Juan Bautista Torres and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will face off in the 2nd round of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on QUADRA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Bautista Torres is the pick to win this match.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.83
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Juan Bautista Torres vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Bautista Torres and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in the Punta Del Este Challenger back in 2024.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-29 | 1-2 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, Juan got to the 2nd round after defeating Blaise Bicknell 6-3 7-6(1).
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Bicknell (6-3 7-61). During the match, Bautista Torres scored 77 points vs Bicknell’s 67. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bautista Torres wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Bautista Torres put 64% of his first serves in, winning 55% (27/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Bicknell 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Bautista Torres has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (177-121). 9-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bautista Torres has an aggregate163-106 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Argentine has a compiled 9-11 win-loss record in 2025, 9-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
18 - 10win/loss
341
238
LLLWWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-16 | 0-2 | 25-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 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 |
Ranked no. 330, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-2 6-0). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 55 points vs Sakamoto’s 26. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 70% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Sakamoto 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Nikolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona and M25 Reus.
Nikolas has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2025, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger
Nikolas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista Torres | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 14 |
| Pts | 77-67 | 55-26 |
| Total Points | 144 | 81 |
| Winners | 27 | 24 |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% |
Both Bautista Torres and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bautista Torres and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bautista Torres played 8 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Juan scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas fired 24 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista Torres | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 28/40 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 27/49 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 6/12 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Bautista Torres didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 2 aces . Bautista Torres won 55% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista Torres | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 64% | 71% |
| Conceded | 13 | 1 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 62% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Bautista Torres broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Juan lost his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Nikolas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bautista Torres | |||
| R1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-67 | 77-67 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWWLLL Tennis Scores in Porto Alegre Challenger
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Vicente FredaFreda (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Murkel DellienDellien – Luis Queiroz MiguelQueiroz Miguel (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (1-2) – H2H and prediction
