Nicolas Mejia and Juan Bautista Torres will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cali Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Nicolas Mejia who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Mejia is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.42
Juan Bautista Torres -> 2.71

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Mejia vs. Juan Bautista Torres

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Mejia and Juan Bautista Torres since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Nicolas Mejia

Ranked no. 198, Mejia got to the quarter after beating Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-6(2) 6-4 and Franco Roncadelli 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Roncadelli (6-4 6-2). During the match, Mejia scored 69 points vs Roncadelli’s 56. Mejia was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mejia managed to score 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Mejia was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Roncadelli 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Colombian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Mejia has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (242-208). 13-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mejia has a compiled 128-88 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning 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 35-29 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cali Challenger

Juan Bautista Torres

Ranked no. 418, Juan reached the quarter after beating Mateo Castaneda 6-3 7-5, Ignacio Monzon 6-2 6-0, Andres Andrade 6-4 6-0 and Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-2 6-4). During the match Bautista scored 69 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 50. Bautista was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Bautista wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bautista put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Dutra Da Silva 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Juan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Bautista’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Como Challenger.

Juan has a composed 23-25 win-loss record in 2025, 23-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cali Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mejia	Bautista
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	8
Tot Games	41	69
Pts	144-121	271-192
Total Points	265	463
Winners	63	104
%Winners	44%	38%

Mejia played 2 matches while Bautista competed in 4 matches. Bautista started his run from the qualifications while Mejia had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Mejia has played 4 set(s) less than Bautista (4 vs 8). Therefore, Mejia played 28 games less than Bautista. The Colombian scored 63 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Bautista blasted 104 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mejia	Bautista
Aces	8	9
Avg per match	4	2.3
1st in	77/122	153/230
%1st in	63%	67%
1st pts	63/77	104/153
%1st pts	82%	68%
2nd pts	26/45	34/77
%2nd pts	58%	44%

Mejia recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Bautista recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Mejia won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bautista won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mejia	Bautista
Won	4	24
Converted	4/13	24/47
% Converted	31%	51%
Conceded	2	26
Saved	2	17
% Saved	100%	65%
Times Broken	0	9

Mejia broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Colombian pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Juan broke his opponents 24 times with a 51% conversion rate. Bautista conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Mejia
	R1 Agustin	R2 Roncadelli	Total
Score	7-62 6-4	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	18	41
pts	75-65	69-56	144-121
Total points	140	125	265
Winners	38	25	63
%Winners	51%	36%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	47/68	30/54	77/122
% 1st in	69%	56%	63%
1st pts	38/47	25/30	63/77
% 1st pts	81%	83%	82%
2nd pts	12/21	14/24	26/45
% 2nd pts	57%	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	1	3	4
Converted	1/1	3/12	4/13
Converted %	100%	25%	31%
Conceded	1	1	2
Saved	1/1	1/1	2
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Bautista
	Q1 Castaneda	Q3 Monzon	R1 Andrade	R2 Dutra Da Silva	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-2 6-0	6-4 6-0	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	21	14	16	18	69
pts	72-55	60-36	70-51	69-50	271-192
Total points	127	96	121	119	463
Winners	31	20	27	26	104
%Winners	43%	33%	39%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	1	0	9
Double Faults	2	0	0	2	4
1st in	44/66	26/41	45/65	38/58	153/230
% 1st in	67%	63%	69%	66%	67%
1st pts	31/44	20/26	27/45	26/38	104/153
% 1st pts	70%	77%	60%	68%	68%
2nd pts	8/22	8/15	11/20	7/20	34/77
% 2nd pts	36%	53%	55%	35%	44%
Breaks
Won	6	6	6	6	24
Converted	6/8	6/14	6/14	6/11	24/47
Converted %	75%	43%	43%	55%	51%
Conceded	9	5	6	6	26
Saved	6/9	4/5	4/6	3/6	17
Saved %	67%	80%	67%	50%	132%
Times Broken	3	1	2	3	9

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