Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will face off in the final of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on QUADRA 1. 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 Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.78
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodriguez Taverna (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Rodriguez Taverna won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Punta del Este back in February 2025.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-18 | 4-2 | 32-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-35 | 4-5 | 28-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, Rodriguez Taverna reached the final after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 7-5, Valerio Aboian 5-3 ret., Guido Ivan Justo 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2.
In the semifinal, Santiago defeated Pucinelli De Almeida (6-3 6-74 6-2). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 115 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 94. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Santiago broke Pucinelli De Almeida 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodriguez Taverna has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Rodriguez Taverna has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (318-221). 29-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodriguez Taverna has an aggregate 246-171 record in the last years on clay.
Santiago’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Chacabuco and the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.
The Argentine has an aggregate 29-14 win-loss record in 2025, 29-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
21 - 11win/loss
345
238
LLWWWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-15 | 0-2 | 25-13 | 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, the Spaniard got to the final after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 6-0, Juan Bautista Torres 6-3 1-6 6-1, Eduardo Ribeiro 7-5 7-5 and Alex Barrena 1-6 7-5 6-4.
In the semifinal against Barrena, Sanchez-Izquierdo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-4).During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored less points (4) than Barrena. In fact, the world no. 261 won 96 points vs Barrena’s. That means that Sanchez-Izquierdo was more focused during the important points. Nikolas was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 69% of his first serves in, winning 59% (37/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke Barrena 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona and M25 Reus.
The Spaniard has an overall 21-10 win-loss record in 2025, 21-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 90 |
| Pts | 322-284 | 321-273 |
| Total Points | 606 | 594 |
| Winners | 137 | 120 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Rodriguez Taverna and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna dropped 2 sets, while Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 2 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Rodriguez Taverna scored 137 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 120 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 190/314 | 195/288 |
| %1st in | 61% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 137/190 | 120/195 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 60/124 | 49/93 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 53% |
Rodriguez Taverna scored 20 aces (5 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo managed to score 2 aces (0.5 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodriguez Taverna | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 22 |
| Converted | 16/30 | 22/44 |
| % Converted | 53% | 50% |
| Conceded | 28 | 30 |
| Saved | 21 | 16 |
| % Saved | 75% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 14 |
Rodriguez Taverna broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Santiago lost his serve 7 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponents 22 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | ||||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Aboian |
1/4 Ivan Justo |
1/2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 5-3 ret. | 6-4 6-74 6-3 | 6-3 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 92 | |
| pts | 74-72 | 25-19 | 108-99 | 115-94 | 322-284 | |
| Total points | 146 | 44 | 207 | 209 | 606 | |
| Winners | 37 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 137 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 40% | 45% | 36% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 13/21 | 66/111 | 58/103 | 190/314 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 62% | 59% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 10/13 | 49/66 | 41/58 | 137/190 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 77% | 74% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 6/8 | 22/45 | 21/45 | 60/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 75% | 49% | 47% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/1 | 4/7 | 7/12 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 57% | 58% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 0/0 | 7/9 | 7/10 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 78% | – | 78% | 70% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | ||||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Bautista |
1/4 Ribeiro |
1/2 Barrena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 1-6 6-1 | 7-5 7-5 | 1-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 90 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 83-76 | 87-71 | 96-100 | 321-273 | |
| Total points | 81 | 159 | 158 | 196 | 594 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 31 | 37 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 36% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 52/79 | 52/78 | 63/91 | 195/288 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 28/52 | 31/52 | 37/63 | 120/195 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 54% | 60% | 59% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 12/27 | 18/26 | 13/28 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 44% | 69% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/13 | 5/11 | 5/13 | 22/44 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 54% | 45% | 38% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 30 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/8 | 5/8 | 7/13 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 38% | 63% | 54% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
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