Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Johan Nikles will square off in the qualifications of the Gijon Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.47
Johan Nikles -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Johan Nikles
This will be the 3rd time that Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Johan Nikles fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nikles (see full H2H stats
), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.The last time that they played, Nikles won 2-6 6-4 7-6(4) in the semifinal in M15 Sabadell back in 2019.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 2-2 | 17-19 | 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 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 275, Sanchez-Izquierdo will start his run in Gijon after he played his last match in the Parma Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Lajovic in the 2nd round on the 5th of October.
The Spaniard has a compiled 30-24 win-loss record in 2022, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 211-137 record. He has a negative 1-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Gijon
Nikolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, Johan will start his run in Gijon after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 6-4 0-0 ret.
to Bertola in the qualifications on the 25th of September.Nikles has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, The Swiss has an overall 242-176 record. He has a negative 3-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Johan NiklesNikles – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction