Ignacio Buse and Carlos Sanchez Jover will face off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ignacio Buse who should win in 3 sets.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.42
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Ignacio Buse vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Ignacio Buse and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ignacio Buse
46 - 25win/loss
234
209
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209 (career-high), the Peruvian reached the 2nd round after beating Henrique Rocha 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-1 6-2). During the match, Buse scored 56 points vs Rocha’s 32. Buse was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Buse scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Ignacio Buse conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 66% of his first serves in, win 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the 2nd serve. Ignacio broke Rocha 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Buse has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (97-60). 43-21 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Buse has an overall83-51 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Ignacio’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Vic and the Como Challenger.
Buse has an overall 46-25 win-loss record in 2024, 43-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Buse has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-27 | 1-1 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 378, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Gerard Campana Lee 6-1 7-5, Alejo Sanchez Quilez 6-1 6-2 and Rudolf Molleker 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sanchez had a good straight sets win against Molleker (6-1 6-4). During the match Sanchez scored 61 points vs Molleker’s 39. Sanchez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez struck 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Carlos Sanchez Jover was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sanchez broke Molleker 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Sanchez’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Gandia and M25 Montesilvano.
The Spaniard has a composed 45-23 win-loss record in 2024, 45-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Buse | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 51 |
| Pts | 56-32 | 197-134 |
| Total Points | 88 | 331 |
| Winners | 21 | 74 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Buse played 1 match while Sanchez competed in 3 matches. Sanchez started his run from the qualifications while Buse had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Buse has played 4 set(s) less than Sanchez (2 vs 6). Therefore, Buse played 36 games less than Sanchez. The Peruvian scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez managed to score 74 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Buse | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 109/154 |
| %1st in | 66% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 74/109 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 29/45 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 64% |
Buse scored 1 ace . Sanchez also struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Buse won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Buse | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 57% | 55% |
| Conceded | 0 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Peruvian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ignacio had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Buse | |||
| R1 Rocha | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-32 | 56-32 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sanchez | |||||
| Q1 Campana Lee | Q3 Sanchez Quilez | R1 Molleker | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 17 | 51 | |
| pts | 81-63 | 55-32 | 61-39 | 197-134 | |
| Total points | 144 | 87 | 100 | 331 | |
| Winners | 31 | 21 | 22 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/62 | 29/47 | 30/45 | 109/154 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 62% | 67% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 21/29 | 22/30 | 74/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 72% | 73% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 14/18 | 8/15 | 29/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 78% | 53% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/4 | 6/10 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 60% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/3 | 4/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 234% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emilio NavaNava (7-611 7-62) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Christoph NegrituNegritu (7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Matej DodigDodig (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 2-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Henrique RochaRocha (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 0-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emilio NavaNava (7-6(11) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-6(7) 7-5) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Christoph NegrituNegritu (7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 2-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Matej DodigDodig (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dennis NovakNovak – Christian GarinGarin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – (0-0) – H2H and prediction