Christoph Negritu and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will square off in the qualifications of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on PISTA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 2 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.31
Christoph Negritu -> 3.2
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries – USA excluded).
(image) To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Christoph Negritu vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
There is no head to head record between Christoph Negritu and Nicolas Alvarez Varona since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Christoph Negritu
37 – 20win/loss
426
425
WLWLWLWWWL
Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
37-20
13-10
24-10
0-0
0-0
0-0
2023
38-27
29-17
8-9
1-1
0-0
0-0
2022
27-19
18-13
9-6
0-0
0-0
0-0
2021
23-19
19-14
4-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
2020
10-3
0-0
1-1
9-2
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 426, Christoph reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Merida Aguilar, Christoph recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-1 6-4). During the match, Negritu scored 106 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 88. Negritu was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Negritu bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christoph Negritu lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Negritu put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Negritu broke Merida Aguilar 9 times after converting 50% of his break points (9/18).
Negritu has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (210-149). 24-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Negritu has a compiled87-64 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Negritu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sion.
The German has an overall 37-20 win-loss record in 2024, 24-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Christoph has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
36 – 20win/loss
434
219
WLWWWLWWWW
Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
36-20
3-2
33-16
0-2
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
2020
28-9
21-6
7-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 434, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating Gastao Elias 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Alvarez had a good straight sets win against Elias (6-2 6-1). During the match Alvarez scored 51 points vs Elias’s 30. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Elias 4 times.
Alvarez’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Gijon,M25 Oviedo and M25 Sabadell.
Nicolas has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2024, 33-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
2h:01
1h:01
2h:01
1h:01
1
1
30
15
3
2
106
51
106
51
42
25
42
25
40%
49%
4
6
4
6
1
1
1
1
42/62
25/30
68%
83%
9/27
8/14
33%
57%
9/18
4/4
9/18
4/4
50%
100%
12
0
12
0
5
0
5
0
7
0
Matches, sets, games and points
Points
Negritu
Alvarez
Match played
1
1
Tot Set
3
2
Tot Games
30
15
Pts
106-88
51-30
Total Points
194
81
Winners
42
25
%Winners
40%
49%
Both Negritu and Alvarez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Christoph Negritu dropped 1 set while Nicolas Alvarez Varona hasn’t dropped a set so far. Negritu has played 1 set more than Alvarez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Negritu played 15 games more than Alvarez. The German scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Alvarez bagged 25 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
Serve
Negritu
Alvarez
Aces
4
6
Avg per match
4
6
1st in
62/89
30/44
%1st in
70%
68%
1st pts
42/62
25/30
%1st pts
68%
83%
2nd pts
9/27
8/14
%2nd pts
33%
57%
Negritu fired 4 aces . Alvarez made 6 aces . Negritu won 68% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks
Negritu
Alvarez
Won
9
4
Converted
9/18
4/4
% Converted
50%
100%
Conceded
12
0
Saved
7
0
% Saved
58%
0%
Times Broken
5
0
Negritu broke his opponent 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Negritu
Q1
Merida
Total
Score
6-74 6-1 6-4
Tot Set
3
3
Tot Games
30
30
pts
106-88
106-88
Total points
194
194
Winners
42
42
%Winners
40%
40%
SERVE
Aces
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
1st in
62/89
62/89
% 1st in
70%
70%
1st pts
42/62
42/62
% 1st pts
68%
68%
2nd pts
9/27
9/27
% 2nd pts
33%
33%
Breaks
Won
9
9
Converted
9/18
9/18
Converted %
50%
50%
Conceded
12
12
Saved
7/12
7
Saved %
58%
58%
Times Broken
5
5
Alvarez
Q1
Elias
Total
Score
6-2 6-1
Tot Set
2
2
Tot Games
15
15
pts
51-30
51-30
Total points
81
81
Winners
25
25
%Winners
49%
49%
SERVE
Aces
6
6
Double Faults
1
1
1st in
30/44
30/44
% 1st in
68%
68%
1st pts
25/30
25/30
% 1st pts
83%
83%
2nd pts
8/14
8/14
% 2nd pts
57%
57%
Breaks
Won
4
4
Converted
4/4
4/4
Converted %
100%
100%
Conceded
0
0
Saved
0/0
0
Saved %
–
0%
Times Broken
0
0
Head 2 Head
(image)
(image)
WLWLWLWWWL
(image)
WLWWWLWWWW
2023
2022
Hard
Clay
Upcoming matches in the draw
Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Benoit PairePaire – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Dennis NovakNovak – Miguel DamasDamas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Carlos TabernerTaberner – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (2-1) – H2H and prediction
Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (2-3) – H2H and prediction
Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Christoph NegrituNegritu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-1) – H2H and prediction