H2H, prediction of Kei Nishikori vs Nicolas Alvarez Varona in Helsinki Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 6th November 2024

PREVIEW. Helsinki Challenger. Nishikori and Alvarez will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 6th of November

Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Kei Nishikori and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will play each other in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kei Nishikori who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.144
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 5

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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona

There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori

15 - 11win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
3-2
Clay
5-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
132
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-11 7-5 5-3 3-2 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. 132, the Japanese will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava 2 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Safiullin in the semifinal on the 2nd of November.

Nishikori has an overall 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bratislava 2 Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Nishikori has an overall 585-274 record. He has a positive 104-43 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Nishikori has never competed in this tournament before.

Nishikori
Helsinki Challenger
Nishikori's Record

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Nicolas Alvarez Varona
Nicolas Alvarez Varona

39 - 22win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
2-2
Clay
33-17
Rank
384
High
219
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-22 4-3 33-17 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 9-9 3-2 6-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 24-34 3-7 13-19 8-8 0-0 0-0
2021 40-26 11-8 29-17 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 28-9 21-6 7-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 384, the Spaniard reached the 1st round after beating Otso Martikainen 6-3 6-3 and Jelle Sels 4-6 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications against Sels, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Alvarez scored 88 points vs Sels’s 65. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Alvarez managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (42/51) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Sels 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alvarez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Alvarez’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Gijon,M25 Oviedo and M25 Sabadell.

Nicolas has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Alvarez
Helsinki Challenger
Alvarez's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nishikori
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Alvarez Varona
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2024 2023 2022
14 - 11
39 - 22
6-5
Hard
4-3
3-2
I Hard
2-2
5-3
Clay
33-17

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