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Los Cabos Predictions & Picks — July 30, 2026

By The Maiden Desk · July 30, 2026

Every pick below gets graded after the match — wins and misses both stay up.

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7 matches are on Thursday's card at Los Cabos, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Arthur Gea against Michael Zheng in the round of 16. Our calls: Gea over Zheng, Shapovalov over Mendez, Norrie over Duckworth, Lehecka over Wong, Cerundolo over Boyer, Darderi over Svrcina, and 1 more. As always, every pick below is graded after the fact and stays up, right or wrong.

The boldest call on the card: Gea over Zheng — the market disagrees with us there.

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Coleman Wong vs. Jiri Lehecka

Coleman Wong and Jiri Lehecka meet in the round of 16 at Los Cabos on Thursday. Jiri Lehecka comes in at 6 wins from the last ten. Coleman Wong is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (4 of the last 10).

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. The edge belongs to Lehecka — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.

Pick: Lehecka

Win probability: 69% Lehecka · Sets: 2 (67%) · most likely score 2-0 (47%)

✗ Pick wrongA miss: Jiri Lehecka at 69% lost to Coleman Wong (1-6 6-3 6-4). It stays up, like every other miss.

Bernard Tomic vs. Karen Khachanov

Bernard Tomic and Karen Khachanov meet in the round of 16 at Los Cabos on Thursday. Karen Khachanov has won 6 of the last 10. Bernard Tomic brings a 5-match winning streak into this one, 7-3 across the last ten.

Karen Khachanov is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Khachanov around 62%. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Khachanov.

Pick: Khachanov

Win probability: 62% Khachanov · Sets: 2 (61%) · most likely score 2-0 (38%)

✗ Pick wrongWe got this one wrong. Our final number was 62% on Karen Khachanov; Bernard Tomic won 6-2 6-4.

Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tristan Boyer

Francisco Cerundolo and Tristan Boyer meet in the round of 16 at Los Cabos on Thursday. Francisco Cerundolo has won 7 of the last 10. Tristan Boyer limps in on a 4-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10.

Francisco Cerundolo is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Cerundolo around 65%. Cerundolo should have enough here, though Boyer has the tools to make the scoreboard uncomfortable.

Pick: Cerundolo

Win probability: 65% Cerundolo · Sets: 2 (65%) · most likely score 2-0 (44%)

Not gradedThis match ended in a retirement, advancing Francisco Cerundolo. It is excluded from our graded record — no pick is counted as right or wrong.

Cameron Norrie vs. James Duckworth

A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Cameron Norrie goes up against James Duckworth in the Los Cabos round of 16. Cameron Norrie is 4-6 across recent matches. James Duckworth is 6-4 across recent matches.

Cameron Norrie simply rates much higher on hard, and our number follows from it. Duckworth arrives with very little recovery time. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Norrie fractionally more likely to land the big points.

Pick: Norrie

Win probability: 56% Norrie · Sets: 2 (61%) · most likely score 2-0 (35%)

✓ Pick rightThis one lands on the correct side of the ledger: 56% on Cameron Norrie, who won 6-4 6-4.

Denis Shapovalov vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Denis Shapovalov and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez meet in the round of 16 at Los Cabos on Thursday. Denis Shapovalov has won 3 of the last 10. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (6 of the last 10).

Hold strength tells the story — 74.7% versus 69.9% on first-serve points in Shapovalov's favor. Shapovalov is running on fumes after a brutal stretch of scheduling; Mendez arrives with very little recovery time. Little separates them; Shapovalov gets the nod on the finest of margins.

Pick: Shapovalov

Win probability: 56% Shapovalov · Sets: 2 (61%) · most likely score 2-0 (35%)

✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Denis Shapovalov at 56% before the match, and Denis Shapovalov won 6-3 6-2.

Arthur Gea vs. Michael Zheng

Arthur Gea and Michael Zheng meet in the round of 16 at Los Cabos on Thursday. Arthur Gea comes in at 7 wins from the last ten. Michael Zheng has won 5 of the last 10.

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Gea comes in off a compressed schedule; Zheng comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Gea is exactly that — a lean.

Pick: GeaUpset call

Upset call — the market favors Zheng; our numbers say Gea.

Win probability: 56% Gea · Sets: 3 (48%) · most likely score 2-0 (29%)

✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Arthur Gea was our 56% pick, and won 0-6 6-4 6-0.

Dalibor Svrcina vs. Luciano Darderi

Thursday's Los Cabos round of 16 pits Dalibor Svrcina against Luciano Darderi on hard. Luciano Darderi is 6-4 across recent matches. Dalibor Svrcina has dropped 2 straight and sits at 4-6 over the last ten.

The serve is where this match separates: Darderi has been winning 70.9% of first-serve points to Svrcina's 62.8%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Darderi should have enough here, though Svrcina has the tools to make the scoreboard uncomfortable.

Pick: Darderi

Win probability: 61% Darderi · Sets: 2 (66%) · most likely score 2-0 (41%)

Not gradedThis match ended in a retirement, advancing Dalibor Svrcina. It is excluded from our graded record — no pick is counted as right or wrong.

Updated Jul 29, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC. Picks are frozen before first serve and graded on the track record page — this page is never edited after the fact.