Bu Yunchaokete and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will face off in the 2nd round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm 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 Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.833
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Bu Yunchaokete and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-27 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Bu got to the 2nd round after beating Nicola Kuhn 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yunchaokete defeated Kuhn (6-4 3-6 6-3).During the match, Yunchaokete scored less points (2) than Kuhn. In fact, the world no. 174 won 81 points vs Kuhn’s. That means that Yunchaokete was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yunchaokete made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bu Yunchaokete lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Yunchaokete put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Kuhn 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Yunchaokete has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (130-59). 1-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Yunchaokete has a compiled1-4 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Yunchaokete’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 3 Challenger.
Bu has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Yunchaokete has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 28-9 | 21-6 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 715, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-4 5-7 6-4, Raul Brancaccio 6-4 6-3 and Stefano Napolitano 6-0 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alvarez defeated Napolitano (6-0 2-6 6-4). During the match Alvarez scored 89 points vs Napolitano’s 78. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 60% of his first serves in, winning 52% (26/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Napolitano 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Nicolas has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 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 | Yunchaokete | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 75 |
| Pts | 81-83 | 248-223 |
| Total Points | 164 | 471 |
| Winners | 37 | 104 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Yunchaokete played 1 match while Alvarez competed in 3 matches. Alvarez started his run from the qualifications while Yunchaokete had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Bu Yunchaokete conceded 1 set, while Nicolas Alvarez Varona surrendered 2 sets. Yunchaokete has played 5 set(s) less than Alvarez (3 vs 8). Therefore, Yunchaokete played 47 games less than Alvarez. The Chinese scored 37 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 104 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yunchaokete | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 158/247 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 104/158 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 52/89 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 58% |
Yunchaokete managed to score 3 aces . Alvarez managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Yunchaokete won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yunchaokete | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 12/19 |
| % Converted | 57% | 63% |
| Conceded | 8 | 26 |
| Saved | 5 | 19 |
| % Saved | 63% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Bu broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Yunchaokete conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Alvarez conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yunchaokete | |||
| R1 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 81-83 | 81-83 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 54/85 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Alvarez | |||||
| Q1 Lopez Montagud |
Q3 Brancaccio |
R1 Napolitano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-0 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 24 | 75 | |
| pts | 93-94 | 66-51 | 89-78 | 248-223 | |
| Total points | 187 | 117 | 167 | 471 | |
| Winners | 52 | 26 | 26 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 39% | 29% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/102 | 37/61 | 50/84 | 158/247 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 61% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 52/71 | 26/37 | 26/50 | 104/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 70% | 52% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 13/24 | 22/34 | 52/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 54% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/7 | 6/9 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 67% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/7 | 10/14 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 71% | 71% | 222% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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