ChallengerClayChallenger2026-10-09 → 2026-10-11
Villena 2026
8 players, 7 singles matches on our card, clay court. Title chances, the field, who is in form and who is carrying something - with a preview of every match.
Title chances
| Player | Our rating |
|---|---|
| L. Djere | 1884 |
| P. Llamas Ruiz | 1800 |
| B. Gojo | 1739 |
| P. Martinez | 1737 |
| A. Shelbayh | 1713 |
| H. Barton | 1712 |
| J. Pinnington Jones | 1694 |
| D. Glinka | 1689 |
The draw is not published yet, so this is the field ranked by our rating. Title chances appear here once the bracket is out.
Conditions
Clay court · Spain
Very fast. Servers win 64% of points here (+3.9 points against the level average); 17% of sets reach a tiebreak; 10.2 games a set. Measured from 63 matches played here, not a surface label.
Last year
P. Carreno-Busta beat H. Grenier 2 - 1
The champion is not in this year's field.
Players to watch
In form
D. Glinka8-4 · +1.6
L. Djere10-3 · +1.6
P. Martinez7-3 · +1.4
A. Shelbayh8-4 · +1.2
J. Pinnington Jones3-2 · +0.2
Wins above what the prices expected, last 35 days
Carrying something
P. Llamas Ruiz
RET x1 in last 3MTO 14d
J. Pinnington Jones
RET x1 in 90d
A. Shelbayh
MTO 14d
D. Glinka
MTO 14d
L. Djere
RET x1 in 90d
H. Barton
MTO 14d
Retirements, walkovers, medical timeouts and long layoffs
Results so far
| Date | Match | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-11 | D. GlinkavL. Djere | 0 - 2 | |
| 10-10 | P. MartinezvL. Djere | 0 - 2 | |
| 10-10 | J. Pinnington JonesvD. Glinka | 1 - 2 | |
| 10-09 | P. Llamas RuizvP. Martinez | 0 - 1 | Retired |
| 10-09 | L. DjerevH. Barton | 2 - 0 | |
| 10-09 | A. ShelbayhvD. Glinka | 1 - 2 | |
| 10-09 | J. Pinnington JonesvB. Gojo | 2 - 0 |