Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Jules Marie will face off in the 2nd round of the Villena Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. 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 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.31
Jules Marie -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Jules Marie
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Jules Marie since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
38 - 31win/loss
110
109
LWWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-35 | 21-12 | 27-19 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 145, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Cezar Cretu 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Cretu (6-2 6-2). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 66 points vs Cretu’s 41. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Cretu 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Moreno De Alboran has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (230-137). 11-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Moreno De Alboran has a composed119-65 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Moreno De Alboran’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Brasov Challenger,the Liberec Challenger and the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger.
Nicolas has an overall 38-31 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Jules Marie
30 - 29win/loss
340
203
LLWLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-34 | 23-21 | 4-4 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-27 | 42-13 | 6-5 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-23 | 10-7 | 12-8 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 287, Marie reached the 2nd round after beating Benoit Paire 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 1st round against Paire, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-62 6-4). During the match Marie and Paire scored the same amount of points (95). However, the world no. 145 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Marie scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Jules Marie lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Marie put 79% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Paire twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Loule and M25+H Ajaccio.
Marie has a composed 30-29 win-loss record in 2024, 22-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | Marie |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 |
| Pts | 66-41 | 95-95 |
| Total Points | 107 | 190 |
| Winners | 25 | 45 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Both Moreno De Alboran and Marie played 1 match. At the moment, Jules Marie dropped 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t lost a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set(s) less than Marie (2 vs 3). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 14 games less than Marie. Moreno De Alboran scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jules managed to score 45 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | Marie |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 62/78 |
| %1st in | 62% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 45/62 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Moreno De Alboran blasted 5 aces . Marie managed to score 1 ace . Moreno De Alboran won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Marie won 73% 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 | Moreno De Alboran | Marie |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 45% | 25% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Nicolas lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moreno De Alboran | |||
| R1 Cretu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-41 | 66-41 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marie | |||
| R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 95-95 | 95-95 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/78 | 62/78 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Cezar CretuCretu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Benoit PairePaire (1-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Rafael JodarJodar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Michael GeertsGeerts (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Jules MarieMarie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
