Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Miguel Damas will play each other in the 1st round of the Madrid Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:45 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 Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.63
Miguel Damas -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Miguel Damas
This will be the 3rd time that Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Miguel Damas face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 0-6 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in M15 Villena back in 2022.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 2-2 | 17-19 | 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. 337, Sanchez-Izquierdo reached the 1st round after beating Rafael Jodar 6-1 6-0 and Javier Barranco Cosano 3-6 7-66 6-2.
In the qualifications against Barranco Cosano, Sanchez-Izquierdo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 6-2). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 107 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 100. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (50/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Barranco Cosano 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (222-153). 4-4 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall205-130 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Spaniard has a composed 8-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Miguel Damas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-16 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 11-15 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-16 | 4-5 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 7-7 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 747, Damas will start his run in the Madrid Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Reus where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Gaubas in the final on the 9th of April.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 13-11 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Damas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Reus.
In terms of his career, Miguel has an overall 123-83 record. He has a positive 86-50 record on clay.
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Javier MartiMarti – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Andrea CollariniCollarini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miguel DamasDamas – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
