Matej Dodig and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will face off in the 1st round of the Genova Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.6
Matej Dodig -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Matej Dodig and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Porto 2 Challenger back in August 2025.
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-32 | 0-0 | 24-22 | 12-10 | 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 |
Ranked no. 248, Matej will start his run in the Genova Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Sanchez-Izquierdo in the 2nd round on the 27th of August.
The Croatian has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2025, 24-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Trieste Challenger where he defeated Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Croatian has an overall 113-65 record. He has a positive 92-51 record on clay.
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Dodig has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
39 - 24win/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. 291, Nikolas will start his run in the Genova Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto 2 Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 6-4
to Moro in the quarter on the 29th of August.Nikolas has a compiled 39-24 win-loss record in 2025, 39-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Nikolas’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Reus,the Porto Alegre Challenger,M25 Mataro and M25 Montauban.
In terms of his career, Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall 330-233 record. He has a positive 311-203 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-65 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Remy BertolaBertola (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PicchionePicchione – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction