Liam Draxl and Aidan Mayo will face off in the quarter of the Cary Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.25
Aidan Mayo -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Aidan Mayo

This will be the 2^nd time that Liam Draxl and Aidan Mayo play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Draxl (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Draxl won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger back in 2024.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 147, Liam reached the quarter after defeating Philip Sekulic 6-2 6-2 and Joshua Sheehy 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Liam had a good straight sets win against Sheehy (6-2 6-2). During the match, Draxl scored 60 points vs Sheehy’s 38. Draxl was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Draxl was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liam broke Sheehy 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Draxl hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (191-97). 5-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draxl has an aggregate93-48 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Draxl’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,the Oeiras 3 Challenger,the Sarasota Challenger and the Savannah Challenger.

The Canadian has an aggregate 30-16 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Aidan Mayo

Ranked no. 299, the American reached the quarter after beating Andres Andrade 6-1 6-3 and Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-4 6-4). During the match Mayo scored 70 points vs Moriya’s 58. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Mayo bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aidan Mayo lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mayo put 50% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Moriya 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aidan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Mayo has an overall 11-15 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Mayo
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	32	36
Pts	122-78	133-97
Total Points	200	230
Winners	48	42
%Winners	39%	32%

Both Draxl and Mayo played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Draxl and Mayo have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Draxl played 4 games less than Mayo. The Canadian scored 48 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 42 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Mayo
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	2.5	3.5
1st in	61/93	59/114
%1st in	66%	52%
1st pts	48/61	42/59
%1st pts	79%	71%
2nd pts	21/32	37/55
%2nd pts	66%	67%

Draxl blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Mayo made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Draxl won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Mayo won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Draxl	Mayo
Won	8	7
Converted	8/16	7/16
% Converted	50%	44%
Conceded	1	9
Saved	1	8
% Saved	100%	89%
Times Broken	0	1

The Canadian broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Draxl was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Aidan conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	R1 Sekulic	R2 Sheehy	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	16	32
pts	62-40	60-38	122-78
Total points	102	98	200
Winners	24	24	48
%Winners	39%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	0	5
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	31/46	30/47	61/93
% 1st in	67%	64%	66%
1st pts	24/31	24/30	48/61
% 1st pts	77%	80%	79%
2nd pts	10/15	11/17	21/32
% 2nd pts	67%	65%	66%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/8	4/8	8/16
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	1	0	1
Saved	1/1	0/0	1
Saved %	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Mayo
	R1 Andrade	R2 Moriya	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	20	36
pts	63-39	70-58	133-97
Total points	102	128	230
Winners	20	22	42
%Winners	32%	31%	32%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	26/48	33/66	59/114
% 1st in	54%	50%	52%
1st pts	20/26	22/33	42/59
% 1st pts	77%	67%	71%
2nd pts	15/22	22/33	37/55
% 2nd pts	68%	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/8	3/8	7/16
Converted %	50%	38%	44%
Conceded	3	6	9
Saved	3/3	5/6	8
Saved %	100%	83%	92%
Times Broken	0	1	1

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