Raul Brancaccio and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raul Brancaccio who should win in 2 sets.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.28
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-33 | 7-3 | 24-25 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 311, Brancaccio got to the qualifications after defeating Miguel Damas 6-1 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Damas (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match, Brancaccio scored 93 points vs Damas’s 77. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brancaccio scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Raul Brancaccio was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Raul broke Damas 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Brancaccio has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (302-220). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brancaccio has a composed227-154 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Italian has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia 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. 715, Nicolas reached the qualifications after beating Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-4 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alvarez defeated Lopez Montagud (6-4 5-7 6-4).During the match Alvarez scored less points (1) than Lopez Montagud. In fact, the world no. 311 won 93 points vs Lopez Montagud’s. That means that Alvarez was more focused during the important points. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (52/71) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alvarez broke Lopez Montagud twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Nicolas has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 32 |
| Pts | 93-77 | 93-94 |
| Total Points | 170 | 187 |
| Winners | 32 | 52 |
| %Winners | 34% | 56% |
Both Brancaccio and Alvarez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Raul Brancaccio lost 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez Varona surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Brancaccio and Alvarez have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Brancaccio played 6 games less than Alvarez. Brancaccio scored 32 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alvarez fired 52 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 44/76 | 71/102 |
| %1st in | 58% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 52/71 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Brancaccio fired 3 aces . Alvarez recorded 7 aces . Brancaccio won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brancaccio | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 31% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Alvarez conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brancaccio | |||
| Q1 Damas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 93-77 | 93-77 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/76 | 44/76 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Alvarez | |||
| Q1 Lopez Montagud | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 93-94 | 93-94 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 71/102 | 71/102 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 52/71 | 52/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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