Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Elmar Ejupovic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.40
Elmar Ejupovic -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Elmar Ejupovic
There is no head to head record between Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Elmar Ejupovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-31 | 0-3 | 42-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 300, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7-63 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Nedunchezhiyan (7-63 6-0). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 78 points vs Nedunchezhiyan’s 53. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Nedunchezhiyan 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (188-116). 2-1 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sanchez-Izquierdo has a composed177-102 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Nikolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger
Sanchez-Izquierdo has never competed in this tournament before.
Elmar Ejupovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-17 | 7-5 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 7-5 | 19-12 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 423, Ejupovic reached the qualifications after defeating Gianluca Di Nicola 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Elmar had a good straight sets win against Di Nicola (6-4 7-5). During the match Ejupovic scored 74 points vs Di Nicola’s 62. The German was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Ejupovic made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elmar Ejupovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ejupovic broke Di Nicola 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Elmar has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 78-53 | 74-62 |
| Total Points | 131 | 136 |
| Winners | 30 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Ejupovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Ejupovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 3 games less than Ejupovic. The Spaniard scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Elmar bagged 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 39/70 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 16/31 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 3 aces . Ejupovic made 5 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Ejupovic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ejupovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nikolas pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Ejupovic broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Ejupovic conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Nedunchezhiyan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 78-53 | 78-53 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 30/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Di Nicola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-62 | 74-62 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/70 | 39/70 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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