Thiago Agustin Tirante and Nicolas Alvarez will square off in the quarter of the Barletta Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thiago Agustin Tirante is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.23
Nicolas Alvarez -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Nicolas Alvarez
This will be the 4th time that Thiago Agustin Tirante and Nicolas Alvarez square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Agustin Tirante (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Agustin Tirante won 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 in the qualifications in the Guayaquil Challenger back in 2020.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Ranked no. 281, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Petros Chrysochos 6-1 4-6 6-2 and Andrej Martin 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Martin (7-63 6-2). During the match, Agustin Tirante scored 73 points vs Martin’s 59. Thiago was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Agustin Tirante scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Agustin Tirante lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Agustin Tirante put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Agustin Tirante broke Martin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Agustin Tirante has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (96-57). 17-11 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Agustin Tirante has an overall64-44 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Agustin Tirante’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Trieste Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 25-15 win-loss record in 2021, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Thiago has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez
Ranked no. 405, Alvarez got to the quarter after defeating Marco Bortolotti 6-4 5-7 6-2, Yan Bondarevskiy 6-2 3-6 7-64, Riccardo Bonadio 4-6 7-65 7-5 and Roberto Quiroz 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (7-5 6-4). During the match Alvarez scored 74 points vs Quiroz’s 66. Alvarez was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Alvarez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Quiroz twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alvarez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Alvarez’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Portoviejo.
Nicolas has a compiled 10-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Agustin Tirante | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 117 |
| Pts | 149-117 | 393-357 |
| Total Points | 266 | 750 |
| Winners | 63 | 158 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Agustin Tirante played 2 matches while Alvarez competed in 4 matches. Alvarez started his run from the qualifications while Agustin Tirante had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Thiago Agustin Tirante surrendered 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez dropped 3 sets. Agustin Tirante has played 6 set(s) less than Alvarez (5 vs 11). Therefore, Agustin Tirante played 71 games less than Alvarez. Thiago scored 63 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Alvarez struck 158 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Agustin Tirante | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 90/130 | 215/347 |
| %1st in | 69% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 63/90 | 158/215 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 66/132 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Agustin Tirante managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Alvarez recorded 17 aces (4.3 per match). Agustin Tirante won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Agustin Tirante | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 17/47 |
| % Converted | 52% | 36% |
| Conceded | 12 | 28 |
| Saved | 7 | 16 |
| % Saved | 58% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 12 |
Agustin Tirante broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 17 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Agustin Tirante | ||||
| R1 Chrysochos |
R2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 | 46 | |
| pts | 76-58 | 73-59 | 149-117 | |
| Total points | 134 | 132 | 266 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 44/62 | 90/130 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 31/44 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 8/18 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 4/10 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Alvarez | ||||||
| Q1 Bortolotti |
Q3 Bondarevskiy |
R1 Bonadio |
R2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 7-64 | 4-6 7-65 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | 35 | 22 | 117 | |
| pts | 101-82 | 103-98 | 115-111 | 74-66 | 393-357 | |
| Total points | 183 | 201 | 226 | 140 | 750 | |
| Winners | 38 | 36 | 51 | 33 | 158 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 44% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | |
| 1st in | 46/82 | 48/82 | 72/114 | 49/69 | 215/347 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 63% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 36/48 | 51/72 | 33/49 | 158/215 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 71% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 17/34 | 18/42 | 15/20 | 66/132 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 43% | 75% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 5/15 | 4/10 | 2/7 | 17/47 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 40% | 29% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 28 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 2/6 | 8/12 | 2/2 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 67% | 100% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
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