Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Anton Matusevich will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.53
Anton Matusevich -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Anton Matusevich
There is no head to head record between Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Anton Matusevich since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
31 - 35win/loss
356
238
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-35 | 2-2 | 29-32 | 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. 356, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating David Pichler 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Pichler (6-4 6-3). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 72 points vs Pichler’s 58. Sanchez-Izquierdo was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Pichler 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (290-208). 29-32 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sanchez-Izquierdo has a composed271-181 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Sabadell.
The Spaniard has a composed 31-35 win-loss record in 2024, 29-32 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Anton Matusevich
31 - 19win/loss
405
388
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 3-1 | 14-10 | 12-6 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 1-3 | 12-7 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2022 | 24-20 | 8-6 | 7-6 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-10 | 14-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 405, Anton got to the qualifications after defeating Guilherme Valdoleiros 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Valdoleiros (6-2 6-2). During the match Matusevich scored 65 points vs Valdoleiros’s 43. Anton was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Matusevich struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Anton Matusevich lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Matusevich put 55% of his first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Valdoleiros 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Matusevich’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Reus,M25 Edgbaston and M25 Glasgow.
Anton has a composed 31-19 win-loss record in 2024, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Matusevich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 72-58 | 65-43 |
| Total Points | 130 | 108 |
| Winners | 26 | 22 |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% |
Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Matusevich played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Matusevich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 3 games more than Matusevich. Nikolas scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit bagged 22 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Matusevich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 29/53 |
| %1st in | 67% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 10/24 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 42% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo made 2 aces . Matusevich bagged 3 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Matusevich won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Matusevich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Nikolas broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Pichler | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 72-58 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Matusevich | |||
| Q1 Valdoleiros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-43 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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