Jaime Faria and Daniel Merida Aguilar will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Seville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jaime Faria who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jaime Faria is the pick to win this match.
Jaime Faria -> 1.86
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar

There is no head to head record between Jaime Faria and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 117, Jaime got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Alvarez Varona, Jaime recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Faria scored 89 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 80. Jaime was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Faria recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jaime Faria was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (38/49) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jaime broke Alvarez Varona 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Faria has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (178-111). 7-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Faria has a compiled78-53 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Faria’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Sumter Challenger.

Faria has an aggregate 21-20 win-loss record in 2025, 7-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seville Challenger

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 170, Daniel reached the 2^nd round after defeating Christoph Negritu 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Negritu, Merida recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Merida scored 84 points vs Negritu’s 75. Merida was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Merida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 75% of his first serves in, winning 74% (45/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Negritu 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

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

Daniel has an aggregate 39-16 win-loss record in 2025, 27-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seville Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Faria	Merida
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	26
Pts	89-80	84-75
Total Points	169	159
Winners	38	45
%Winners	43%	54%

Both Faria and Merida played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaime Faria surrendered 1 set, while Daniel Merida Aguilar conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Faria and Merida have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Faria played 2 games more than Merida. Faria scored 38 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel struck 45 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Faria	Merida
Aces	6	1
Avg per match	6	1
1st in	49/72	61/81
%1st in	68%	75%
1st pts	38/49	45/61
%1st pts	78%	74%
2nd pts	12/23	9/20
%2nd pts	52%	45%

Faria recorded 6 aces . Merida managed to score 1 ace . Faria won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Faria	Merida
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/7
% Converted	33%	43%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	2	1

Jaime broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Jaime lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Faria
	R1 Alvarez	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	89-80	89-80
Total points	169	169
Winners	38	38
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	49/72	49/72
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	38/49	38/49
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Merida
	R1 Negritu	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	84-75	84-75
Total points	159	159
Winners	45	45
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	61/81	61/81
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	45/61	45/61
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Seville Challenger

• Javier Barranco Cosano/Benjamin Winter LopezBarranco Cosano/Benjamin Winter Lopez – Boris Arias/Federico ZeballosArias/Federico Zeballos (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Alex MartinezMartinez (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivan Liutarevich/David Vega HernandezLiutarevich/David Vega Hernandez – Alberto Barroso Campos/Inaki Montes-De La TorreBarroso Campos/Inaki Montes-De La Torre (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Dominik KellovskyKellovsky (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Daniel RinconRincon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Christoph NegrituNegritu (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Elias YmerYmer (7-6⁴ 6-7² 6-1) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (5-7 7-6⁴ 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Daniel RinconRincon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Dominik KellovskyKellovsky (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Alex MartinezMartinez (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – (0-0) – H2H and prediction