Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Max Alcala Gurri will square off in the qualifications of the Maia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 2 sets.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.26
Max Alcala Gurri -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Max Alcala Gurri
This will be the 3rd time that Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Max Alcala Gurri fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Alvarez Varona (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Alvarez Varona won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Barcelona back in 2022.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
41 - 25win/loss
375
219
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 4-3 | 34-18 | 3-4 | 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. 375, Nicolas reached the qualifications after defeating Joao Silva 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Silva (7-5 6-3). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 74 points vs Silva’s 59. Alvarez Varona was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alvarez Varona made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nicolas Alvarez Varona was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Silva 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Alvarez Varona has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (198-147). 34-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alvarez Varona has an overall107-84 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Gijon,M25 Oviedo and M25 Sabadell.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 34-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Max Alcala Gurri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 1-2 | 42-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 0-3 | 38-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-24 | 4-4 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 459, Alcala Gurri got to the qualifications after beating Jose Freitas 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Max had a good straight sets win against Freitas (6-2 6-0). During the match Alcala Gurri scored 61 points vs Freitas’s 29. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Alcala Gurri made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Max Alcala Gurri was extremely efficient on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max broke Freitas 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Alcala Gurri’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Rabat and M15 Valencia.
The Spaniard has a composed 44-27 win-loss record in 2024, 44-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez Varona | Alcala Gurri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 |
| Pts | 74-59 | 61-29 |
| Total Points | 133 | 90 |
| Winners | 30 | 21 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Alvarez Varona and Alcala Gurri played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alvarez Varona and Alcala Gurri have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alvarez Varona played 7 games more than Alcala Gurri. Nicolas scored 30 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Alcala Gurri scored 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez Varona | Alcala Gurri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/61 | 23/35 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 21/23 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 8/12 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 67% |
Alvarez Varona recorded 3 aces . Alcala Gurri made 2 aces . Alvarez Varona won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Alcala Gurri won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez Varona | Alcala Gurri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 27% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Alvarez Varona broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Alcala Gurri broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Max was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Alvarez Varona | |||
| Q1 Silva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 74-59 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/61 | 38/61 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alcala Gurri | |||
| Q1 Freitas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-29 | 61-29 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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