Dominic Stephan Stricker and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will play each other in the qualifications of the European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.63
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, the Swiss got to the qualifications after beating Alexander Blockx 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Stephan Stricker had a good straight sets win against Blockx (6-4 6-4). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 81 points vs Blockx’s 73. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Stephan Stricker bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dominic Stephan Stricker lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Stephan Stricker put 62% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Dominic broke Blockx 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Stephan Stricker has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (62-46). 14-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Stephan Stricker has an aggregate29-14 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Stephan Stricker’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger,the Cleveland Challenger and the Zug Challenger.
Stephan Stricker has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
Stephan Stricker has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 231, Nicolas got to the qualifications after defeating Louis Wessels 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-4 6-4). During the match Alvarez Varona scored 56 points vs Wessels’s 48. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez Varona recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alvarez Varona broke Wessels twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Liberec Challenger.
Nicolas has an aggregate 22-28 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Alvarez Varona |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 81-73 | 56-48 |
| Total Points | 154 | 104 |
| Winners | 32 | 33 |
| %Winners | 40% | 59% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Alvarez Varona played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stephan Stricker and Alvarez Varona have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). The Swiss scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 33 winners (59%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Alvarez Varona |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9 |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/54 |
| %1st in | 62% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 9/12 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 75% |
Stephan Stricker blasted 7 aces . Alvarez Varona recorded 9 aces . Stephan Stricker won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez Varona won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Alvarez Varona |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 27% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Dominic broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Alvarez Varona broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Nicolas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Stephan Stricker | |||
| Q1 Blockx |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 81-73 | 81-73 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez Varona | |||
| Q1 Wessels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 56-48 | 56-48 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 59% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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