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August Holmgren #2261Pedro Martinez Portero #151Spain2

Sets 6-2 · 6-7 · 5-7Tue 6 Oct 2026, 17:47 Settling…First RoundHard

Player Profiles

Ranking advantagePedro Martinez Portero · 75 places

August Holmgren

Reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 141 on 22 June 2026. The ITF lists him as right-handed and identifies clay as his preferred surface.

Current ranking: #226
Peak ranking: #141 · 2026
Current age: 28
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 188 cm

Pedro Martinez Portero

Spain

Spanish right-hander, age 29, with a career-high singles ranking of No. 36 achieved in February 2025. ITF lists clay as his preferred surface; the requested searches did not establish a current injury or comeback narrative.

Current ranking: #151
Peak ranking: #36 · 2025
Current age: 29
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 185 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 4 Oct 2026, 19:53 · Europe/Bucharest

Villena's first round is a form-versus-ranking test: Holmgren arrives from a Porto run that included a win over top seed Benjamin Bonzi, while Martinez has the higher ranking but a six-match hard-court sample from August.

Holmgren looks the likelier match winner, and the one reviewed price worth noting is Martinez to take it 2-0 at 3.5.

Context

Holmgren has 13 completed hard-court matches to work from and last played on 2 October; Martinez's hard-court evidence is six matches in one week of August, with a retirement excluded and no serve or return metrics recorded. The two have never played each other.

Holmgren comes into this match directly from the Porto Challenger, where he beat top seed Benjamin Bonzi, ranked 90, 6:3, 6:4 and Andrea Guerrieri 7:5, 6:1 before losing to Henrique Rocha in straight sets in the third round. The Bonzi result is his strongest recent win by opponent ranking and shows he can take out a top-100 player in a main draw. The run ended in a straight-set defeat on 2 October, so his arrival form is strong but not unbroken, and he moves on to a new venue for the Villena event.
- Beat top seed Benjamin Bonzi 6:3, 6:4 in the Porto Challenger first round.
- Beat Andrea Guerrieri 7:5, 6:1 in the second round.
- Lost to Henrique Rocha 6:3, 7:6 in the third round.
ConfirmedSources checked 4 Oct 2026, 19:51 · Europe/BucharestSpilXpertenwww.spilxperten.com · 4 Oct 2026
Martinez arrives with a split recent record: a Genoa Challenger final, where he lost to Thiago Seyboth Wild 6:4, 6:2, and a 7:6, 6:3 defeat to world No. 340 Eduardo Ribeiro at the Buenos Aires Challenger. Reaching a Challenger final confirms he can still string wins together against this level of field. The Ribeiro loss is the sharper warning, a straight-set exit to a player ranked more than 200 places below him. Both results fall within the two to three weeks before Villena, so the form is current rather than dated.
- Lost the Genoa Challenger final to Thiago Seyboth Wild 6:4, 6:2.
- Lost to world No. 340 Eduardo Ribeiro 7:6, 6:3 at the Buenos Aires Challenger.
ConfirmedSources checked 4 Oct 2026, 19:51 · Europe/BucharestSpilXpertenwww.spilxperten.com · 4 Oct 2026
Martinez arrives at Villena after six completed clay-court matches between 8 and 22 September 2026.
Within the six-match hard sample, three of the four wins came in straight sets and five of the six matches finished in two sets, so the profile is short rather than drawn out. With one retirement excluded and no serve or return numbers for these matches, the 4-2 record cannot be treated as a settled hard-court standard. It does frame the likely shape of this match: quick if Martinez gets ahead.
- Six completed hard-court matches tracked from 18 to 25 August 2026, one retired match excluded.
- Scorelines in that sample: three 2-0 wins, two 0-2 losses and one 2-1 win.
- No serve, return or point totals recorded for these six matches.
Holmgren and Martinez have not faced each other before, making this a first-time matchup. With no shared match history, any read on the fixture has to rest on their separate form and surface records rather than an established pattern between them. The blank is genuine rather than a signal in either direction, and it puts extra weight on how each player's current results transfer to this event.
- The two players have no prior meetings.
ConfirmedSources checked 4 Oct 2026, 19:51 · Europe/BucharestSpilXpertenwww.spilxperten.com · 4 Oct 2026

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Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Holmgren has more recent hard-court match play and solid serve numbers, while Martinez arrives after a clay swing with mixed results.
- Holmgren is 6-7 on hard this year, with recent straight-set wins over top-100 players Bonzi and Guerrieri.
- Martinez is 4-2 on hard but has lost two of his last three matches on clay, including to world No. 340.
- Holmgren averages 74.1% first-serve points won and 50.3% total points won on hard.
- Martinez has no serve or return metrics available on hard.
BetBugs · Match WinnerAugust HolmgrenEstimated chance55%

