Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will square off in the 2nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Tomas Martin Etcheverry who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Martin Etcheverry is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry -> 1.27
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 3.76

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona

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

Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Ranked no. 131 (career-high), Tomas got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Quiroz 6-1 3-6 7-5.

In the 1st round, Martin Etcheverry defeated Quiroz (6-1 3-6 7-5). During the match, Martin Etcheverry scored 93 points vs Quiroz’s 84. Martin Etcheverry was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Martin Etcheverry scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Martin Etcheverry lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Martin Etcheverry put 73% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Martin Etcheverry broke Quiroz 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Martin Etcheverry has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (211-104). 56-22 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martin Etcheverry has a compiled188-88 record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Perugia Challenger where he beat Vitaliy Sachko in the final 7-5 6-2 and in the Trieste Challenger where he beat Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-1 6-1.

Martin Etcheverry has a compiled 57-25 win-loss record in 2021, 56-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Guayaquil Challenger
Martin Etcheverry's Record

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Ranked no. 403 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Francisco Castro 6-0 6-0 and Diego Hidalgo 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Hidalgo, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Alvarez Varona scored 85 points vs Hidalgo’s 71. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Alvarez Varona scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Nicolas broke Hidalgo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Alvarez Varona’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Alkmaar and M25 Santander.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 30-19 win-loss record in 2021, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Guayaquil Challenger
Alvarez Varona's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Martin Etcheverry
N.Alvarez Varona
2h:29
2h:29
Time on court​
!
4h:52
4h:52
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
28
28
Games Played​
62
62
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
93
93
Total points​
213
213
93
93
Avg point​
71
71
40
40
Winners
84
84
40
40
Avg Winners​
28
28
43%
43%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
1
1
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
40/61
40/61
1st won total​
84/110
84/110
66%
66%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
10/23
10/23
2nd won total​
37/64
37/64
43%
43%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
BP won
11/32
11/32
6/13
6/13
Avg BP won
3.7/10.7
3.7/10.7
46%
46%
Won
34%
34%
7
7
Conceded
15
15
7
7
Avg Conceded
5
5
4
4
Broken
6
6
4
4
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Martin Etcheverry Alvarez Varona
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 28 39
Pts 93-84 138-89
Total Points 177 227
Winners 40 51
%Winners 43% 37%

Martin Etcheverry played 1 match while Alvarez Varona competed in 2 matches. Alvarez Varona started his run from the qualifications while Martin Etcheverry had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Martin Etcheverry dropped 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez Varona surrendered 1 set. Martin Etcheverry has played 2 set(s) less than Alvarez Varona (3 vs 5). Therefore, Martin Etcheverry played 11 games less than Alvarez Varona. Martin Etcheverry scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alvarez Varona struck 51 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Martin Etcheverry Alvarez Varona
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 1 1.5
1st in 61/84 62/94
%1st in 73% 66%
1st pts 40/61 51/62
%1st pts 66% 82%
2nd pts 10/23 22/32
%2nd pts 43% 69%

Martin Etcheverry recorded 1 ace . Alvarez Varona also recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Martin Etcheverry won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez Varona won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Martin Etcheverry Alvarez Varona
Won 6 9
Converted 6/13 9/24
% Converted 46% 38%
Conceded 7 3
Saved 3 0
% Saved 43% 0%
Times Broken 4 3

Tomas broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Alvarez Varona broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Martin Etcheverry
R1
Quiroz		 Total
Score 6-1 3-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 93-84 93-84
Total points 177 177
Winners 40 40
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 61/84 61/84
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 40/61 40/61
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 10/23 10/23
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/13 6/13
Converted % 46% 46%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3/7 3
Saved % 43% 43%
Times Broken 4 4
Alvarez Varona
Q1
Castro 		Q3
Gonzalez		 R1
Hidalgo		 Total
Score 6-0 6-0 6-4 7-65 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 12 23 27 62
pts 53-18 – 85-71 138-89
Total points 71 0 156 227
Winners 18 33 51
%Winners 34% NAN% 39% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 1 3
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 19/27 / 43/67 62/94
% 1st in 70% – 64% 66%
1st pts 18/19 / 33/43 51/62
% 1st pts 95% – 77% 82%
2nd pts 6/8 / 16/24 22/32
% 2nd pts 75% – 67% 69%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/15 / 3/9 9/24
Converted % 40% – 33% 38%
Conceded 0 3 3
Saved 0/0 0/ 0/3 0
Saved % – – 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 3 3

Tennis Scores in Guayaquil Challenger

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