Orlando Luz and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the qualifications of the San Marino Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Orlando Luz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Orlando Luz is the pick to win this match.
Orlando Luz -> 1.76
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Orlando Luz vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 3rd time that Orlando Luz and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Luz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Luz won 6-3 5-7 6-2 in the qualifications in the Milan Challenger back in June 2021.
Orlando Luz
Ranked no. 311, Luz got to the qualifications after beating Oscar Jose Gutierrez 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Jose Gutierrez (7-5 6-3). During the match, Luz scored 77 points vs Jose Gutierrez’s 65. Orlando was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Luz fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Orlando Luz lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Luz put 62% of his first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Luz broke Jose Gutierrez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Luz has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (241-139). 30-15 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Luz has an overall224-118 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Orlando’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Wroclaw.
Orlando has an overall 30-16 win-loss record in 2021, 30-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Luz has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 364, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the qualifications after beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-1 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard defeated Arnaldi (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 85 points vs Arnaldi’s 72. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (45/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Arnaldi 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 La Nucia.
Nikolas has a composed 22-19 win-loss record in 2021, 22-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Luz | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 |
| Pts | 77-65 | 85-72 |
| Total Points | 142 | 157 |
| Winners | 30 | 45 |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% |
Both Luz and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost 1 set while Orlando Luz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Luz has played 1 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Luz played 5 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Brazilian scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo made 45 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Luz | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 46/74 | 59/86 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 45/59 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 9/27 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 33% |
Luz struck 5 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 1 ace . Luz won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Luz | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 83% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 86% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Orlando broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brazilian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Nikolas broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Luz | |||
| Q1 Jose Gutierrez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 77-65 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/74 | 46/74 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 85-72 | 85-72 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 59/86 | 59/86 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/27 | 9/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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