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.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
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

Matteo Arnaldi

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Rank
62
High
30
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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.

Iasi Challenger
Arnaldi's Record

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

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Rank
301
High
238
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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)

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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

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Iasi Challenger
Sanchez-Izquierdo's Record

Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger

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