Radu Albot and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 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 Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
Radu Albot -> 1.54
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155, Radu reached the semifinal after beating Gregoire Barrere 7-66 7-5, Carlos Taberner 6-4 6-1 and Javier Barranco Cosano 7-65 6-3.
In the quarter, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (7-65 6-3). During the match, Albot scored 70 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 65. Radu was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 64% of his first serves in, winning 58% (26/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Barranco Cosano 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Albot hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Albot has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (325-274). 7-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has a compiled 95-79 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Albot has an overall 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Radu has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
9 - 10win/loss
356
238
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-35 | 2-2 | 28-32 | 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, Nikolas got to the semifinal after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 6-0 6-1, Pablo Llamas Ruiz 4-6 6-3 6-3, Gastao Elias 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Joao Sousa w/o.
In the quarter, Nikolas defeated Sousa (w/o). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo and Sousa scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 155 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Spaniard was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanchez-Izquierdo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has an overall 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 72 |
| Pts | 221-187 | 272-216 |
| Total Points | 408 | 488 |
| Winners | 92 | 110 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Albot and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 3 matches. At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost 2 sets while Radu Albot hasn’t dropped a set so far. Albot has played 2 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (6 vs 8). Therefore, Albot played 8 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Moldovan scored 92 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 110 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 140/204 | 162/247 |
| %1st in | 69% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 92/140 | 110/162 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 30/64 | 49/85 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 58% |
Albot bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Albot won 66% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 68% 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 | Albot | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 14 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 14/29 |
| % Converted | 60% | 48% |
| Conceded | 15 | 28 |
| Saved | 7 | 22 |
| % Saved | 47% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 6 |
Radu broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Radu conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. Nikolas broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | |||||
| R1 Barrere | R2 Taberner | 1/4 Barranco | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 | 22 | 64 | |
| pts | 90-81 | 61-41 | 70-65 | 221-187 | |
| Total points | 171 | 102 | 135 | 408 | |
| Winners | 42 | 24 | 26 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 33/46 | 45/70 | 140/204 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 72% | 64% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 24/33 | 26/45 | 92/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 73% | 58% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 5/13 | 13/25 | 30/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 38% | 52% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/8 | 5/7 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 75% | 71% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/2 | 5/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 0% | 63% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||||||
| Q1 Christopher | Q3 Elias | R1 Llamas | R2 Elias | 1/4 Sousa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-4 0-6 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 26 | 28 | 31 | – | 98 | |
| pts | 63-34 | 96-108 | 101-86 | 108-96 | – | 368-324 | |
| Total points | 97 | 204 | 187 | 204 | – | 692 | |
| Winners | 26 | 39 | 38 | 46 | – | 149 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 38% | 43% | – | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | – | 14 | |
| 1st in | 36/49 | 53/108 | 61/102 | 65/96 | – | 215/355 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 49% | 60% | 68% | – | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 39/53 | 38/61 | 46/65 | – | 149/215 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 62% | 71% | – | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 26/55 | 22/41 | 19/31 | – | 75/140 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 47% | 54% | 61% | – | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/10 | 6/10 | 3/11 | – | 16/39 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 20% | 60% | 27% | – | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | – | 39 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 8/11 | 10/14 | 8/10 | – | 30 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 73% | 71% | 80% | – | 108% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | |
Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Gonzalo Escobar/Aleksandr NedovyesovEscobar/Aleksandr Nedovyesov – Sander Arends/Matwe MiddelkoopArends/Matwe Middelkoop (6-3 1-6 10-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction