Javier Barranco Cosano and Nick Hardt will square off in the semifinal of the Barcelona Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Javier Barranco Cosano who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Javier Barranco Cosano is the pick to win this match.
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 1.69
Nick Hardt -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Javier Barranco Cosano vs. Nick Hardt

This will be the 2^nd time that Javier Barranco Cosano and Nick Hardt clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hardt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Hardt won 5-7 6-0 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Antalya 4 Challenger back in 2021.

Javier Barranco Cosano

Ranked no. 281, the Spaniard got to the semifinal after beating Mathys Erhard 6-4 7-5, Ivan Gakhov 6-1 3-6 6-4 and Carlos Taberner 7-5 6-0.

In the quarter, Javier had a good straight sets win against Taberner (7-5 6-0). During the match, Barranco Cosano scored 70 points vs Taberner’s 53. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Barranco Cosano scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Barranco Cosano put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Barranco Cosano broke Taberner 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Barranco Cosano has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (318-196). 13-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Barranco Cosano has a composed286-168 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Javier’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.

Javier has an overall 19-8 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

Nick Hardt

Ranked no. 301, the Dominican reached the semifinal after defeating Quentin Halys 7-5 1-6 6-4, Valentin Royer 6-4 6-3 and Nicholas David Ionel 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Hardt had a good straight sets win against David Ionel (6-3 6-3). During the match Hardt scored 70 points vs David Ionel’s 53. The Dominican was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Hardt scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 61% of his first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. The Dominican broke David Ionel 8 times after converting 62% of his break points (8/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nick has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Dominican’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Santo Domingo.

Hardt has a compiled 23-9 win-loss record in 2024, 17-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Barranco Cosano	Hardt
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	66	66
Pts	255-217	240-216
Total Points	472	456
Winners	83	94
%Winners	33%	39%

Both Barranco Cosano and Hardt played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Javier Barranco Cosano conceded 1 set, while Nick Hardt conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Barranco Cosano and Hardt have played the same amount of sets 7. They also played the same amount of games (66). The Spaniard scored 83 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Hardt bagged 94 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Barranco Cosano	Hardt
Aces	4	3
Avg per match	1.3	1
1st in	126/216	149/230
%1st in	58%	65%
1st pts	83/126	94/149
%1st pts	66%	63%
2nd pts	53/90	30/81
%2nd pts	59%	37%

Barranco Cosano scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Hardt struck 3 aces (1 per match). Barranco Cosano won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Hardt won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Barranco Cosano	Hardt
Won	14	19
Converted	14/36	19/32
% Converted	39%	59%
Conceded	22	35
Saved	16	21
% Saved	73%	60%
Times Broken	6	14

Barranco Cosano broke his opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. Barranco Cosano dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Nick broke his opponents 19 times with a 59% conversion rate. Hardt conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Barranco Cosano
	R1 Erhard	R2 Gakhov	1/4 Taberner	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-1 3-6 6-4	7-5 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	26	18	66
pts	82-73	103-91	70-53	255-217
Total points	155	194	123	472
Winners	28	29	26	83
%Winners	34%	28%	37%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	1	4
Double Faults	3	6	1	10
1st in	42/75	47/80	37/61	126/216
% 1st in	56%	59%	61%	58%
1st pts	28/42	29/47	26/37	83/126
% 1st pts	67%	62%	70%	66%
2nd pts	17/33	23/33	13/24	53/90
% 2nd pts	52%	70%	54%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	14
Converted	5/14	4/13	5/9	14/36
Converted %	36%	31%	56%	39%
Conceded	11	5	6	22
Saved	8/11	3/5	5/6	16
Saved %	73%	60%	83%	72%
Times Broken	3	2	1	6

Hardt
	R1 Halys	R2 Royer	1/4 David	Total
Score	7-5 1-6 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	29	19	18	66
pts	97-103	73-60	70-53	240-216
Total points	200	133	123	456
Winners	42	30	22	94
%Winners	43%	41%	31%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	3
Double Faults	9	4	3	16
1st in	64/100	47/68	38/62	149/230
% 1st in	64%	69%	61%	65%
1st pts	42/64	30/47	22/38	94/149
% 1st pts	66%	64%	58%	63%
2nd pts	11/36	10/21	9/24	30/81
% 2nd pts	31%	48%	38%	37%
Breaks
Won	6	5	8	19
Converted	6/10	5/9	8/13	19/32
Converted %	60%	56%	62%	59%
Conceded	14	10	11	35
Saved	8/14	7/10	6/11	21
Saved %	57%	70%	55%	61%
Times Broken	6	3	5	14

Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger

• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Aisam Qureshi/David Vega HernandezQureshi/David Vega Hernandez – Karol Drzewiecki/Szymon WalkowDrzewiecki/Szymon Walkow (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nick HardtHardt – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (1-0) – H2H and prediction