Rafael Nadal and Ilya Ivashka will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.017
Ilya Ivashka -> 17
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Ilya Ivashka
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Ilya Ivashka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 3, Nadal will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 6-2 4-6 6-2 to Rublev in the quarter on the 16th of April.
The Spaniard has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Nadal has an overall 1049-216 record. He has a positive 464-42 record on clay.
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, he won this tournament 11 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Ilya Ivashka
Ranked no. 111, the Belarussian reached the 2nd round after beating Maxime Cressy 6-1 6-3, Federico Gaio 6-3 6-2 and Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Ivashka had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (6-3 6-1). During the match Ivashka scored 59 points vs Griekspoor’s 34. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Ivashka fired 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ilya Ivashka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ivashka broke Griekspoor 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ilya has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction