Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Javier Barranco Cosano will square off in the qualifications of the Madrid Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Javier Barranco Cosano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Javier Barranco Cosano is the pick to win this match.
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 1.5
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Javier Barranco Cosano
This will be the 4th time that Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Javier Barranco Cosano play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Barranco (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in the Maia 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-32 | 2-2 | 22-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Rafael Jodar 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Jodar (6-1 6-0). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 56 points vs Jodar’s 23. Sanchez-Izquierdo was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 74% of his first serves in, winning 64% (18/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Jodar 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (221-153). 3-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sanchez-Izquierdo has a compiled204-130 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall 7-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Sanchez-Izquierdo has never competed in this tournament before.
Javier Barranco Cosano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-28 | 6-4 | 32-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-20 | 0-2 | 29-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 349, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Federico Gaio 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-4 6-3). During the match Barranco scored 67 points vs Gaio’s 56. Javier was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Barranco scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Barranco put 46% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Gaio 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Barranco has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid 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 | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Barranco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 19 |
| Pts | 56-23 | 67-56 |
| Total Points | 79 | 123 |
| Winners | 18 | 22 |
| %Winners | 32% | 33% |
Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Barranco played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Barranco have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 6 games less than Barranco. Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Javier struck 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Barranco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 28/61 |
| %1st in | 74% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 18/28 | 22/28 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 45% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Barranco scored 1 ace . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Barranco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 64% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Nikolas broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Javier conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Jodar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 56-23 | 56-23 | |
| Total points | 79 | 79 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Barranco | |||
| Q1 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/61 | 28/61 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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