Matej Dodig and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Porto 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.81
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig

24 - 22win/loss

Clay
24-18
Rank
236
High
236
LWWWWLWWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-31 0-0 24-22 12-9 0-0 0-0
2024 46-26 14-5 30-20 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 248, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Tiago Pereira 2-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Pereira, Matej recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Dodig and Pereira scored the same amount of points (84). However, the world no. 248 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Matej was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dodig scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matej Dodig lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 28% (10/36) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Pereira 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Dodig has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (113-64). 24-18 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dodig has an overall92-50 match record in the last 3 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Trieste Challenger where he beat Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian has an overall 24-22 win-loss record in 2025, 24-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger

Matej has never competed in this tournament before.

Porto 2 Challenger
Dodig's Record

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

38 - 23win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
38-20
Rank
303
High
238
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-30 0-3 42-27 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
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Ranked no. 291, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-2 6-4). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 73 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 51. Sanchez-Izquierdo was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Seyboth Wild 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Reus,the Porto Alegre Challenger,M25 Mataro and M25 Montauban.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 38-23 win-loss record in 2025, 38-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Porto 2 Challenger
Sanchez-Izquierdo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Dodig
N. Sanchez-Izquierdo
2h:16
2h:16
Time on court​
1h:37
1h:37
!
2h:16
2h:16
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
18
18
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
84
84
Total points​
73
73
84
84
Avg point​
73
73
37
37
Winners
25
25
37
37
Avg Winners​
25
25
44%
44%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
2
2
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
37/53
37/53
1st won total​
25/30
25/30
70%
70%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
10/36
10/36
2nd won total​
11/15
11/15
!
28%
28%
2nd won %
!
73%
73%
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
BP won
3/12
3/12
6/13
6/13
Avg BP won
3/12
3/12
46%
46%
Won
!
25%
25%
11
11
Conceded
0
0
11
11
Avg Conceded
0
0
6
6
Broken
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dodig Sanchez-Izquierdo
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 28 18
Pts 84-84 73-51
Total Points 168 124
Winners 37 25
%Winners 44% 34%

Both Dodig and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. At the moment, Matej Dodig surrendered 1 set while Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dodig has played 1 set more than Sanchez-Izquierdo (3 vs 2). Therefore, Dodig played 10 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Matej scored 37 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 25 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dodig Sanchez-Izquierdo
Aces 2 2
Avg per match 2 2
1st in 53/89 30/45
%1st in 60% 67%
1st pts 37/53 25/30
%1st pts 70% 83%
2nd pts 10/36 11/15
%2nd pts 28% 73%

Dodig struck 2 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 2 aces . Dodig won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 28% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dodig Sanchez-Izquierdo
Won 6 3
Converted 6/13 3/12
% Converted 46% 25%
Conceded 11 0
Saved 5 0
% Saved 45% 0%
Times Broken 6 0

Matej broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Dodig
R1
Pereira		 Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 84-84 84-84
Total points 168 168
Winners 37 37
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 53/89 53/89
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 37/53 37/53
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 10/36 10/36
% 2nd pts 28% 28%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/13 6/13
Converted % 46% 46%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 5/11 5
Saved % 45% 45%
Times Broken 6 6
Sanchez-Izquierdo
R1
Seyboth		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 73-51 73-51
Total points 124 124
Winners 25 25
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 30/45 30/45
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 25/30 25/30
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 11/15 11/15
% 2nd pts 73% 73%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/12 3/12
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Porto 2 Challenger

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