Lukas Klein and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 9. 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 Lukas Klein who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.38
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Klein vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Lukas Klein and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lukas Klein
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 13-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 269, Lukas got to the 1st round after beating Titouan Droguet 6-4 6-3 and Alvaro Lopez San Martin 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Klein had a good straight sets win against Lopez San Martin (6-3 6-4). During the match, Klein scored 68 points vs Lopez San Martin’s 58. Lukas was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Klein blasted 6 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Lukas Klein was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Lopez San Martin twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Klein started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Klein has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (213-124). 2-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Klein has a compiled96-57 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Lukas has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 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, Nicolas got to the 1st round after beating Petros Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1.
Alvarez has an aggregate 3-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Klein | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 15 |
| Pts | 127-103 | 50-26 |
| Total Points | 230 | 76 |
| Winners | 53 | 24 |
| %Winners | 42% | 48% |
Klein played 2 matches while Alvarez competed in 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Klein has played 2 sets more than Alvarez (4 vs 2). Therefore, Klein played 23 games more than Alvarez. Lukas scored 53 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 24 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Klein | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 78/120 | 27/41 |
| %1st in | 65% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 53/78 | 24/27 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Klein struck 8 aces (4 per match). Alvarez bagged 4 aces . Klein won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Klein | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 80% |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lukas dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alvarez was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Klein | ||||
| Q1 Droguet |
Q3 Lopez San Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 59-45 | 68-58 | 127-103 | |
| Total points | 104 | 126 | 230 | |
| Winners | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 43/69 | 78/120 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 31/43 | 53/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 72% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 16/26 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 62% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/7 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 29% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 5/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Alvarez | ||||
| Q1 Tsitsipas |
Q3 Gomez-Herrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| pts | 50-26 | – | 50-26 | |
| Total points | 76 | 0 | 76 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | 0% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 27/41 | / | 27/41 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 0% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | / | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 0% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | / | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 0% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/5 | / | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 0% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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