Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Steven Diez will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Tenerife 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. 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.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.37
Steven Diez -> 2.89

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Steven Diez

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Ranked no. 336, Alvarez Varona got to the 2^nd round after beating Eliot Spizzirri 7-5 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Spizzirri (7-5 6-0). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 68 points vs Spizzirri’s 51. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alvarez Varona recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Alvarez Varona conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez Varona put 75% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Spizzirri 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Alvarez Varona has good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (206-150). 6-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Alvarez Varona has an overall 86-52 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Alvarez Varona has an overall 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger

Steven Diez

Ranked no. 604, the Canadian reached the 2^nd round after beating Adria Soriano Barrera 7-6(5) 6-3, Mathys Erhard 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Diez had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (6-4 6-3). During the match Diez scored 57 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 50. Diez was pretty aggressive to blast 14 winners.

Talking about serving, Diez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Steven Diez lost the serve once. Furthermore, Diez put 43% of his first serves in, winning 67% (14/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Diez broke Llamas Ruiz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Diez has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alvarez Varona	Diez
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	18	73
Pts	68-51	230-207
Total Points	119	437
Winners	37	88
%Winners	54%	38%

Alvarez Varona played 1 match while Diez competed in 3 matches. Diez started his run from the qualifications while Alvarez Varona had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Steven Diez lost 1 set while Nicolas Alvarez Varona hasn’t lost a set so far. Alvarez Varona has played 5 set(s) less than Diez (2 vs 7). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 55 games less than Diez. The Spaniard scored 37 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Steven fired 88 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alvarez Varona	Diez
Aces	4	5
Avg per match	4	1.7
1st in	53/71	127/213
%1st in	75%	60%
1st pts	37/53	88/127
%1st pts	70%	69%
2nd pts	9/18	53/86
%2nd pts	50%	62%

Alvarez Varona recorded 4 aces . Diez managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Alvarez Varona won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alvarez Varona	Diez
Won	4	9
Converted	4/6	9/22
% Converted	67%	41%
Conceded	10	11
Saved	10	5
% Saved	100%	45%
Times Broken	0	6

Nicolas broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points. Steven broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.

Alvarez Varona
	R1 Spizzirri	Total
Score	7-5 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	68-51	68-51
Total points	119	119
Winners	37	37
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	53/71	53/71
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	37/53	37/53
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	10/10	10
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Diez
	Q1 Soriano	Q3 Erhard	R1 Llamas	Total
Score	7-65 6-3	7-62 3-6 6-4	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	32	19	73
pts	68-62	105-95	57-50	230-207
Total points	130	200	107	437
Winners	34	40	14	88
%Winners	50%	38%	25%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	0	5
Double Faults	2	1	3	6
1st in	44/69	62/95	21/49	127/213
% 1st in	64%	65%	43%	60%
1st pts	34/44	40/62	14/21	88/127
% 1st pts	77%	65%	67%	69%
2nd pts	14/25	20/33	19/28	53/86
% 2nd pts	56%	61%	68%	62%
Breaks
Won	1	4	4	9
Converted	1/3	4/12	4/7	9/22
Converted %	33%	33%	57%	41%
Conceded	2	8	1	11
Saved	2/2	3/8	0/1	5
Saved %	100%	38%	0%	138%
Times Broken	0	5	1	6

Tennis Scores in Tenerife 2 Challenger

• Benjamin HassanHassan – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Andres AndradeAndrade (7-6⁵ 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Steven DiezDiez – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro CachinCachin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Chris RodeschRodesch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jakub PaulPaul – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction