Nicolas Alvarez and Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Ambato Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez -> 1.5
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez vs. Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva
This will be the 2nd time that Nicolas Alvarez and Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alvarez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Alvarez won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in the Campinas Challenger back in 2021.
Nicolas Alvarez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 18-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 2-4 | 22-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305, the Peruvian got to the 2nd round after beating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (7-63 6-3). During the match, Alvarez scored 74 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 59. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alvarez made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Alvarez has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (142-101). 15-17 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alvarez has an overall108-77 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Peruvian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Campos do Jordao.
Nicolas has a composed 20-21 win-loss record in 2022, 15-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 21-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 4-7 | 24-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 4-3 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-30 | 8-5 | 24-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-10 | 19-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 448, Joao got to the 2nd round after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-69 6-4.
In the 1st round, Joao had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (7-69 6-4). During the match Lucas Reis Da scored 79 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 71. Lucas Reis Da was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Lucas Reis Da struck 12 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Pablo Ficovich twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Joao’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Guayaquil and M15 Recife.
Joao has a compiled 28-19 win-loss record in 2022, 25-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez | Lucas Reis Da |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 |
| Pts | 74-59 | 79-71 |
| Total Points | 133 | 150 |
| Winners | 39 | 37 |
| %Winners | 53% | 47% |
Both Alvarez and Lucas Reis Da played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alvarez and Lucas Reis Da have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alvarez played 1 game less than Lucas Reis Da. Alvarez scored 39 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas Reis Da recorded 37 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez | Lucas Reis Da |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 12 |
| 1st in | 50/67 | 50/77 |
| %1st in | 75% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 37/50 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 17/27 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 63% |
Alvarez fired 6 aces . Lucas Reis Da made 12 aces . Alvarez won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Lucas Reis Da won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez | Lucas Reis Da |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 25% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Alvarez broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Peruvian extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. Lucas Reis Da broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alvarez | |||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 74-59 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/67 | 50/67 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 39/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lucas Reis Da | |||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-71 | 79-71 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/77 | 50/77 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Ambato Challenger
- Facundo MenaMena – Matias ZukasZukas (4-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Benjamin LockLock – Facundo JuarezJuarez (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-69 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – N.Sriram BalajiBalaji (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Kiranpal PannuPannu – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Sean CueninCuenin (5-7 7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Gerald MelzerMelzer (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Kousuke OguraOgura (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Cayetano MarchMarch (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 7-60) – See score progression
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Kousuke OguraOgura (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Gerald MelzerMelzer (7-5 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Kiranpal PannuPannu – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin LockLock – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Kiranpal PannuPannu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
