Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Nicholas David Ionel will face off in the 2nd round of the Shymkent 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 11. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.66
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-23 | 4-3 | 33-17 | 2-3 | 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. 274 (career-high), Alvarez Varona got to the 2nd round after beating Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Nicolae Madaras (6-4 6-0). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 61 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 40. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alvarez Varona bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez Varona put 52% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Alvarez Varona broke Nicolae Madaras 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Alvarez Varona has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (133-91). 8-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alvarez Varona has a composed62-50 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Alvarez Varona has a composed 9-12 win-loss record in 2022, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shymkent 2 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63-31 | 0-2 | 63-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 7-7 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-33 | 17-9 | 48-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-33 | 14-4 | 33-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 16-8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 351 (career-high), David Ionel got to the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 0-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nicholas defeated Kirkin (6-2 0-6 6-4).During the match David Ionel scored less points (2) than Kirkin. In fact, the world no. 274 won 76 points vs Kirkin’s. That means that David Ionel was more focused during the important points. Nicholas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, David Ionel made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve 7 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, David Ionel put 70% of his first serves in, winning 48% (28/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. David Ionel broke Kirkin 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
David Ionel’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Marrakech.
Nicholas has an overall 27-11 win-loss record in 2022, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez Varona | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 76-78 |
| Total Points | 101 | 154 |
| Winners | 24 | 28 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Alvarez Varona and David Ionel played 1 match. At the moment, Nicholas David Ionel lost 1 set while Nicolas Alvarez Varona hasn’t lost a set so far. Alvarez Varona has played 1 set(s) less than David Ionel (2 vs 3). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 8 games less than David Ionel. Alvarez Varona scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Nicholas scored 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez Varona | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 58/83 |
| %1st in | 52% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 28/58 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 48% |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 40% |
Alvarez Varona managed to score 3 aces . David Ionel made 2 aces . Alvarez Varona won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, David Ionel won 48% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez Varona | David Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 86% | 54% |
| Conceded | 9 | 17 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 78% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Alvarez Varona broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Alvarez Varona lost his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. David Ionel broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alvarez Varona | |||
| R1 Nicolae Madaras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 30/58 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| David Ionel | |||
| R1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 0-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 76-78 | 76-78 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/83 | 58/83 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/58 | 28/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 48% | 48% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 10/17 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 59% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Shymkent 2 Challenger
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Denis IstominIstomin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-1 7-611) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Arjun KadheKadhe (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Sergey FominFomin – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Antoine BellierBellier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Yshai OlielOliel (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-2 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (7-63 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sergey FominFomin – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Robin HaaseHaase (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
