Daniel Merida Aguilar and Oliver Crawford will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:30 pm on PISTA FABIAN DORADO. 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 -> 1.65
Oliver Crawford -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Oliver Crawford

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniel Merida Aguilar and Oliver Crawford face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Merida Aguilar (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Merida Aguilar won 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) in the final in M25 Sabadell back in May 2025.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 233 (career-high), Merida Aguilar got to the semifinal after defeating Robin Bertrand 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1, Rafael Jodar 7-5 6-3 and Johannus Monday 6-3 5-7 6-4.

In the quarter, Daniel defeated Monday (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match, Merida Aguilar scored 101 points vs Monday’s 86. Merida Aguilar was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Merida Aguilar scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Merida Aguilar put 73% of his first serves in, winning 76% (51/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Monday 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Merida Aguilar has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (170-120). 8-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Merida Aguilar has an overall50-37 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Merida Aguilar’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Doha,M25 Sabadell and the Lyon Challenger.

The Spaniard has a compiled 34-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Oliver Crawford

Ranked no. 234, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Miguel Cejudo 6-0 6-2, Gastao Elias 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) and Hugo Grenier 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter against Grenier, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Crawford scored 81 points vs Grenier’s 78. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Crawford blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Oliver Crawford lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Crawford put 64% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Grenier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Oliver’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Chennai,M15 Zahra,M15 Villena,M25 Luan,M25 Shenzhen,M25 Bengaluru and M25 Sabadell.

Oliver has an aggregate 50-14 win-loss record in 2025, 34-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Crawford has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Merida Aguilar	Crawford
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	79	74
Pts	271-220	229-198
Total Points	491	427
Winners	129	112
%Winners	48%	49%

Both Merida Aguilar and Crawford played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost 2 sets, while Oliver Crawford dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Merida Aguilar and Crawford have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Merida Aguilar played 5 games more than Crawford. The Spaniard scored 129 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 112 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Merida Aguilar	Crawford
Aces	3	11
Avg per match	1	3.7
1st in	180/252	148/216
%1st in	71%	69%
1st pts	129/180	112/148
%1st pts	72%	76%
2nd pts	39/72	39/68
%2nd pts	54%	57%

Merida Aguilar struck 3 aces (1 per match). Crawford scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Merida Aguilar won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Crawford won 76% 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	Merida Aguilar	Crawford
Won	13	10
Converted	13/20	10/19
% Converted	65%	53%
Conceded	18	11
Saved	13	7
% Saved	72%	64%
Times Broken	5	4

Daniel broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Merida Aguilar conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Oliver broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Oliver conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Merida Aguilar
	R1 Bertrand	R2 Jodar	1/4 Monday	Total
Score	6-75 6-1 6-1	7-5 6-3	6-3 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	27	21	31	79
pts	106-82	64-52	101-86	271-220
Total points	188	116	187	491
Winners	45	33	51	129
%Winners	42%	52%	50%	48%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	3
Double Faults	3	2	2	7
1st in	67/97	46/63	67/92	180/252
% 1st in	69%	73%	73%	71%
1st pts	45/67	33/46	51/67	129/180
% 1st pts	67%	72%	76%	72%
2nd pts	16/30	11/17	12/25	39/72
% 2nd pts	53%	65%	48%	54%
Breaks
Won	7	3	3	13
Converted	7/10	3/4	3/6	13/20
Converted %	70%	75%	50%	65%
Conceded	8	1	9	18
Saved	6/8	0/1	7/9	13
Saved %	75%	0%	78%	51%
Times Broken	2	1	2	5

Crawford
	R1 Cejudo	R2 Elias	1/4 Grenier	Total
Score	6-0 6-2	6-3 3-6 7-65	4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	14	31	29	74
pts	53-25	95-95	81-78	229-198
Total points	78	190	159	427
Winners	22	52	38	112
%Winners	42%	55%	47%	49%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	2	11
Double Faults	0	3	1	4
1st in	28/35	67/98	53/83	148/216
% 1st in	80%	68%	64%	69%
1st pts	22/28	52/67	38/53	112/148
% 1st pts	79%	78%	72%	76%
2nd pts	6/7	18/31	15/30	39/68
% 2nd pts	86%	58%	50%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	1	4	10
Converted	5/6	1/5	4/8	10/19
Converted %	83%	20%	50%	53%
Conceded	0	8	3	11
Saved	0/0	7/8	0/3	7
Saved %	–	88%	0%	29%
Times Broken	0	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger

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