed 24-10 win-loss record in 2025, 19-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Henri Squire

Ranked no. 370, the German reached the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Squire had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-3 7-5). During the match Squire scored 83 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 70. Squire was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Squire managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Henri Squire lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Squire put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Henri broke Alvarez Varona 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Squire has an aggregate 13-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Merida Aguilar	Squire
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	21
Pts	78-68	83-70
Total Points	146	153
Winners	39	33
%Winners	50%	40%

Both Merida Aguilar and Squire played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Merida Aguilar and Squire have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Merida Aguilar played 1 game less than Squire. Merida Aguilar scored 39 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Squire managed to score 33 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Merida Aguilar	Squire
Aces	1	4
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	49/77	47/76
%1st in	64%	62%
1st pts	39/49	33/47
%1st pts	80%	70%
2nd pts	12/28	13/29
%2nd pts	43%	45%

Merida Aguilar managed to score 1 ace . Squire also scored 4 aces . Merida Aguilar won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Squire won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Merida Aguilar	Squire
Won	2	5
Converted	2/9	5/13
% Converted	22%	38%
Conceded	5	8
Saved	5	6
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	2

Daniel broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Spaniard very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Squire broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Merida Aguilar
	R1 Jacquet	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	78-68	78-68
Total points	146	146
Winners	39	39
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	49/77	49/77
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	39/49	39/49
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	12/28	12/28
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Squire
	R1 Alvarez	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	83-70	83-70
Total points	153	153
Winners	33	33
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	47/76	47/76
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	33/47	33/47
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	13/29	13/29
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ray Ho/David Vega HernandezHo/David Vega Hernandez – Yanis Ghazouani Durand/Loann MassardGhazouani Durand/Loann Massard (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PoullainPoullain – Timo LegoutLegout (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Elmer MollerMoller (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tom ParisParis (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-4 2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Titouan DroguetDroguet (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucas PoullainPoullain – Timo LegoutLegout (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tom ParisParis (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Matteo MartineauMartineau (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Elmer MollerMoller (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucas PoullainPoullain – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Clement TaburTabur – (1-0) – H2H and prediction