Matteo Arnaldi and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the 1st round of the Iasi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. 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 Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 3 sets.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.79
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Arnaldi and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in the San Marino Challenger back in 2021.
Matteo Arnaldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-26 | 11-14 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-13 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220 (career-high), the Italian will start his run in the Iasi Challenger after he played his last match in the Todi Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Sels in the 1st round on the 5th of July.
The Italian has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Arnaldi’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Arnaldi has an overall 110-66 record. He has a positive 78-41 record on clay.
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-32 | 0-3 | 42-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258 (career-high), Sanchez-Izquierdo will start his run in the Iasi Challenger after he played his last match in the Troyes Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-2 to Brancaccio in the quarter on the 1st of July.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has an aggregate 22-13 win-loss record in 2022, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Nikolas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Villena.
In terms of his career, The Spaniard has an overall 203-126 record. He has a positive 192-112 record on clay.
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history
.Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (2-6 7-64 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jose PereiraPereira – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolae FrunzaFrunza – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Louis WesselsWessels – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey ChepelevChepelev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan PalosiPalosi – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction