Karl Poling vs Nicolas Mejia — Tyler CH Round of 32

Tyler CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
USA
Karl Poling
#507ATP
1314ELO
1320Hard ELO
26 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 June 2026
hard
Nicolas Mejia
COL
Nicolas Mejia
#164ATP
1486ELO
1428Hard ELO
$141kYTD
$522kCAREER
26 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLLL
Poling K.
6-4 6-4
Mejia N.
Poling K.
662
Mejia N.
44–

Karl Poling defeated Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-4 in the Tyler CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nicolas Mejia came in ranked #164, defending last year's round of 16, but Karl Poling had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 5 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Karl Poling edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Poling K.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Mejia N.

Mejia N.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Poling K.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Poling K.Mejia N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
53%
Service points won·Even
62%
63%
Return points won·Even
40%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.5
4.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (21 vs 30). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Poling K.Mejia N.
Freshness·Clear edge
100
85

Poling K.: 16 days rest · Mejia N.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 51 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Walton A.
Ilagan A.
7-56-1
Semi-finals
Walton A.
Draxl L.
6-46-4
Ilagan A.
Poling K.
3-66-17-68
Quarter-finals
Walton A.
Legout T.
6-26-2
Poling K.
Searle H.
7-623-66-3
Ilagan A.
Shimizu Y.
4-67-656-4
Draxl L.
Shick B.
6-26-3
R16
Shick B.
Imamura M.
7-57-66
Draxl L.
Gorzny S.
6-31-66-3
Poling K.
Bicknell B.
7-57-5
Searle H.
Matsuoka H.
6-26-2
Legout T.
Ardila L.
6-16-0
Walton A.
Martin A.
6-26-2
Ilagan A.
Butvilas E.
6-36-4
Shimizu Y.
Cassone M.
6-767-667-63
R32
Shimizu Y.
Sweeny D.
7-57-5
Gorzny S.
Fenty A.
6-46-4
Draxl L.
Kim A.
6-16-3
Legout T.
Andrade A.
7-57-5
Ardila L.
Zink T.
6-46-4
Walton A.
Wu T.
4-67-646-1
Cassone M.
Milavsky D.
6-46-1
Ilagan A.
Sun F.
6-37-61
Butvilas E.
Svajda T.
7-616-4
Poling K.
Mejia N.
6-46-4
Bicknell B.
Monday J.
6-746-46-4
Searle H.
Krueger M.
6-46-4
Imamura M.
Smith C.
7-56-3
Shick B.
Mayo A.
6-22-66-2
Matsuoka H.
Tomic B.
7-647-65
Martin A.
Ellis B.
7-657-65