Nicolas Mejia and Ilya Ivashka will play each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.86
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Ilya Ivashka
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Ilya Ivashka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Mejia
26 - 23win/loss
212
190
| 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. 246, Nicolas will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Barranquilla Challenger where he lost 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 to Tomic in the quarter on the 14th of August.
Nicolas has a composed 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he beat Liam Draxl in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Nicolas has an overall 233-202 record. He has a positive 97-90 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Ilya Ivashka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-24 | 5-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 8-6 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-20 | 14-6 | 13-5 | 6-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 768, the Belarussian will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Hersonissos 3 Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-2 6-3
to Wendelken in the 2nd round on the 13th of August.Ivashka has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Belarussian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Luan.
In terms of his career, Ivashka has an overall 372-255 record. He has a positive 204-125 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Christian LangmoLangmo (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker – Kaya ArincArinc (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Koray KirciKirci – Luca PotenzaPotenza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Alastair GrayGray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Peter MakkMakk – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction