Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Colton Smith will square off in the 2nd round of the Birmingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colton Smith who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.74
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Colton Smith
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Colton Smith since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
4 - 5win/loss
159
107
LWLWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-35 | 21-12 | 27-19 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 159, Moreno De Alboran got to the 2nd round after defeating Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-4 6-3). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 72 points vs O Connell’s 56. Moreno De Alboran was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was very effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke O Connell 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Moreno De Alboran has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (247-146). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moreno De Alboran has a composed4-4 match record in the last 9 years on grass.
The Spaniard has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
Moreno De Alboran has never competed in this tournament before.
Colton Smith
15 - 5win/loss
135
135
WLWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-9 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-11 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Smith reached the 2nd round after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Smith defeated Uchiyama (6-2 6-73 6-4). During the match Smith scored 111 points vs Uchiyama’s 99. Smith was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Smith made 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Colton Smith was very effective on serve to win 71% (47/66) of his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Smith broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he overcame Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.
Colton has an overall 15-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 |
| Pts | 72-56 | 111-99 |
| Total Points | 128 | 210 |
| Winners | 21 | 47 |
| %Winners | 29% | 42% |
Both Moreno De Alboran and Smith played 1 match. At the moment, Colton Smith lost 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t lost a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set(s) less than Smith (2 vs 3). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 12 games less than Smith. Nicolas scored 21 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Smith made 47 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 26/45 | 66/100 |
| %1st in | 58% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 47/66 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 23/34 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 68% |
Moreno De Alboran made 3 aces . Smith bagged 8 aces . Moreno De Alboran won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moreno De Alboran | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 23% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Nicolas broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Smith broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Smith was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Moreno De Alboran | |||
| R1 O Connell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/45 | 26/45 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Smith | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 111-99 | 111-99 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 66/100 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 47/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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