Johannus Monday and Daniel Merida Aguilar will face off in the quarter of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:30 pm on PISTA FABIAN DORADO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.75
Johannus Monday -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Johannus Monday vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar

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

Johannus Monday

Ranked no. 227, the Brit got to the quarter after defeating Fabrizio Andaloro 6-4 7-6(5) and Matias Soto 7-6(4) 7-6(8).

In the 2^nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Soto (7-6⁴ 7-6⁸). During the match, Monday scored 77 points vs Soto’s 76. Monday was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Monday struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Johannus Monday lost the serve once. Furthermore, Monday put 70% of his first serves in, winning 88% (50/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Brit was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Soto once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 51% of the points he played.

Monday has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (92-49). 16-6 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Monday has a compiled60-23 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

Monday’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Sunderland and M25 Bakersfield.

The Brit has a compiled 28-14 win-loss record in 2025, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Johannus has never competed in this tournament before.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 233 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the quarter after beating Robin Bertrand 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1 and Rafael Jodar 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Jodar (7-5 6-3). During the match Merida scored 64 points vs Jodar’s 52. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Merida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Daniel Merida Aguilar was quite effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Jodar 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Doha,M25 Sabadell and the Lyon Challenger.

The Spaniard has an overall 33-13 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Monday	Merida
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	49	48
Pts	155-146	170-134
Total Points	301	304
Winners	85	78
%Winners	55%	46%

Both Monday and Merida played 2 matches. At the moment, Daniel Merida Aguilar lost 1 set while Johannus Monday hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monday has played 1 set(s) less than Merida (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Monday played 1 game more than Merida. Monday scored 85 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Merida managed to score 78 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Monday	Merida
Aces	16	2
Avg per match	8	1
1st in	105/152	113/160
%1st in	69%	71%
1st pts	85/105	78/113
%1st pts	81%	69%
2nd pts	26/47	27/47
%2nd pts	55%	57%

Monday recorded 16 aces (8 per match). Merida managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Monday won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Monday	Merida
Won	3	10
Converted	3/6	10/14
% Converted	50%	71%
Conceded	4	9
Saved	2	6
% Saved	50%	67%
Times Broken	2	3

Johannus broke his opponents 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Johannus dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Merida conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Monday
	R1 Andaloro	R2 Soto	Total
Score	6-4 7-65	7-64 7-68
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	26	49
pts	78-70	77-76	155-146
Total points	148	153	301
Winners	35	50	85
%Winners	45%	65%	55%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	16
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	48/70	57/82	105/152
% 1st in	69%	70%	69%
1st pts	35/48	50/57	85/105
% 1st pts	73%	88%	81%
2nd pts	14/22	12/25	26/47
% 2nd pts	64%	48%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	1	3
Converted	2/5	1/1	3/6
Converted %	40%	100%	50%
Conceded	3	1	4
Saved	2/3	0/1	2
Saved %	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Merida
	R1 Bertrand	R2 Jodar	Total
Score	6-75 6-1 6-1	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	21	48
pts	106-82	64-52	170-134
Total points	188	116	304
Winners	45	33	78
%Winners	42%	52%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	67/97	46/63	113/160
% 1st in	69%	73%	71%
1st pts	45/67	33/46	78/113
% 1st pts	67%	72%	69%
2nd pts	16/30	11/17	27/47
% 2nd pts	53%	65%	57%
Breaks
Won	7	3	10
Converted	7/10	3/4	10/14
Converted %	70%	75%	71%
Conceded	8	1	9
Saved	6/8	0/1	6
Saved %	75%	0%	38%
Times Broken	2	1	3

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