Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will play each other in the qualifications of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.44
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250, Herbert got to the qualifications after beating Carles Cordoba 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Pierre-Hugues had a good straight sets win against Cordoba (6-2 6-1). During the match, Herbert scored 58 points vs Cordoba’s 29. Pierre-Hugues was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Herbert broke Cordoba 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Herbert has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (263-208). 2-3 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Herbert has a composed 46-51 record in the last years on clay.
Pierre-Hugues’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger,the St. Brieuc Challenger and Metz.
Pierre-Hugues has an overall 23-21 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Herbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 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. 285, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the qualifications after beating Ignacio Parisca 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Parisca (7-5 6-0). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 70 points vs Parisca’s 47. Sanchez-Izquierdo was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 51% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Parisca 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Valldoreix,M25 Mataro,M25 Esch/Alzette and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The Spaniard has a compiled 45-29 win-loss record in 2023, 41-21 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 |
| Pts | 58-29 | 70-47 |
| Total Points | 87 | 117 |
| Winners | 21 | 24 |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% |
Both Herbert and Sanchez-Izquierdo 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, Herbert and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Herbert played 3 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Herbert scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 24 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 34/67 |
| %1st in | 54% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 24/34 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 48% |
Herbert made 3 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 1 ace . Herbert won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| Q1 Cordoba | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-29 | 58-29 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 25/46 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Parisca | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-47 | 70-47 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/67 | 34/67 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Oleksii KrutykhOleksii – Maxime JanvierMaxime (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAdrian – Henri SquireHenri (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miguel DamasDamas – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Harold MayotMayot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (0-1) – H2H and prediction