Ivan Gakhov and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will play each other in the 1st round of the Maia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 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 3 sets.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.68
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Nicolas Alvarez Varona square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alvarez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Alvarez won 7-6(13) 6-4 in the final in M15 Benicarlo back in 2020.
Ivan Gakhov
36 - 34win/loss
308
142
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-34 | 1-2 | 35-31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308, Gakhov will start his run in the Maia Challenger after he played his last match in the Montemar Challenger where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-0 to Alcala in the qualifications on the 18th of November.
The Russian has a composed 36-34 win-loss record in 2024, 35-31 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Gakhov’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Getxo and the Dobrich Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Gakhov has an overall 415-266 record. He has a positive 367-211 record on clay.
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
42 - 25win/loss
382
219
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-25 | 4-3 | 35-18 | 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. 382, Nicolas got to the 1st round after beating Joao Silva 7-5 6-3 and Max Alcala Gurri 4-6 6-2 7-6(2).
In the qualifications against Alcala Gurri, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-62). During the match Alvarez scored 115 points vs Alcala Gurri’s 102. Alvarez was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Alcala Gurri 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Alvarez’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Gijon,M25 Oviedo and M25 Sabadell.
Alvarez has a composed 42-25 win-loss record in 2024, 35-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrej MartinMartin – Francisco RochaRocha (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Federico CoriaCoria (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan NijboerNijboer – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anton MatusevichMatusevich – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Maxime JanvierJanvier (1-0) – H2H and prediction