Alex Barrena and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will play each other in the 2nd round of the Porto 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Barrena who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Barrena -> 1.57
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Alex Barrena and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Barrena
34 - 17win/loss
174
170
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-26 | 0-1 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 1-5 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228 (career-high), the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Christoph Negritu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Barrena had a good straight sets win against Negritu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Barrena scored 59 points vs Negritu’s 50. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Barrena bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Barrena was quite effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Negritu 3 times.
Barrena has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (158-118). 34-16 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Barrena has an aggregate155-109 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he defeated Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger where he defeated Franco Roncadelli in the final 5-7 7-5 6-3.
Barrena has a composed 34-17 win-loss record in 2025, 34-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger
Barrena has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
25 - 19win/loss
342
219
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-24 | 13-7 | 17-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-26 | 4-3 | 36-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-9 | 3-2 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-34 | 3-7 | 13-19 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-26 | 11-8 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 282, Alvarez got to the 2nd round after defeating Robert Strombachs 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Strombachs (6-0 6-2). During the match Alvarez scored 52 points vs Strombachs’s 24. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Alvarez fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alvarez was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Strombachs 5 times.
Nicolas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Segovia Challenger.
Alvarez has a composed 25-19 win-loss record in 2025, 12-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barrena | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 |
| Pts | 59-50 | 52-24 |
| Total Points | 109 | 76 |
| Winners | 24 | 20 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Barrena and Alvarez played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Barrena and Alvarez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Barrena played 6 games more than Alvarez. Alex scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 20 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barrena | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 25/40 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 20/25 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 67% |
Barrena managed to score 5 aces . Alvarez managed to score 7 aces . Barrena won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barrena | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Barrena broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Alex lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Nicolas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Barrena | |||
| R1 Negritu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 59-50 | 59-50 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/56 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez | |||
| R1 Strombachs | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 52-24 | 52-24 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Porto 2 Challenger
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Henrique RochaRocha (7-6(4) 6-0) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Filip PieczonkaPieczonka (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Tiago PereiraPereira (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro AraujoAraujo – Elias YmerYmer (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BarrenaBarrena – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco RochaRocha – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Olle WallinWallin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Filip PieczonkaPieczonka (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Henrique RochaRocha (7-6(4) 6-0) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Francisco RochaRocha – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco RochaRocha – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tiago TorresTorres – (0-0) – H2H and prediction