Facundo Mena and Nicolas Kicker will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.43
Facundo Mena -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 5th time that Facundo Mena and Nicolas Kicker fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kicker won 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) in the qualifications in the Santiago Challenger back in March 2021.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 245, Mena got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Cid Subervi 6-4 6-72 7-5.
In the 1st round, Mena defeated Cid (6-4 6-72 7-5). During the match, Mena scored 119 points vs Cid’s 113. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena made 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Cid 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Mena has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (338-240). 24-21 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has a compiled290-203 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Quito Challenger where he defeated Gonzalo Lama in the final 6-4 6-4.
Mena has a compiled 24-25 win-loss record in 2021, 24-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Nicolas Kicker
Ranked no. 276, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-0 6-1). During the match Kicker scored 61 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 35. Kicker was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kicker broke Manuel Cerundolo 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M25 Pensacola,M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Tulsa and the Tampere Challenger.
Nicolas has a composed 53-12 win-loss record in 2021, 39-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 13 |
| Pts | 119-113 | 61-35 |
| Total Points | 232 | 96 |
| Winners | 46 | 20 |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% |
Both Mena and Kicker played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Mena lost 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mena has played 1 set more than Kicker (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mena played 22 games more than Kicker. The Argentine scored 46 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 20 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 69/110 | 26/41 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 20/26 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Mena fired 4 aces . Kicker blasted 2 aces . Mena won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 55% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Mena broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mena conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nicolas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Cid |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 119-113 | 119-113 | |
| Total points | 232 | 232 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 69/110 | 69/110 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 46/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Manuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 61-35 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Santiago 2 Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-3 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexis GautierGautier – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Victor NunezNunez (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Diego Fernandez FloresFernandez Flores (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-4 6-72 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-68 7-67) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Julian LenzLenz – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Facundo MenaMena (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick ChappellChappell – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GautierGautier – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Gerald MelzerMelzer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
