Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Alex Martinez will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Segovia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on PISTA PEDRO MUNOZ. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.35
Alex Martinez -> 2.97
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Alex Martinez
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Alex Martinez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
11 - 15win/loss
375
219
LWLWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-24 | 4-3 | 33-17 | 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. 751, Nicolas got to the semifinal after defeating Alejo Sanchez Quilez 6-1 6-1, Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-7(7) 6-3 and Dan Added 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Alvarez Varona had a good straight sets win against Added (6-3 6-3). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 64 points vs Added’s 43. Nicolas was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alvarez Varona made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 88% (15/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Added 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Alvarez Varona has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (168-136). 3-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Alvarez Varona has a composed79-48 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Spaniard has a composed 11-14 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Alex Martinez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-10 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-9 | 11-5 | 9-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 865, Martinez got to the semifinal after beating Lorenzo Rottoli 6-4 6-3, Yaroslav Demin 6-2 6-2, Ivan Marrero Curbelo 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3, John Echeverria 1-6 6-4 6-4 and Mario Gonzalez Fernandez 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Martinez defeated Gonzalez Fernandez (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Martinez scored 85 points vs Gonzalez Fernandez’s 83. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Martinez fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Martinez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Martinez put 51% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. Martinez broke Gonzalez Fernandez 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Martinez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Bakio.
Alex has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez Varona | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 119 |
| Pts | 228-169 | 413-380 |
| Total Points | 397 | 793 |
| Winners | 101 | 163 |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% |
Alvarez Varona played 3 matches while Martinez competed in 5 matches. Martinez started his run from the qualifications while Alvarez Varona had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Alvarez Varona surrendered 1 set, while Alex Martinez lost 3 sets. Alvarez Varona has played 6 set(s) less than Martinez (7 vs 13). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 55 games less than Martinez. The Spaniard scored 101 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 163 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez Varona | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 125/194 | 222/391 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 101/125 | 163/222 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 44/69 | 79/169 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 47% |
Alvarez Varona bagged 23 aces (7.7 per match). Martinez scored 15 aces (3 per match). Alvarez Varona won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Martinez won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez Varona | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 19 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 19/48 |
| % Converted | 48% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 38 |
| Saved | 3 | 27 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 11 |
Alvarez Varona broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Alvarez Varona extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponents 19 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alvarez Varona | |||||
| R1 Sanchez Quilez |
R2 Gerasimov |
1/4 Added |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 6-77 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 32 | 18 | 64 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 106-90 | 64-43 | 228-169 | |
| Total points | 94 | 196 | 107 | 397 | |
| Winners | 22 | 57 | 22 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 54% | 34% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 16 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 68/99 | 29/46 | 125/194 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 69% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 57/68 | 22/29 | 101/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 84% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 17/31 | 15/17 | 44/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 55% | 88% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/5 | 3/9 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 40% | 33% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martinez | |||||||
| Q1 Rottoli |
Q3 Demin |
R1 Marrero |
R2 Echeverria |
1/4 Gonzalez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 7-64 6-3 | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 119 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-52 | 107-104 | 81-80 | 85-83 | 413-380 | |
| Total points | 131 | 122 | 211 | 161 | 168 | 793 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 50 | 33 | 27 | 163 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 47% | 41% | 32% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 36/65 | 60/100 | 52/81 | 42/82 | 222/391 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 60% | 64% | 51% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/36 | 50/60 | 33/52 | 27/42 | 163/222 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 83% | 63% | 64% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 15/29 | 18/40 | 11/29 | 22/40 | 79/169 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 52% | 45% | 38% | 55% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/7 | 2/9 | 5/10 | 4/11 | 19/48 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 57% | 22% | 50% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 38 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 7/7 | 8/9 | 4/10 | 5/8 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 89% | 40% | 63% | 122% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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