Daniel Merida Aguilar and George Loffhagen will play each other in the quarter of the Villena Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. 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 Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 3 sets.

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

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. George Loffhagen

There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and George Loffhagen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 169, Merida Aguilar got to the quarter after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-2 and Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Merida Aguilar had a good straight sets win against Kasnikowski (6-4 6-3). During the match, Merida Aguilar scored 62 points vs Kasnikowski’s 51. Merida Aguilar was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Merida Aguilar scored 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Merida Aguilar put 71% of his first serves in, winning 74% (25/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Kasnikowski 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Merida Aguilar has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (181-126). 14-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Merida Aguilar has an overall56-39 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

The Spaniard has an overall 45-19 win-loss record in 2025, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

George Loffhagen

Ranked no. 250, the Brit reached the quarter after beating Alberto Barroso Campos 6-3 6-1 and Viktor Durasovic 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Durasovic, Loffhagen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Loffhagen scored 88 points vs Durasovic’s 69. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Loffhagen blasted 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. George Loffhagen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Loffhagen put 55% of his first serves in, winning 87% (40/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Durasovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Segovia Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Alvarez Varona in the final 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-4.

George has a composed 46-13 win-loss record in 2025, 26-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

George has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Merida Aguilar	Loffhagen
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	37	43
Pts	138-112	161-122
Total Points	250	283
Winners	57	62
%Winners	41%	39%

Both Merida Aguilar and Loffhagen played 2 matches. At the moment, George Loffhagen surrendered 1 set while Daniel Merida Aguilar hasn’t dropped a set so far. Merida Aguilar has played 1 set(s) less than Loffhagen (4 vs 5). Therefore, Merida Aguilar played 6 games less than Loffhagen. Merida Aguilar scored 57 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, George blasted 62 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Merida Aguilar	Loffhagen
Aces	3	18
Avg per match	1.5	9
1st in	87/119	72/147
%1st in	73%	49%
1st pts	57/87	62/72
%1st pts	66%	86%
2nd pts	13/32	34/75
%2nd pts	41%	45%

Merida Aguilar struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Loffhagen managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Merida Aguilar won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Loffhagen won 86% of the points on 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	Merida Aguilar	Loffhagen
Won	11	10
Converted	11/19	10/20
% Converted	58%	50%
Conceded	11	14
Saved	6	10
% Saved	55%	71%
Times Broken	5	4

Daniel broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Daniel dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Merida Aguilar
	R1 Peniston	R2 Kasnikowski	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	19	37
pts	76-61	62-51	138-112
Total points	137	113	250
Winners	32	25	57
%Winners	42%	40%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	53/71	34/48	87/119
% 1st in	75%	71%	73%
1st pts	32/53	25/34	57/87
% 1st pts	60%	74%	66%
2nd pts	7/18	6/14	13/32
% 2nd pts	39%	43%	41%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/8	5/11	11/19
Converted %	75%	45%	58%
Conceded	9	2	11
Saved	6/9	0/2	6
Saved %	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Loffhagen
	R1 Barroso Campos	R2 Durasovic	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	27	43
pts	73-53	88-69	161-122
Total points	126	157	283
Winners	22	40	62
%Winners	30%	45%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	18
Double Faults	7	7	14
1st in	26/64	46/83	72/147
% 1st in	41%	55%	49%
1st pts	22/26	40/46	62/72
% 1st pts	85%	87%	86%
2nd pts	18/38	16/37	34/75
% 2nd pts	47%	43%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/9	10/20
Converted %	45%	56%	50%
Conceded	7	7	14
Saved	6/7	4/7	10
Saved %	86%	57%	72%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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