Marat Sharipov and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will face off in the 2nd round of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 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 Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.65
Marat Sharipov -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Marat Sharipov vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Marat Sharipov and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marat Sharipov
35 - 17win/loss
276
243
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-26 | 24-11 | 14-9 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-17 | 16-7 | 27-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-18 | 43-4 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-19 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Sharipov got to the 2nd round after defeating Ivan Ivanov 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Sharipov had a good straight sets win against Ivanov (6-2 6-2). During the match, Sharipov scored 59 points vs Ivanov’s 36. Marat was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sharipov managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marat Sharipov was quite effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marat broke Ivanov 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Sharipov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (177-88). 11-7 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sharipov has a compiled70-45 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Marat’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Uriage.
The Russian has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
34 - 21win/loss
303
238
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-31 | 0-3 | 42-28 | 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. 306, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the 2nd round after beating Viktor Markov 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Sanchez-Izquierdo had a good straight sets win against Markov (6-4 6-0). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 60 points vs Markov’s 34. Nikolas was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 94% (15/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Markov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Reus,the Porto Alegre Challenger,M25 Mataro and M25 Montauban.
The Spaniard has a compiled 34-21 win-loss record in 2025, 34-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sharipov | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 |
| Pts | 59-36 | 60-34 |
| Total Points | 95 | 94 |
| Winners | 21 | 19 |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% |
Both Sharipov and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sharipov and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). Marat scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas bagged 19 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sharipov | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 24/47 | 26/42 |
| %1st in | 51% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 15/16 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 94% |
Sharipov bagged 8 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo recorded 1 ace . Sharipov won 88% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 94% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sharipov | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 71% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Marat broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Sharipov lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Nikolas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Sharipov | |||
| R1 Ivanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 59-36 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/47 | 24/47 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Markov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/16 | 15/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 94% | 94% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Murkel DellienDellien – Anas MazdrashkiMazdrashki (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Alexander VasilevVasilev (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian GimaGima – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan Adrian AndreescuAdrian Andreescu – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-67 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Jelle SelsSels (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Viktor MarkovMarkov (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Sebastian GimaGima – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-74 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Andrej NedicNedic (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Naoya HondaHonda (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryan ShahShah – Alexander DonskiDonski (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-7(4) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian GimaGima – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Jelle SelsSels (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan Adrian AndreescuAdrian Andreescu – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-6(7) 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Alexander VasilevVasilev (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Viktor MarkovMarkov (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel DellienDellien – Anas MazdrashkiMazdrashki (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 3-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian GimaGima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction