Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Hynek Barton will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Porto 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.85
Hynek Barton -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Hynek Barton
There is no head to head record between Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Hynek Barton since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
22 - 28win/loss
351
238
LWWLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-33 | 2-2 | 24-30 | 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. 331, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-3 6-0). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 54 points vs Kirkin’s 32. Nikolas was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Kirkin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (281-201). 20-25 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall262-174 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Nikolas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Sabadell.
Nikolas has an overall 22-28 win-loss record in 2024, 20-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Hynek Barton
18 - 15win/loss
413
393
LLWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-21 | 9-4 | 21-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 45-26 | 11-5 | 25-16 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 488, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Unknown Player bye, Enzo Wallart 6-3 6-2 and Ivan Gakhov 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Barton had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-2 6-2). During the match Barton scored 58 points vs Gakhov’s 38. Barton was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Barton recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hynek Barton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Gakhov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Vale do Lobo.
Hynek has an overall 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Barton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 33 |
| Pts | 54-32 | 118-78 |
| Total Points | 86 | 196 |
| Winners | 22 | 43 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match while Barton competed in 2 matches. Barton started his run from the qualifications while Sanchez-Izquierdo had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Sanchez-Izquierdo has played 2 set(s) less than Barton (2 vs 4). Therefore, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 18 games less than Barton. The Spaniard scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Hynek bagged 43 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Barton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 51/91 |
| %1st in | 72% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 43/51 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 24/40 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 60% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 1 ace . Barton also struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Barton won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Barton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Nikolas broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Hynek broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Barton was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 54-32 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Barton | ||||
| Q3 Wallart |
R1 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 58-38 | 118-78 | |
| Total points | 100 | 96 | 196 | |
| Winners | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 28/48 | 51/91 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 23/28 | 43/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 82% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 11/20 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 55% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/5 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 80% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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