Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Carlos Gomez-Herrera will square off in the qualifications of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.42
Carlos Gomez-Herrera -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Carlos Gomez-Herrera
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Carlos Gomez-Herrera since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-26 | 4-3 | 36-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-9 | 3-2 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-34 | 3-7 | 13-19 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-26 | 11-8 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-9 | 21-6 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 298, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Petros Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-2 6-1). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 50 points vs Tsitsipas’s 26. Nicolas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alvarez Varona managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Tsitsipas 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Alvarez Varona has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (130-87). 2-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alvarez Varona has an aggregate57-44 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Spaniard has a composed 3-5 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Gomez-Herrera
2 - 3win/loss
896
268
LLLLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-20 | 1-3 | 16-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 1-2 | 12-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 16-21 | 12-11 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 14-15 | 3-4 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 438, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after defeating Miguel Damas 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gomez-Herrera had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-3 6-2). During the match Gomez-Herrera scored 62 points vs Damas’s 43. Carlos was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Gomez-Herrera wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Gomez-Herrera lost the serve once. Furthermore, Gomez-Herrera put 69% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Damas 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Spaniard has an aggregate 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez Varona | Gomez-Herrera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 |
| Pts | 50-26 | 62-43 |
| Total Points | 76 | 105 |
| Winners | 24 | 26 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Alvarez Varona and Gomez-Herrera played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alvarez Varona and Gomez-Herrera have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alvarez Varona played 2 games less than Gomez-Herrera. Alvarez Varona scored 24 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos scored 26 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez Varona | Gomez-Herrera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 31/45 |
| %1st in | 66% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 26/31 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 6/14 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 43% |
Alvarez Varona scored 4 aces . Gomez-Herrera didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alvarez Varona won 89% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gomez-Herrera won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez Varona | Gomez-Herrera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 80% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Nicolas pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gomez-Herrera broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alvarez Varona | |||
| Q1 Tsitsipas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 50-26 | 50-26 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 27/41 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gomez-Herrera | |||
| Q1 Damas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 26/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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