Nicolas Mejia and Rafael Jodar will face off in the 1st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Jodar who should win in 3 sets.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.58
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Rafael Jodar
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Rafael Jodar since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Mejia
30 - 26win/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. 201, Nicolas will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in 1 where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Gombos in the Rubber 4 on the 13th of September.
Mejia has an aggregate 30-26 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Savannah Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Mejia has an overall 237-205 record. He has a negative 10-24 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Rafael Jodar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-12 | 23-9 | 3-1 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325 (career-high), the Spaniard will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Salem Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-5 to Svajda in the semifinal on the 13th of September.
Jodar has a composed 23-9 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Hersonissos 3 Challenger where he overcame Dan Added in the final 6-4 6-2.
In terms of his career, Rafael has an overall 31-18 record. He has a flat 0-0 record on indoor hard courts.
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Martin DammDamm – Aidan KimKim (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tyler ZinkZink – Alexander BernardBernard (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Justin BoulaisBoulais – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Darwin BlanchBlanch – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 3-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(2) 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Jack AnthropAnthrop (3-6 6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael ZhengZheng – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Justin BoulaisBoulais (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tyler ZinkZink – (0-0) – H2H and prediction