Sumit Nagal and Javier Barranco Cosano will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on HÖRTKORN CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.56
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Javier Barranco Cosano

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

The last time that they fought against each other, Barranco won 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Valencia Challenger back in 2022.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 95, Sumit got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 1-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Indian defeated Basilashvili (6-2 1-6 6-3). During the match, Nagal scored 81 points vs Basilashvili’s 71. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nagal made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Basilashvili 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Nagal has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (310-202). 5-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nagal has an aggregate 214-126 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Indian has an overall 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger

Javier Barranco Cosano

Ranked no. 250, Barranco reached the 2^nd round after defeating August Holmgren 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (6-4 6-2). During the match Barranco scored 65 points vs Holmgren’s 46. Javier was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Barranco recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Barranco put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Javier broke Holmgren 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Barranco’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.

Javier has an overall 25-16 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nagal	Barranco
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	24	18
Pts	81-71	65-46
Total Points	152	111
Winners	32	22
%Winners	40%	34%

Both Nagal and Barranco played 1 match. At the moment, Sumit Nagal surrendered 1 set while Javier Barranco Cosano hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nagal has played 1 set more than Barranco (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nagal played 6 games more than Barranco. The Indian scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Barranco managed to score 22 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nagal	Barranco
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	52/82	35/55
%1st in	63%	64%
1st pts	32/52	22/35
%1st pts	62%	63%
2nd pts	17/30	13/20
%2nd pts	57%	65%

Nagal made 4 aces . Barranco managed to score 2 aces . Nagal won 62% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nagal	Barranco
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/8
% Converted	71%	63%
Conceded	11	3
Saved	7	1
% Saved	64%	33%
Times Broken	4	2

Nagal broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Sumit lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Nagal
	R1 Basilashvili	Total
Score	6-2 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	81-71	81-71
Total points	152	152
Winners	32	32
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/82	52/82
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	32/52	32/52
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Barranco
	R1 Holmgren	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-46	65-46
Total points	111	111
Winners	22	22
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	35/55	35/55
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	22/35	22/35
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	13/20	13/20
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Heilbronn Challenger

• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jurij RodionovRodionov (3-6 7-6⁴ 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Peter HellerHeller (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri SquireSquire – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sumit NagalNagal – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction