Tommy Paul and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will square off in the 2nd round of the Gijon Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.128
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 6
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tommy Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-18 | 17-11 | 10-4 | 8-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-14 | 12-6 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Martin Landaluce 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Paul had a good straight sets win against Landaluce (6-3 6-0). During the match, Paul scored 65 points vs Landaluce’s 41. Tommy was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paul scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Tommy Paul was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Landaluce 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Paul has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (299-172). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has a composed45-26 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.
The American has an aggregate 34-23 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gijon
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-22 | 4-3 | 33-17 | 0-2 | 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. 231, Alvarez got to the 2nd round after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 4-6 6-3 6-2, Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-2 and Marco Trungelliti 1-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round against Trungelliti, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Alvarez scored 81 points vs Trungelliti’s 67. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alvarez broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Alvarez’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Liberec Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 21-27 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paul | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 65 |
| Pts | 65-41 | 242-196 |
| Total Points | 106 | 438 |
| Winners | 23 | 100 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Paul played 1 match while Alvarez competed in 3 matches. Alvarez started his run from the qualifications while Paul had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Alvarez Varona conceded 2 sets while Tommy Paul hasn’t dropped a set so far. Paul has played 6 set(s) less than Alvarez (2 vs 8). Therefore, Paul played 50 games less than Alvarez. Tommy scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Alvarez managed to score 100 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paul | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 140/215 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 100/140 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 39/75 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 52% |
Paul struck 1 ace . Alvarez also made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Paul won 85% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paul | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 33% | 62% |
| Conceded | 0 | 17 |
| Saved | 0 | 12 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paul | |||
| R1 Landaluce |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-41 | 65-41 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvarez | |||||
| Q1 Roca Batalla |
Q3 Giustino |
R1 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 1-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 | 22 | 65 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 63-43 | 81-67 | 242-196 | |
| Total points | 184 | 106 | 148 | 438 | |
| Winners | 46 | 23 | 31 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 69/94 | 30/53 | 41/68 | 140/215 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 57% | 60% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 23/30 | 31/41 | 100/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 77% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 11/23 | 15/27 | 39/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 48% | 56% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/7 | 4/5 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 71% | 80% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 75% | 209% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Gijon
- Marcos GironGiron – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Fabio FogniniFognini (4-6 6-0 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-65 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Joao SousaSousa (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 6-7(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Fabio FogniniFognini (4-6 6-0 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Marcos GironGiron (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
