Aleksandar Vukic and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will square off in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 2 sets.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.37
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-38 | 15-20 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, the Australian reached the quarter after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-2 6-4 and Patrick Kypson 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Kypson (6-4 6-2). During the match, Vukic scored 62 points vs Kypson’s 48. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Vukic broke Kypson 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (225-165). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a compiled41-25 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger and the Calgary Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 25-22 win-loss record in 2022, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-24 | 13-7 | 17-17 | 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. 227, the Spaniard reached the quarter after defeating Denis Kudla 7-61 7-66 and August Holmgren 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Alvarez had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (6-4 7-63). During the match Alvarez scored 78 points vs Holmgren’s 65. Nicolas was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Holmgren twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Liberec Challenger.
The Spaniard has a composed 24-31 win-loss record in 2022, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 49 |
| Pts | 127-98 | 161-135 |
| Total Points | 225 | 296 |
| Winners | 53 | 65 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Vukic and Alvarez played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vukic and Alvarez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Vukic played 13 games less than Alvarez. The Australian scored 53 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 65 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 63/110 | 81/145 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 53/63 | 65/81 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 21/47 | 39/64 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 61% |
Vukic managed to score 16 aces (8 per match). Alvarez recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Vukic won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 39% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 83% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | ||||
| R1 Mchugh | R2 Kypson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 62-48 | 127-98 | |
| Total points | 115 | 110 | 225 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 32/53 | 63/110 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 28/32 | 53/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 7/21 | 21/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 33% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/12 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez | ||||
| R1 Kudla | R2 Holmgren | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 7-66 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
| pts | 83-70 | 78-65 | 161-135 | |
| Total points | 153 | 143 | 296 | |
| Winners | 34 | 31 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 38/71 | 81/145 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 31/38 | 65/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 19/33 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/4 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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