Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Alex Martinez will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Segovia Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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

Tennis Scores in Segovia Challenger

• Alexander Donski/Tiago PereiraDonski/Tiago Pereira – Patricio Alvarado/Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezAlvarado/Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings

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