ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Little Rock
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Mejia
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,522 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 the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | +3.9% | -17.1% |
| Units P/L | +0.62u | -2.23u |
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Shimizu
0
Mejia
Jul 22, 2025
Bloomfield Hills
H Hard · Round of 32
May 28, 2025
Little Rock
H Hard · Round of 32
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Mejia has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Shimizu's 40%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Murphy Cassone | W 67 76 76 | L 36 75 36 |
| Bernard Tomic | L 64 67 57 | L 76 36 46 |
| Andres Martin | W 76 76 | W 64 46 76 |
| Martin Damm | L 67 46 | W 63 64 |
| Marek Gengel | L 63 16 46 | W 76 36 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Shimizu | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.8% | 58.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 66.2% | 64.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.9% | 46.5% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Break Points Saved % | 66.4% | 59.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27.4% | 28.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 44.9% | 44.9% |
| BP Converted % | 32.4% | 36.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 5.5 | 10 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 19 | 33 |
| Net Pts Won % | 35.7% | 50% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.2% | 46.5% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 58% | 33% |
Last five matches per player
Andre Ilagan
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Murphy Cassone
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 16
Jun 4
Dane Sweeny
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Bernard Tomic
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 16
May 17
Andres Martin
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 13
Yi Zhou
Dublin Challenger · Round of 16
Jun 11
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Dublin Challenger · Round of 32
Jun 8
Karl Poling
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Justin Boulais
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 16
May 28
Henry Searle
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 26
Matchup overview
Yuta Shimizu and Nicolas Mejia face off in the Round of 32 at Little Rock on Hard.
Yuta Shimizu leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Yuta Shimizu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Andre Ilagan (Jun 5).
Nicolas Mejia is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Yi Zhou (Jun 11).
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