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Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced
The read
Both players regularly play long opening sets, with averages above the 9.5 line and frequent tiebreaks.
- Holmgren's first sets average 11.0 total games on hard.
- Martinez's first sets also average 11.0 total games on hard.
- Holmgren has played five first-set tiebreaks in 13 hard matches.
BetBugs · Set 1 Total GamesOver 9.5Estimated chance65%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Martinez's straight-set tendency and Holmgren's occasional quick losses point to a shorter match.
- Martinez's hard matches average 21.2 total games, and he has won four of six in straight sets.
- Only one of Martinez's six hard matches went to a deciding set.
- Holmgren has lost three matches 0-2 on hard, which can produce lower game totals.
BetBugs · Total GamesUnder 23.5Estimated chance55%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Martinez's quick straight-set wins suggest the second set may not reach 10 games.
- Martinez's second sets average 8.7 total games on hard.
- Only 2 of Holmgren's 13 hard matches had a second-set tiebreak.
- Holmgren's second-set losses often end in 10 or more games, but his wins can be shorter.
BetBugs · Set 2 Total GamesUnder 9.5Estimated chance53%

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Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced
The read
Both players have shown the ability to win or lose in straight sets, making a two-set finish more likely.
- Martinez has won 3 of his 4 hard matches in straight sets and lost both of his hard losses in straight sets.
- Holmgren has won 4 of his 6 hard wins in straight sets.
- Only 1 of Martinez's 6 hard matches went to three sets.
BetBugs · Total SetsUnder 2.5Estimated chance70%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Holmgren is notably strong in second sets, and if he loses the first set he often rebounds to take the second.
- Holmgren has won the second set in 9 of 13 hard matches (69.2%).
- Holmgren's second-set win rate is higher than his first-set rate, showing he often improves.
- Martinez has won the second set in 4 of 6 hard matches (66.7%).
BetBugs · Set 2 WinnerAugust HolmgrenEstimated chance53%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Martinez's better first-set strike rate and Holmgren's slow starts suggest Martinez is more likely to take the opening set.
- Martinez has won the first set in 3 of 6 hard matches (50%).
- Holmgren has won only 5 of 13 hard first sets (38.5%).
- Holmgren lost the first set in all seven of his hard losses this season.
BetBugs · Set 1 WinnerPedro Martinez PorteroEstimated chance52%

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Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Martinez's quick straight-set wins and the relatively short second sets point to a match without a tiebreak.
- Martinez has played only one tiebreak in six hard matches.
- Holmgren's second sets average 9.8 games, with only two tiebreaks in 13 matches.
- Martinez has won most of his hard matches in straight sets without needing a tiebreak.
BetBugs · Tiebreak in MatchNoEstimated chance60%

Previous match context available

August Holmgren

6W 9L

6-3 7-6(7)#127Henrique Rocha

7-5 6-1#164Andrea Guerrieri

6-3 6-4#90Benjamin Bonzi

6-4 7-5#401Vadym Ursu

7-6(3) 7-5#198Felix Balshaw

6-3 6-7(4) 6-2#164Andrea Guerrieri

6-7(5) 6-3 6-3#207Braden Shick

7-5 1-6 6-4#215Liam Draxl

6-7(8) 6-2 7-6(4)#433Garrett Johns

6-4 3-6 6-3#112Aleksandar Vukic

6-1 6-3#411Justin Boulais

7-6(4) 6-2#356Aidan Mayo

6-7(6) 6-4 7-5#402Yosuke Watanuki

6-3 6-7(3) 6-3#153Tristan Schoolkate

6-4 6-3#286Jerome Kym

Pedro Martinez Portero

9W 6L

7-6(4) 6-3#340Eduardo Ribeiro

6-4 6-2#136Thiago Seyboth Wild

2-6 6-4 7-5#181Laslo Djere

6-1 6-2#341Valerio Aboian

6-2 6-1#558Maximo Zeitune

7-5 7-6(1)#330Francesco Forti

7-5 3-6 6-4#236Jay Clarke

6-1 3-0 ret.#566Lorenzo Carboni

6-3 6-2#173Daniil Glinka

6-4 6-2#105Valentin Royer

7-5 6-3#173Daniil Glinka

6-7(4) 6-4 6-3#159Juan Carlos Prado Angelo

6-4 6-1#433Garrett Johns

7-5 6-4#502Evan Zhu

6-1 6-4#128Hugo Dellien

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

AHAugust HolmgrenHolmgren

Last 15

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Pedro Martinez PorteroPorteroPP

Pedro Martinez Portero carries the stronger recent form — August Holmgren's route runs through serve.

Serve · 3–2

1st Serve In59.9%+7.1pp67.0%

1st Serve Won74.4%+10.0pp64.4%

2nd Serve Won50.5%+5.9pp44.6%

Aces / Match7.4+6.60.8

Double Faults / Match5.13.1 fewer2.0

Return · 0–1

Return Pts Won34.6%+9.6pp44.2%

Pressure · 1–1

Break Pts Converted38.0%+8.0pp46.0%

Break Pts Saved69.1%+16.2pp52.9%

Points · 0–1

Total Pts Won49.7%+1.2pp50.9%

Serve · 3–2

59.9%1st Serve In+7.1pp67.0%

74.4%1st Serve Won+10.0pp64.4%

50.5%2nd Serve Won+5.9pp44.6%

7.4Aces / Match+6.60.8

5.1Double Faults / Match3.1 fewer2.0

Return · 0–1

34.6%Return Pts Won+9.6pp44.2%

Pressure · 1–1

38.0%Break Pts Converted+8.0pp46.0%

69.1%Break Pts Saved+16.2pp52.9%

Points · 0–1

49.7%Total Pts Won+1.2pp50.9%

August Holmgren

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