Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Carlos Lopez Montagud will play each other in the qualifications of the Montemar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.58
Carlos Lopez Montagud -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Carlos Lopez Montagud
This will be the 2nd time that Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Carlos Lopez Montagud fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lopez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Lopez won 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Palmanova back in 2019.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
30 - 34win/loss
353
238
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-34 | 2-2 | 28-31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the qualifications after defeating Julio Cesar Porras 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Sanchez-Izquierdo had a good straight sets win against Cesar Porras (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 72 points vs Cesar Porras’s 61. Nikolas was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 77% of his first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (5/15) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Cesar Porras 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (289-207). 28-31 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall270-180 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sabadell.
Nikolas has an aggregate 30-34 win-loss record in 2024, 28-31 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Lopez Montagud
32 - 27win/loss
448
331
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-27 | 6-5 | 26-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-24 | 1-1 | 40-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 448, Carlos reached the qualifications after defeating Iker Sevilla 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Lopez had a good straight sets win against Sevilla (6-2 6-1). During the match Lopez scored 55 points vs Sevilla’s 32. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Lopez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Lopez Montagud lost the serve once. Furthermore, Lopez put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (18/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Sevilla 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Lopez’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Rabat.
Lopez has a composed 32-27 win-loss record in 2024, 26-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 |
| Pts | 72-61 | 55-32 |
| Total Points | 133 | 87 |
| Winners | 36 | 18 |
| %Winners | 50% | 33% |
Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Lopez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Lopez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 5 games more than Lopez. Nikolas scored 36 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos managed to score 18 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 51/66 | 28/44 |
| %1st in | 77% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 18/28 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 12/16 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 75% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lopez struck 1 ace . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 |
| Saved | 9 | 0 |
| % Saved | 82% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Nikolas broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nikolas lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Lopez broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Cesar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 72-61 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/66 | 51/66 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lopez | |||
| Q1 Sevilla | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 55-32 | 55-32 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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