Juan Pablo Varillas and Kei Nishikori will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kei Nishikori who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.49
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Kei Nishikori

There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Varillas and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Juan Pablo Varillas

Juan Pablo Varillas

22 - 23win/loss

Hard
0-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
22-18
Rank
209
High
60
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-31 0-5 27-25 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 29-29 4-7 23-17 2-4 0-1 0-0
2022 53-27 2-3 51-23 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 51-23 0-2 51-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2020 8-14 1-2 7-11 0-0 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 157, Juan reached the 2nd round after defeating Gianluca Cadenasso 4-6 7-5 6-1.

In the 1st round against Cadenasso, Juan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 104 points vs Cadenasso’s 83. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pablo Patino-Samudio recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Juan Pablo Varillas was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (38/52) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Juan broke Cadenasso 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Pablo Patino-Samudio has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (380-252). 22-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Patino-Samudio has an overall 350-209 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Santiago Challenger where he overcame Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-3 6-2.

Pablo Patino-Samudio has a composed 22-23 win-loss record in 2024, 22-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Pablo Patino-Samudio has never competed in this tournament before.

Genova Challenger
Pablo Patino-Samudio's Record

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-2
Grass
0-1
Rank
107
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-11 7-5 5-3 8-2 0-1 0-0
2023 10-3 10-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 26-17 15-9 7-4 2-2 2-2 0-0
2020 2-4 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 222, Nishikori reached the 2nd round after beating Matthew Dellavedova 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Dellavedova (6-4 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 68 points vs Dellavedova’s 58. Nishikori was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishikori scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Kei broke Dellavedova 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Japanese has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Genova Challenger
Nishikori's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Pablo Varillas
K.Nishikori
!
2h:34
2h:34
Time on court​
1h:34
1h:34
!
2h:34
2h:34
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
20
20
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
104
104
Total points​
68
68
104
104
Avg point​
68
68
38
38
Winners
20
20
38
38
Avg Winners​
20
20
37%
37%
Ratio winners
29%
29%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
38/52
38/52
1st won total​
20/32
20/32
!
73%
73%
1st won %
63%
63%
19/34
19/34
2nd won total​
11/19
11/19
56%
56%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
5/9
5/9
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
45%
45%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
6
6
5
5
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
3
3
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pablo Patino-Samudio Nishikori
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 29 20
Pts 104-83 68-58
Total Points 187 126
Winners 38 20
%Winners 37% 29%

Both Pablo Patino-Samudio and Nishikori played 1 match. At the moment, Juan Pablo Varillas surrendered 1 set while Kei Nishikori hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pablo Patino-Samudio has played 1 set more than Nishikori (3 vs 2). Therefore, Pablo Patino-Samudio played 9 games more than Nishikori. Juan scored 38 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kei managed to score 20 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pablo Patino-Samudio Nishikori
Aces 3 2
Avg per match 3 2
1st in 52/86 32/51
%1st in 60% 63%
1st pts 38/52 20/32
%1st pts 73% 63%
2nd pts 19/34 11/19
%2nd pts 56% 58%

Pablo Patino-Samudio bagged 3 aces . Nishikori fired 2 aces . Pablo Patino-Samudio won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pablo Patino-Samudio Nishikori
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/9
% Converted 45% 56%
Conceded 5 6
Saved 2 3
% Saved 40% 50%
Times Broken 3 3

Pablo Patino-Samudio broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Pablo Patino-Samudio lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Nishikori broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Pablo Patino-Samudio
R1
Cadenasso
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 104-83 104-83
Total points 187 187
Winners 38 38
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 52/86 52/86
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 38/52 38/52
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 19/34 19/34
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3
Nishikori
R1
Dellavedova
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 68-58 68-58
Total points 126 126
Winners 20 20
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 32/51 32/51
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 20/32 20/32
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 11/19 11/19
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger

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