Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Jerome Kym will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Villena Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.55
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Jerome Kym

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Ranked no. 144, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after beating Cezar Cretu 6-2 6-2, Jules Marie 6-7(0) 6-2 6-0 and Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Moreno De Alboran had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (6-4 6-4). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 69 points vs Lestienne’s 62. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran managed to score 8 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was very efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Moreno De Alboran broke Lestienne twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolas has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Moreno De Alboran has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (232-137). 13-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Moreno De Alboran has an aggregate121-65 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Brasov Challenger,the Liberec Challenger and the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger.

Nicolas has a composed 40-31 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.

Jerome Kym

Ranked no. 155, Jerome got to the semifinal after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-3 6-1, Valentin Royer 6-1 6-1 and Justin Engel 6-2 7-6(5).

In the quarter, Jerome had a good straight sets win against Engel (6-2 7-6⁵). During the match Kym scored 72 points vs Engel’s 53. Kym was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Kym fired 7 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jerome Kym was quite effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jerome broke Engel twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jerome hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Prostejov Challenger where he beat Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2 and the Zug Challenger where he beat Roman Andres Burruchaga in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Swiss has an aggregate 54-16 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moreno De Alboran	Kym
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	63	51
Pts	232-181	192-126
Total Points	413	318
Winners	96	76
%Winners	41%	40%

Both Moreno De Alboran and Kym played 3 matches. At the moment, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran surrendered 1 set while Jerome Kym hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set more than Kym (7 vs 6). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 12 games more than Kym. The Spaniard scored 96 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 76 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moreno De Alboran	Kym
Aces	27	20
Avg per match	9	6.7
1st in	125/190	88/140
%1st in	66%	63%
1st pts	96/125	76/88
%1st pts	77%	86%
2nd pts	37/65	32/52
%2nd pts	57%	62%

Moreno De Alboran bagged 27 aces (9 per match). Kym bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moreno De Alboran	Kym
Won	12	12
Converted	12/32	12/25
% Converted	38%	48%
Conceded	4	7
Saved	3	6
% Saved	75%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Moreno De Alboran broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kym broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Moreno De Alboran
	R1 Cretu	R2 Marie	1/4 Lestienne	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-70 6-2 6-0	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	16	27	20	63
pts	66-41	97-78	69-62	232-181
Total points	107	175	131	413
Winners	25	40	31	96
%Winners	38%	41%	45%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	14	8	27
Double Faults	4	4	0	8
1st in	34/55	49/75	42/60	125/190
% 1st in	62%	65%	70%	66%
1st pts	25/34	40/49	31/42	96/125
% 1st pts	74%	82%	74%	77%
2nd pts	12/21	14/26	11/18	37/65
% 2nd pts	57%	54%	61%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	2	12
Converted	5/11	5/14	2/7	12/32
Converted %	45%	36%	29%	38%
Conceded	3	0	1	4
Saved	2/3	0/0	1/1	3
Saved %	67%	–	100%	56%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Kym
	R1 Gigante	R2 Royer	1/4 Engel	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-1 6-1	6-2 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	14	21	51
pts	64-44	56-29	72-53	192-126
Total points	108	85	125	318
Winners	24	19	33	76
%Winners	38%	34%	46%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	7	20
Double Faults	3	1	0	4
1st in	30/52	21/34	37/54	88/140
% 1st in	58%	62%	69%	63%
1st pts	24/30	19/21	33/37	76/88
% 1st pts	80%	90%	89%	86%
2nd pts	11/22	9/13	12/17	32/52
% 2nd pts	50%	69%	71%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5	2	12
Converted	5/11	5/10	2/4	12/25
Converted %	45%	50%	50%	48%
Conceded	7	0	0	7
Saved	6/7	0/0	0/0	6
Saved %	86%	–	–	29%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger

• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Cezar Cretu/Valentin RoyerCretu/Valentin Royer – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-3 6-7⁸ 10-7) – See score progression
• Jerome Kym/Rudolf MollekerKym/Rudolf Molleker – Rafael Izquierdo Luque/Ivan Marrero CurbeloIzquierdo Luque/Ivan Marrero Curbelo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction