Alvaro Lopez San Martin and Carlos Sanchez Jover will square off in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am 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 Alvaro Lopez San Martin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alvaro Lopez San Martin is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Lopez San Martin -> 1.54
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Lopez San Martin vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
This will be the 5th time that Alvaro Lopez San Martin and Carlos Sanchez Jover square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Lopez San Martin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Lopez San Martin won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in M15 Benicarlo back in 2022.
Alvaro Lopez San Martin
20 - 10win/loss
422
280
LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 38-31 | 12-7 | 26-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-19 | 0-0 | 40-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 3-2 | 11-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 38-12 | 11-4 | 27-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alvaro had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (6-2 6-3). During the match, Lopez San Martin scored 67 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 47. Lopez San Martin was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lopez San Martin fired 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Alvaro Lopez San Martin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Lopez San Martin put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 92% (11/12) on the 2nd serve. Lopez San Martin broke Lam Coleman Wong 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Lopez San Martin has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (263-120). 9-3 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lopez San Martin has a composed231-104 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Lopez San Martin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor.
Alvaro has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356 (career-high), Carlos got to the qualifications after beating David Jorda Sanchis 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sanchez Jover had a good straight sets win against Jorda Sanchis (6-2 6-2). During the match Sanchez Jover scored 59 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 40. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez Jover scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover was very effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Carlos broke Jorda Sanchis 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Spaniard has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lopez San Martin | Sanchez Jover |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 67-47 | 59-40 |
| Total Points | 114 | 99 |
| Winners | 24 | 20 |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% |
Both Lopez San Martin and Sanchez Jover 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, Lopez San Martin and Sanchez Jover have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lopez San Martin played 1 game more than Sanchez Jover. The Spaniard scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez Jover managed to score 20 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lopez San Martin | Sanchez Jover |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 26/50 |
| %1st in | 74% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 20/26 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 15/24 |
| %2nd pts | 92% | 63% |
Lopez San Martin recorded 3 aces . Sanchez Jover made 1 ace . Lopez San Martin won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 92% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez Jover won 77% of the points behind 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 | Lopez San Martin | Sanchez Jover |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Lopez San Martin broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Lopez San Martin | |||
| Q1 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 11/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 92% | 92% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sanchez Jover | |||
| Q1 Jorda Sanchis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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