Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Daniel Merida Aguilar will play each other in the 1st round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on PISTA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.23
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 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. 283 (career-high), Alvarez Varona will start his run in the Murcia Challenger after he played his last match in the Marbella Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Munar Clar in the 2nd round on the 31st of March.
Nicolas has a compiled 4-7 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 131-89 record. He has a positive 58-46 record on clay.
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-19 | 7-4 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 806 (career-high), Merida Aguilar got to the 1st round after beating Vladyslav Orlov 6-3 7-62 and Alexander Donski 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Donski (6-4 6-4). During the match Merida Aguilar scored 79 points vs Donski’s 69. Daniel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Merida Aguilar made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Merida Aguilar put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Merida Aguilar broke Donski 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Merida Aguilar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Johan NiklesNikles (7-65 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dennis NovakNovak – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Norbert GombosGombos – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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