Nick Hardt and Edas Butvilas will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Montemar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:45 pm on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. 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 Edas Butvilas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Edas Butvilas is the pick to win this match.
Edas Butvilas -> 1.71
Nick Hardt -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Edas Butvilas

There is no head to head record between Nick Hardt and Edas Butvilas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Nick Hardt

Ranked no. 210, Nick reached the 2^nd round after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-3 2-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Andreev, Hardt had a free pass after Andreev retired on a 6-3 2-1 . scoreline.

Hardt has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (222-146). 33-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hardt has a compiled145-90 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Barcelona Challenger where he defeated Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2.

Hardt has an overall 40-24 win-loss record in 2024, 33-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

The Dominican has never competed in this tournament before.

Edas Butvilas

Ranked no. 253, Edas got to the 2^nd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Lithuanian had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-3 7-5). During the match Butvilas scored 69 points vs Nagal’s 58. Butvilas was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Butvilas managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Edas Butvilas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Butvilas put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Edas broke Nagal 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Charleston Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Lithuanian has a composed 54-24 win-loss record in 2024, 26-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hardt	Butvilas
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	12	21
Pts	42-30	69-58
Total Points	72	127
Winners	13	31
%Winners	31%	45%

Both Hardt and Butvilas played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Hardt has played 1 set more than Butvilas (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Hardt played 9 games less than Butvilas. Hardt scored 13 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Edas made 31 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hardt	Butvilas
Aces	1	4
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	21/35	39/60
%1st in	60%	65%
1st pts	13/21	31/39
%1st pts	62%	79%
2nd pts	8/14	8/21
%2nd pts	57%	38%

Hardt blasted 1 ace . Butvilas also fired 4 aces . Hardt won 62% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hardt	Butvilas
Won	4	5
Converted	4/5	5/12
% Converted	80%	42%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	1	3
% Saved	33%	50%
Times Broken	2	3

Nick broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Hardt lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Edas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Hardt
	R1 Andreev	Total
Score	6-3 2-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	12	12
pts	42-30	42-30
Total points	72	72
Winners	13	13
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	21/35	21/35
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	13/21	13/21
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	8/14	8/14
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Butvilas
	R1 Nagal	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	69-58	69-58
Total points	127	127
Winners	31	31
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	39/60	39/60
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	31/39	31/39
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	8/21	8/21
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

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