Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will face off in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on ESTADIO MANOLO SANTANA. 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 Jaume Antoni Munar Clar who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar is the pick to win this match.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar -> 1.125
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 6.1
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Prediction and head to head Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-19 | 2-5 | 16-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 1-7 | 26-19 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 14-10 | 27-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-27 | 1-4 | 36-19 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Munar Clar had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-2 6-2). During the match, Munar Clar scored 67 points vs Shevchenko’s 47. Jaume Antoni was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Munar Clar scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Munar Clar put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Munar Clar broke Shevchenko 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Munar Clar has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (298-196). 4-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Munar Clar has a composed234-122 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Spaniard has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Petros Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1 and Lukas Klein 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Klein (7-65 6-4). During the match Alvarez Varona scored 81 points vs Klein’s 70. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez Varona scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was very effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Klein twice.
Alvarez Varona has a composed 4-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Munar Clar | Alvarez Varona |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 38 |
| Pts | 67-47 | 131-96 |
| Total Points | 114 | 227 |
| Winners | 29 | 58 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Munar Clar played 1 match while Alvarez Varona competed in 2 matches. Alvarez Varona started his run from the qualifications while Munar Clar had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Munar Clar has played 2 set(s) less than Alvarez Varona (2 vs 4). Therefore, Munar Clar played 22 games less than Alvarez Varona. Jaume Antoni scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas struck 58 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Munar Clar | Alvarez Varona |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 71/114 |
| %1st in | 69% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 58/71 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 24/43 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Munar Clar bagged 1 ace . Alvarez Varona also managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Munar Clar won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez Varona won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Munar Clar | Alvarez Varona |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 86% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 86% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Munar Clar surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Munar Clar | |||
| R1 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez Varona | |||||
| Q1 Tsitsipas |
Q3 Gomez-Herrera |
R1 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 23 | 60 | |
| pts | 50-26 | – | 81-70 | 131-96 | |
| Total points | 76 | 0 | 151 | 227 | |
| Winners | 24 | 34 | 58 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | 0% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 27/41 | / | 44/73 | 71/114 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 0% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | / | 34/44 | 58/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 0% | 77% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | / | 16/29 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 0% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 4/5 | / | 2/2 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 0% | 100% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
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