Daniel Masur and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will fight against each other in the quarter of the Porto 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Masur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Masur is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Masur -> 1.77
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Masur vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Daniel Masur and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Daniel Masur
40 - 17win/loss
274
176
LWLWWLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-24 | 1-2 | 11-10 | 19-9 | 1-2 | 12-1 |
| 2023 | 34-24 | 7-8 | 9-7 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 4-9 | 5-3 | 4-2 |
| 2021 | 28-26 | 4-4 | 1-7 | 15-12 | 3-2 | 5-1 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 3-2 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
Ranked no. 294, the German reached the quarter after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 2-6 6-2 and Henrique Rocha 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Rocha, Masur recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Masur scored 96 points vs Rocha’s 81. Masur was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Masur struck 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Daniel Masur lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Masur put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Rocha 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Masur has lost 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Masur has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (341-253). 10-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Masur has a composed 122-96 match record in the last years on clay.
Masur’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Cadolzburg,M25 Nussloch,M25 Trento and the Lugano Challenger.
Masur has a composed 40-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
24 - 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, Sanchez-Izquierdo reached the quarter after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-0 and Hynek Barton 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Barton (6-3 6-4). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 63 points vs Barton’s 52. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 80% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Barton 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanchez-Izquierdo hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sabadell.
Nikolas has an overall 23-28 win-loss record in 2024, 21-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Masur | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 34 |
| Pts | 179-152 | 117-84 |
| Total Points | 331 | 201 |
| Winners | 63 | 58 |
| %Winners | 35% | 50% |
Both Masur and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 2 matches. At the moment, Daniel Masur dropped 2 sets while Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Masur has played 2 sets more than Sanchez-Izquierdo (6 vs 4). Therefore, Masur played 17 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Daniel scored 63 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas scored 58 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Masur | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 90/153 | 85/111 |
| %1st in | 59% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 63/90 | 58/85 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 34/63 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 50% |
Masur made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Masur won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Masur | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 43% | 64% |
| Conceded | 13 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 62% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The German broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Nikolas broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Nikolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Masur | ||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Rocha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-2 | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 27 | 51 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 96-81 | 179-152 | |
| Total points | 154 | 177 | 331 | |
| Winners | 29 | 34 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 50/88 | 90/153 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 34/50 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 20/38 | 34/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/9 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | ||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Barton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 63-52 | 117-84 | |
| Total points | 86 | 115 | 201 | |
| Winners | 22 | 36 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 57% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 52/65 | 85/111 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 80% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 36/52 | 58/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 7/13 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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