Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Tiago Pereira will face off in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.3
Tiago Pereira -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Tiago Pereira
There is no head to head record between Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Tiago Pereira since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
35 - 24win/loss
157
154
LWWWWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-25 | 0-1 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-32 | 0-3 | 42-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the 2nd round after defeating Goncalo Marques 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Marques (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 67 points vs Marques’s 57. Nikolas was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Marques 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (368-265). 35-22 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sanchez-Izquierdo has a compiled 349-233 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Ostrava Challenger where he defeated Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 7-6(4) and the Szczecin Challenger where he overcame Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 4-6 6-3 7-6(6).
The Spaniard has a composed 35-24 win-loss record in 2026, 35-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Tiago Pereira
40 - 33win/loss
339
260
LWWLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-34 | 21-13 | 20-16 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-41 | 30-15 | 20-23 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-36 | 42-27 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-43 | 53-37 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-13 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 339, Tiago reached the 2nd round after defeating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pereira had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-3 6-4). During the match Pereira scored 69 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 57. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Pereira scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Tiago Pereira lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pereira put 56% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Pereira broke Martin Tiffon 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Tiago’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Loule and M25 Koszalin.
Pereira has an aggregate 40-33 win-loss record in 2026, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 |
| Pts | 67-57 | 69-57 |
| Total Points | 124 | 126 |
| Winners | 25 | 26 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Pereira played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Pereira have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). The Spaniard scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese scored 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 33/59 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 26/33 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 2 aces . Pereira managed to score 1 ace . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 69% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Pereira won 79% 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 | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Pereira conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Marques |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 67-57 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Pereira | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Tiago TorresTorres (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Tiago PereiraPereira – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick SchoenSchoen – Andrej NedicNedic (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Johan NiklesNikles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Olle WallinWallin – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-60 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Goncalo MarquesMarques (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tiago PereiraPereira – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Tiago TorresTorres (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Johan NiklesNikles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Olle WallinWallin – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-6(4) 6-0) – See score progression
- Patrick SchoenSchoen – Andrej NedicNedic (6-1 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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