Nicolas Alvarez Varona and James McCabe will play each other in the 2nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 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 -> 1.62
James McCabe -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. James McCabe

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
342
High
219
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-24 13-7 17-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
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
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Ranked no. 270, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 7-64

6-3.

In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (7-64 6-3). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 76 points vs Escobedo’s 69. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alvarez Varona fired 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Escobedo twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Alvarez Varona has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (134-93). 1-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alvarez Varona has a compiled71-38 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Alvarez Varona has an overall 10-14 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Malaga Challenger

Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.

Malaga Challenger
Alvarez Varona's Record

James McCabe

James McCabe

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Rank
196
High
164
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-34 20-26 0-2 3-1 7-5 0-0
2024 55-35 47-28 1-2 1-1 6-4 0-0
2023 29-27 24-14 2-6 1-3 2-4 0-0
2022 39-27 30-19 9-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 17-5 17-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 520 (career-high), James reached the 2nd round after beating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-1 0-0 ret., Alejandro Turriziani Alvarez 6-1 6-0 and Antoine Escoffier 2-6 6-3 6-0.

In the 1st round against Escoffier, James recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-0). During the match McCabe scored 82 points vs Escoffier’s 70. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, McCabe blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 70% of his first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. McCabe broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra and M25 Bendigo.

James has a composed 26-14 win-loss record in 2022, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Malaga Challenger
McCabe's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Alvarez Varona
J.McCabe
1h:51
1h:51
Time on court​
!
3h:19
3h:19
1h:51
1h:51
Last match​
1h:55
1h:55
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
22
22
Games Played​
43
43
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
76
76
Total points​
161
161
76
76
Avg point​
53.7
53.7
38
38
Winners
65
65
38
38
Avg Winners​
21.7
21.7
50%
50%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
18
18
!
11
11
Avg Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
38/53
38/53
1st won total​
65/89
65/89
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
14/25
14/25
2nd won total​
34/50
34/50
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
11/20
11/20
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
3.7/6.7
3.7/6.7
!
29%
29%
Won
!
55%
55%
6
6
Conceded
9
9
6
6
Avg Conceded
3
3
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
6
6
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alvarez Varona McCabe
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 22 43
Pts 76-69 161-102
Total Points 145 263
Winners 38 65
%Winners 50% 40%

Alvarez Varona played 1 match while McCabe competed in 3 matches. McCabe started his run from the qualifications while Alvarez Varona had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James McCabe dropped 1 set while Nicolas Alvarez Varona hasn’t lost a set so far. Alvarez Varona has played 6 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 8). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 21 games less than McCabe. Nicolas scored 38 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, McCabe bagged 65 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alvarez Varona McCabe
Aces 11 18
Avg per match 11 6
1st in 53/78 89/139
%1st in 68% 64%
1st pts 38/53 65/89
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 14/25 34/50
%2nd pts 56% 68%

Alvarez Varona blasted 11 aces . McCabe recorded 18 aces (6 per match). Alvarez Varona won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alvarez Varona McCabe
Won 2 11
Converted 2/7 11/20
% Converted 29% 55%
Conceded 6 9
Saved 6 7
% Saved 100% 78%
Times Broken 0 2

Alvarez Varona broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. James broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. James conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Alvarez Varona
R1
Escobedo		 Total
Score 7-64 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 76-69 76-69
Total points 145 145
Winners 38 38
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 53/78 53/78
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 38/53 38/53
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 14/25 14/25
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/7 2/7
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 6/6 6
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
McCabe
Q1
Kwiatkowski		 Q3
Turriziani		 R1
Escoffier		 Total
Score 6-1 0-0 ret. 6-1 6-0 2-6 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 7 13 23 43
pts 24-7 55-25 82-70 161-102
Total points 31 80 152 263
Winners 10 16 39 65
%Winners 42% 29% 48% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 9 18
Double Faults 0 2 2 4
1st in 10/16 17/34 62/89 89/139
% 1st in 63% 50% 70% 64%
1st pts 10/10 16/17 39/62 65/89
% 1st pts 100% 94% 63% 73%
2nd pts 6/6 12/17 16/27 34/50
% 2nd pts 100% 71% 59% 68%
Breaks
Won 2 5 4 11
Converted 2/4 5/8 4/8 11/20
Converted % 50% 63% 50% 55%
Conceded 0 0 9 9
Saved 0/0 0/0 7/9 7
Saved % – – 78% 78%
Times Broken 0 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Malaga Challenger

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