Yuta Shimizu and Nicolas Mejia will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.69
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Nicolas Mejia

This will be the 2nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Nicolas Mejia square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shimizu won 7-6(4) 6-0 in the 1st round in the Little Rock Challenger back in May 2025.

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu

14 - 15win/loss

Hard
11-10
I Hard
2-2
Clay
1-2
Grass
0-1
Rank
246
High
181
WLLWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-24 17-17 1-2 3-4 0-1 0-0
2024 39-29 35-25 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0
2023 36-24 35-23 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 44-23 36-21 7-1 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 18-12 12-8 0-0 5-4 1-0 0-0

Ranked no. 211, the Japanese will start his run in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger after he played his last match in the Granby Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Holmgren in the quarter on the 18th of July.

The Japanese has a compiled 13-15 win-loss record in 2025, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Shimizu has an overall 270-159 record. He has a positive 213-124 record on hard.

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Nicolas Mejia

Nicolas Mejia

23 - 21win/loss

Hard
11-14
I Hard
1-2
Clay
11-5
Rank
212
High
190
LLWLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-33 21-19 13-6 2-8 0-0 0-0
2024 44-33 18-21 23-8 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 24-33 6-13 18-18 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 31-35 13-12 15-13 3-10 0-0 0-0
2021 24-28 16-10 5-13 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 240, Mejia will start his run in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger after he played his last match in Los Cabos where he lost 6-4 6-1

to Basavareddy in the 1st round on the 15th of July.

Mejia has a compiled 23-20 win-loss record in 2025, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(3).

In terms of his career, The Colombian has an overall 230-199 record. He has a positive 94-87 record on hard.

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

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

Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Mejia's Record

Tennis Scores in Bloomfield Hills Challenger

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