Filip Horansky and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Horansky who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Filip Horansky is the pick to win this match.
Filip Horansky -> 1.38
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Filip Horansky vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona

There is no head to head record between Filip Horansky and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Filip Horansky

Ranked no. 190, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-4 2-6 7-5.

In the 1st round, Filip defeated Marterer (6-4 2-6 7-5).-109) than Marterer. In fact, the world no. 190 won 109 points vs Marterer’s. That means that Horansky was more focused during the important points. Horansky was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Horansky was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Filip Horansky lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Horansky put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (18/46) on the 2nd serve. Horansky broke Marterer 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Horansky has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (386-260). 20-17 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Horansky has an aggregate 281-152 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Horansky’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger and the Bucharest Challenger.

Horansky has a composed 26-25 win-loss record in 2021, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.

Barcelona Challenger
Horansky's Record

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Ranked no. 441, Alvarez got to the 2nd round after defeating Jaume Pla Malfeito 6-1 6-0, Denis Yevseyev 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Jiri Lehecka 6-2 7-61.

In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (6-2 7-61). During the match Alvarez scored 75 points vs Lehecka’s 54. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Alvarez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (20/28) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Lehecka 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Nicolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Alkmaar and M25 Santander.

Nicolas has a compiled 25-15 win-loss record in 2021, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

Alvarez has never competed in this tournament before.

Barcelona Challenger
Alvarez's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Horansky
N.Alvarez Varona
2h:26
2h:26
Time on court​
!
4h:09
4h:09
!
2h:26
2h:26
Last match​
1h:32
1h:32
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
30
30
Games Played​
58
58
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
109
109
Total points​
212
212
109
109
Avg point​
70.7
70.7
43
43
Winners
71
71
43
43
Avg Winners​
23.7
23.7
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
6
6
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
43/67
43/67
1st won total​
71/100
71/100
64%
64%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
18/46
18/46
2nd won total​
44/70
44/70
!
39%
39%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
16/26
16/26
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
5.3/8.7
5.3/8.7
42%
42%
Won
!
62%
62%
9
9
Conceded
20
20
9
9
Avg Conceded
6.7
6.7
5
5
Broken
5
5
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
4
4
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Horansky Alvarez
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 7
Tot Games 30 58
Pts 109-117 212-138
Total Points 226 350
Winners 43 71
%Winners 39% 33%

Horansky played 1 match while Alvarez competed in 3 matches. Alvarez started his run from the qualifications while Horansky had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Filip Horansky surrendered 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez Varona dropped 1 set. Horansky has played 4 set(s) less than Alvarez (3 vs 7). Therefore, Horansky played 28 games less than Alvarez. The Slovakian scored 43 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Alvarez blasted 71 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Horansky Alvarez
Aces 0 3
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 67/113 100/170
%1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 43/67 71/100
%1st pts 64% 71%
2nd pts 18/46 44/70
%2nd pts 39% 63%

Horansky didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alvarez scored 3 aces (1 per match). Horansky won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Horansky Alvarez
Won 5 16
Converted 5/12 16/26
% Converted 42% 62%
Conceded 9 20
Saved 4 15
% Saved 44% 75%
Times Broken 5 5

Filip broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Filip dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Alvarez broke his opponents 16 times with a 62% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Horansky
R1
Marterer		 Total
Score 6-4 2-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 109-117 109-117
Total points 226 226
Winners 43 43
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 67/113 67/113
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 43/67 43/67
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 18/46 18/46
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 4/9 4
Saved % 44% 44%
Times Broken 5 5
Alvarez
Q1
Pla Malfeito		 Q3
Yevseyev		 R1
Lehecka 		Total
Score 6-1 6-0 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 7-61
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 13 24 21 58
pts 51-12 86-72 75-54 212-138
Total points 63 158 129 350
Winners 19 29 23 71
%Winners 37% 34% 31% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 1 3
Double Faults 0 2 4 6
1st in 20/26 45/81 35/63 100/170
% 1st in 77% 56% 56% 59%
1st pts 19/20 29/45 23/35 71/100
% 1st pts 95% 64% 66% 71%
2nd pts 5/6 19/36 20/28 44/70
% 2nd pts 83% 53% 71% 63%
Breaks
Won 6 6 4 16
Converted 6/7 6/12 4/7 16/26
Converted % 86% 50% 57% 62%
Conceded 0 13 7 20
Saved 0/0 10/13 5/7 15
Saved % – 77% 71% 148%
Times Broken 0 3 2 5

Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger

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