ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Cali
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Mejia
💥 Big Hitter
Zhu
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 4,745 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Nicolas Mejia here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Mejia | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 7–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.54 | 2.46 |
| ROI % | -17.1% | +58.8% |
| Units P/L | -2.23u | +5.29u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Mejia
0
Zhu
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Mejia's 0%).
| Opponent | Mejia | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Yuta Shimizu | L 46 26 | W 61 26 63 |
| Murphy Cassone | L 36 75 36 | L 16 62 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Mejia | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.4% | 61% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 64.4% | 68.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 46.5% | 52.9% |
| Aces / Match | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 59.5% | 53.6% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 28.3% | 34.1% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 44.9% | 51.2% |
| BP Converted % | 36.4% | 47.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 10 | 24 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 33 | 38 |
| Net Pts Won % | 50% | 66.7% |
| Total Pts Won % | 46.5% | 50.7% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 60% | 83% |
Last five matches per player
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Matchup overview
Nicolas Mejia and Evan Zhu face off in the Round of 32 at Cali on Clay.
Nicolas Mejia leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Nicolas Mejia is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Yi Zhou (Jun 11).
Evan Zhu is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Hoyoung Roh (Jun 16).
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