Nicolas Alvarez Varona

and Hiroki Moriya will square off in the qualifications of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.53
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Hiroki Moriya

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

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

8 - 3win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
344
High
219
LWWWLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-24 13-7 17-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 43-26 4-3 36-19 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

Ranked no. 320, Nicolas got to the qualifications after beating Manish Sureshkumar 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Sureshkumar (6-2 6-2). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 64 points vs Sureshkumar’s 44. Alvarez Varona was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alvarez Varona made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was very efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alvarez Varona broke Sureshkumar 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Alvarez Varona has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (208-151). 8-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alvarez Varona has a composed 88-53 record in the last years on hard.

The Spaniard has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Bengaluru Challenger
Alvarez Varona's Record

Hiroki Moriya

Hiroki Moriya

9 - 7win/loss

Hard
9-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
471
High
143
WLLLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-23 24-23 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 38-32 36-28 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-0
2023 31-28 31-27 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 27-30 18-19 0-0 7-9 1-1 1-1
2021 22-28 13-17 0-0 8-9 0-0 1-2

Ranked no. 432, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Eric Vanshelboim 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Vanshelboim (7-65 6-4). During the match Moriya scored 89 points vs Vanshelboim’s 81. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Moriya blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 52% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Hiroki broke Vanshelboim 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The Japanese has a composed 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Bengaluru Challenger
Moriya's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Alvarez Varona
H.Moriya
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
!
2h:26
2h:26
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:26
2h:26
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
23
23
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
64
64
Total points​
89
89
64
64
Avg point​
89
89
25
25
Winners
31
31
25
25
Avg Winners​
31
31
39%
39%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
2
2
6
6
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
25/31
25/31
1st won total​
31/47
31/47
!
81%
81%
1st won %
66%
66%
8/15
8/15
2nd won total​
21/43
21/43
53%
53%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
4/7
4/7
4/12
4/12
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
33%
33%
Won
!
57%
57%
0
0
Conceded
11
11
0
0
Avg Conceded
11
11
0
0
Broken
3
3
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alvarez Varona Moriya
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 23
Pts 64-44 89-81
Total Points 108 170
Winners 25 31
%Winners 39% 35%

Both Alvarez Varona and Moriya 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 Moriya have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alvarez Varona played 7 games less than Moriya. Alvarez Varona scored 25 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 31 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alvarez Varona Moriya
Aces 6 2
Avg per match 6 2
1st in 31/46 47/90
%1st in 67% 52%
1st pts 25/31 31/47
%1st pts 81% 66%
2nd pts 8/15 21/43
%2nd pts 53% 49%

Alvarez Varona recorded 6 aces . Moriya recorded 2 aces . Alvarez Varona won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alvarez Varona Moriya
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/7
% Converted 33% 57%
Conceded 0 11
Saved 0 8
% Saved 0% 73%
Times Broken 0 3

The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Alvarez Varona very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Hiroki broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Alvarez Varona
Q1
Sureshkumar
Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 64-44 64-44
Total points 108 108
Winners 25 25
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 31/46 31/46
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 25/31 25/31
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 8/15 8/15
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Moriya
Q1
Vanshelboim
Total
Score 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 89-81 89-81
Total points 170 170
Winners 31 31
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 47/90 47/90
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 31/47 31/47
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 21/43 21/43
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3

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