Maxim Mrva and Nicolas Kicker will square off in the qualifications of the Hagen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on PLATZMANN CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxim Mrva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxim Mrva is the pick to win this match.
Maxim Mrva -> 1.47
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Maxim Mrva vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Maxim Mrva and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maxim Mrva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-26 | 7-4 | 23-19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-25 | 14-6 | 23-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-8 | 2-3 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 304, the Czech got to the qualifications after beating Nick Mertgens 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Maxim had a good straight sets win against Mertgens (6-1 6-2). During the match, Mrva scored 52 points vs Mertgens’s 22. Mrva was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mrva fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maxim Mrva was extremely effective on serve to win 100% (23/23) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maxim broke Mertgens 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Mrva has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 55% of his matches (72-58). 12-14 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mrva has an aggregate46-39 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger.
Maxim has an overall 21-21 win-loss record in 2026, 12-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hagen Challenger
Maxim has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-20 | 0-0 | 20-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 50-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-13 | 2-4 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-28 | 6-6 | 20-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 369, the Argentine got to the qualifications after defeating Yannik Weissmann 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Weissmann (6-2 6-2). During the match Kicker scored 60 points vs Weissmann’s 36. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Kicker bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Kicker was quite effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kicker broke Weissmann 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Kicker has a composed 14-17 win-loss record in 2026, 14-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mrva | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 |
| Pts | 52-22 | 60-36 |
| Total Points | 74 | 96 |
| Winners | 23 | 19 |
| %Winners | 44% | 32% |
Both Mrva and Kicker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mrva and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mrva played 1 game less than Kicker. The Czech scored 23 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine fired 19 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mrva | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 26/40 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/23 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 11/14 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 79% |
Mrva struck 2 aces . Kicker scored 2 aces . Mrva won 100% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mrva | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 56% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Maxim broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Czech quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kicker broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mrva | |||
| Q1 Mertgens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 52-22 | 52-22 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/23 | 23/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Weissmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 60-36 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 11/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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