Nick Hardt and Edas Butvilas will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Montemar Challenger for the 1st 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
41 - 24win/loss
199
177
LWWLLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 6-6 | 34-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Nick reached the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-3 2-1 ret..
In the 1st 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
54 - 25win/loss
252
249
LLWLLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-26 | 28-12 | 26-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 9-9 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Edas got to the 2nd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st 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 | |
Head 2 Head
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