Ignacio Buse and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will face off in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. 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 Ignacio Buse who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ignacio Buse is the pick to win this match.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.74
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Ignacio Buse vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
This will be the 2nd time that Ignacio Buse and Pablo Llamas Ruiz play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Buse (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Buse won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Seville Challenger back in September 2025.
Ignacio Buse
42 - 23win/loss
104
104
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-28 | 6-5 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108 (career-high), the Peruvian will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(4) to Gaubas in the semifinal on the 27th of September.
Ignacio has an aggregate 42-23 win-loss record in 2025, 35-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Heilbronn Challenger where he defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Seville Challenger where he beat Genaro Alberto Olivieri in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Ignacio has an overall 140-86 record. He has a positive 119-69 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
28 - 20win/loss
215
131
LWLWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-21 | 5-5 | 23-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202, Llamas will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Rocha in the quarter on the 26th of September.
Pablo has an aggregate 28-20 win-loss record in 2025, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Llamas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Szczecin Challenger.
In terms of his career, Pablo has an overall 177-114 record. He has a positive 146-79 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
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