Gianluca Mager and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gianluca Mager who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.49
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Gianluca Mager and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gianluca Mager
Ranked no. 102, Mager got to the 2nd round after defeating Igor Sijsling 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mager defeated Sijsling (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Mager scored 96 points vs Sijsling’s 88. Gianluca was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mager managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gianluca Mager lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mager put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. Mager broke Sijsling 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Mager has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (289-219). 2-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mager has a 233-151 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Italian has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 353, Nikolas reached the 2nd round after beating Flavio Cobolli 6-2 7-63, Skander Mansouri 6-2 6-1 and Matija Pecotic 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Pecotic, Nikolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 86 points vs Pecotic’s 78. Sanchez-Izquierdo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 81% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Pecotic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 La Nucia.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mager | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 62 |
| Pts | 96-88 | 215-165 |
| Total Points | 184 | 380 |
| Winners | 40 | 86 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Mager played 1 match while Sanchez-Izquierdo competed in 3 matches. Sanchez-Izquierdo started his run from the qualifications while Mager had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gianluca Mager lost 1 set, while Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost 1 set. Mager has played 4 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (3 vs 7). Therefore, Mager played 32 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Italian scored 40 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 86 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mager | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 0 |
| 1st in | 61/98 | 136/189 |
| %1st in | 62% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 86/136 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 34/53 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 64% |
Mager managed to score 10 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mager won 66% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mager | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 15/21 |
| % Converted | 56% | 71% |
| Conceded | 12 | 15 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Mager surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponents 15 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mager | |||
| R1 Sijsling |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-88 | 96-88 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/98 | 61/98 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||||
| Q1 Cobolli |
Q3 Mansouri |
R1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-2 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 | 26 | 62 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 59-33 | 86-78 | 215-165 | |
| Total points | 124 | 92 | 164 | 380 | |
| Winners | 25 | 20 | 41 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 48% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 30/44 | 63/78 | 136/189 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 68% | 81% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 20/30 | 41/63 | 86/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 67% | 65% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 11/14 | 9/15 | 34/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 79% | 60% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 15/21 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 63% | 67% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 60% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
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