Lucas Catarina and Nicolas Alvarez will face off in the qualifications of the Santiago 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez -> 1.76
Lucas Catarina -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Lucas Catarina vs. Nicolas Alvarez
There is no head to head record between Lucas Catarina and Nicolas Alvarez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Lucas Catarina
Ranked no. 350, Lucas reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Barrientos 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Catarina had a good straight sets win against Barrientos (6-4 7-5). During the match, Catarina scored 75 points vs Barrientos’s 63. Lucas was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Catarina made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lucas Catarina lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Catarina put 62% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Lucas broke Barrientos 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Catarina has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (149-94). 10-9 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Catarina has an aggregate22-24 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Lucas’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Angers.
Lucas has an aggregate 37-24 win-loss record in 2021, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Nicolas Alvarez
Ranked no. 411, Nicolas got to the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Bruna 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Alvarez had a good straight sets win against Bruna (6-1 6-0). During the match Alvarez scored 60 points vs Bruna’s 34. Nicolas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Alvarez was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alvarez broke Bruna 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Nicolas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Portoviejo and M25 Oviedo.
Alvarez has an overall 17-21 win-loss record in 2021, 15-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Catarina | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 13 |
| Pts | 75-63 | 60-34 |
| Total Points | 138 | 94 |
| Winners | 32 | 22 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Catarina and Alvarez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Catarina and Alvarez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Catarina played 9 games more than Alvarez. Lucas scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas managed to score 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Catarina | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 62% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 22/30 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Catarina scored 2 aces . Alvarez blasted 3 aces . Catarina won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Catarina | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Lucas broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Catarina lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alvarez broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Peruvian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Catarina | |||
| Q1 Barrientos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 75-63 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez | |||
| Q1 Bruna |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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