Andrea Pellegrino and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the 2^nd round of the Genova Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Pellegrino who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrea Pellegrino is the pick to win this match.
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 2^nd time that Andrea Pellegrino and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo clash 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 played, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 5-7 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger back in 2021.

Andrea Pellegrino

Ranked no. 141, Andrea reached the 2^nd round after defeating Remy Bertola 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 1^st 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. Pellegrino was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pellegrino recorded 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. The Italian broke Bertola 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Pellegrino has positive match 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 tournament, Pellegrino has an overall 255-191 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Perugia Challenger where he defeated Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-4.

Andrea has a composed 32-18 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

Ranked no. 291, Sanchez-Izquierdo reached the 2^nd round after defeating Matej Dodig 3-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st 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 extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 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. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke Dodig 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).

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.

Nikolas has an aggregate 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 conceded 1 set while Andrea Pellegrino hasn’t lost 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 made 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 fired 4 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 3 aces . Pellegrino won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 67% of the points behind 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

Andrea broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered 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. Nikolas 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