Andrea Pellegrino and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the 2nd round of the Genova Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Andrea Pellegrino who should win in 2 sets.
Andrea Pellegrino -> 1.4
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Pellegrino vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Andrea Pellegrino and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo fight against 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 5-7 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Andrea Pellegrino
33 - 18win/loss
139
126
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-24 | 0-2 | 37-18 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 0-2 | 24-26 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 2-2 | 28-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-28 | 0-3 | 27-20 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-29 | 2-3 | 22-23 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, Pellegrino reached the 2nd round after defeating Remy Bertola 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Pellegrino had a good straight sets win against Bertola (6-4 7-64). During the match, Pellegrino scored 81 points vs Bertola’s 72. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pellegrino managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Pellegrino lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pellegrino put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Andrea broke Bertola 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Pellegrino has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (294-255). 32-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Pellegrino has a composed 255-191 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Perugia Challenger where he beat Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-4.
The Italian has an overall 32-18 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
40 - 25win/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 got to the 2nd round after beating Matej Dodig 3-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round against Dodig, Nikolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 85 points vs Dodig’s 64. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Dodig 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Nikolas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Reus,the Porto Alegre Challenger,M25 Mataro and M25 Montauban.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall 40-24 win-loss record in 2025, 40-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pellegrino | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 |
| Pts | 81-72 | 85-64 |
| Total Points | 153 | 149 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Pellegrino and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo surrendered 1 set while Andrea Pellegrino hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pellegrino has played 1 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pellegrino played 2 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Italian scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas recorded 29 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pellegrino | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/72 | 43/64 |
| %1st in | 54% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Pellegrino made 4 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo fired 3 aces . Pellegrino won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pellegrino | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 44% | 44% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 57% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Pellegrino broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Andrea dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pellegrino | |||
| R1 Bertola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 81-72 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/72 | 39/72 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Dodig | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-64 | 85-64 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Matej DodigDodig (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Francesco PassaroPassaro (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tom GentzschGentzsch – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea PicchionePicchione – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-65 7-63) – See score progression
- Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Andrea PicchionePicchione (0-0) – H2H and prediction