Titouan Droguet and Daniel Merida Aguilar will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Titouan Droguet who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Titouan Droguet is the pick to win this match.
Titouan Droguet -> 1.54
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 2.41

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Prediction and head to head Titouan Droguet vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar

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

The last time that they played, Droguet won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in the Royan Challenger back in June 2025.

Titouan Droguet

Ranked no. 161, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Alibek Kachmazov 6-1 4-2 ret..

In the qualifications against Kachmazov, Titouan had a free pass after Kachmazov retired on a 6-1 4-2 . scoreline.

Droguet has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (251-132). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Droguet has a compiled46-20 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Royan Challenger where he beat Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 4-6 6-1 6-4.

The French player has an aggregate 31-15 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 171, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating Dalibor Svrcina 1-6 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications against Svrcina, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Merida and Svrcina scored the same amount of points (93). However, the world no. 161 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Merida was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Merida scored 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve 6 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 69% of his first serves in, winning 59% (39/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Svrcina 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he defeated Fajing Sun in the final 6-3 6-4.

Daniel has a composed 37-15 win-loss record in 2025, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Droguet	Merida
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	13	28
Pts	47-32	93-93
Total Points	79	186
Winners	20	39
%Winners	43%	42%

Both Droguet and Merida played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daniel Merida Aguilar conceded 1 set while Titouan Droguet hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Droguet and Merida have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Droguet played 15 games less than Merida. Droguet scored 20 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel managed to score 39 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Droguet	Merida
Aces	6	2
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	26/42	66/95
%1st in	62%	69%
1st pts	20/26	39/66
%1st pts	77%	59%
2nd pts	10/16	11/29
%2nd pts	63%	38%

Droguet bagged 6 aces . Merida fired 2 aces . Droguet won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Droguet	Merida
Won	3	6
Converted	3/6	6/16
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	1	15
Saved	1	9
% Saved	100%	60%
Times Broken	0	6

The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Merida broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Droguet
	Q1 Kachmazov	Total
Score	6-1 4-2 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	47-32	47-32
Total points	79	79
Winners	20	20
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	26/42	26/42
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	20/26	20/26
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Merida
	Q1 Svrcina	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	93-93	93-93
Total points	186	186
Winners	39	39
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	66/95	66/95
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	39/66	39/66
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	11/29	11/29
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	9/15	9
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	6	6

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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• Leandro RiediRiedi – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Liam DraxlDraxl (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-7¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-1 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Arthur BouquierBouquier (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Benjamin WillwerthWillwerth (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Alex BoltBolt (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Jack KennedyKennedy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Justin EngelEngel (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Martin DammDamm – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Hady HabibHabib (4-6 7-6⁷ 7-5) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6¹²) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-7³ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Tyler ZinkZink (4-6 7-5 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-7² 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Chris RodeschRodesch (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Jack SatterfieldSatterfield (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6⁷ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (3-6 7-6⁵ 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Omar JasikaJasika (6-7³ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Lukas KleinKlein (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Edas ButvilasButvilas (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (7-6⁶ 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Mark LajalLajal (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Borna GojoGojo (7-6² 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Johannus MondayMonday (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernard TomicTomic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Christian GarinGarin – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Lloyd HarrisHarris (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Garrett JohnsJohns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Harold MayotMayot (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction