Nicolas Mejia and Abedallah Shelbayh will square off in the 2^nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.85
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Abedallah Shelbayh

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicolas Mejia

Ranked no. 199, Nicolas reached the 2^nd round after beating Tyler Zink 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Zink, Mejia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Mejia scored 102 points vs Zink’s 93. The Colombian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mejia bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Mejia was very effective on serve to win 73% (47/64) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Colombian broke Zink 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Mejia has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (238-206). 19-17 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mejia has a compiled 102-91 match record in the last years on hard.

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

The Colombian has a composed 31-27 win-loss record in 2025, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 437, Shelbayh got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alfredo Perez 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-3 6-4). During the match Shelbayh scored 68 points vs Perez’s 52. Abedallah was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Shelbayh struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh was pretty efficient on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The broke Perez twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

The’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Astana Challenger.

Shelbayh has an overall 18-26 win-loss record in 2025, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mejia	Shelbayh
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	31	19
Pts	102-93	68-52
Total Points	195	120
Winners	47	33
%Winners	46%	49%

Both Mejia and Shelbayh played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia lost 1 set while Abedallah Shelbayh hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mejia has played 1 set more than Shelbayh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mejia played 12 games more than Shelbayh. Nicolas scored 47 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Shelbayh recorded 33 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mejia	Shelbayh
Aces	7	2
Avg per match	7	2
1st in	64/107	38/65
%1st in	60%	58%
1st pts	47/64	33/38
%1st pts	73%	87%
2nd pts	23/43	14/27
%2nd pts	53%	52%

Mejia struck 7 aces . Shelbayh blasted 2 aces . Mejia won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mejia	Shelbayh
Won	3	2
Converted	3/8	2/5
% Converted	38%	40%
Conceded	11	4
Saved	9	4
% Saved	82%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Nicolas broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mejia surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Abedallah broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Shelbayh was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Mejia
	R1 Zink	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	102-93	102-93
Total points	195	195
Winners	47	47
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	64/107	64/107
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	47/64	47/64
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	23/43	23/43
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	9/11	9
Saved %	82%	82%
Times Broken	2	2

Shelbayh
	R1 Perez	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	68-52	68-52
Total points	120	120
Winners	33	33
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	38/65	38/65
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	33/38	33/38
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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