Jozef Kovalik and Nicolas Kicker will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Argentina Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on COURT GUILLERMO VILAS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.56
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 128, Kovalik reached the qualifications after defeating Emilio Gomez 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Gomez (7-5 6-4). During the match Kovalik scored 83 points vs Gomez’s 74. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jozef broke Gomez 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Kovalik has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (340-233). 5-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a 257-149 match record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger.
Jozef has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Buenos Aires
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Nicolas Kicker
Currently unranked, Nicolas reached the qualifications after beating Renzo Olivo 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Olivo (7-5 7-5). During the match Kicker scored 93 points vs Olivo’s 80. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 77% of his first serves in, winning 63% (45/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Olivo 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Argentine has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Buenos Aires
Kicker has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 |
| Pts | 83-74 | 93-80 |
| Total Points | 157 | 173 |
| Winners | 30 | 45 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Kovalik and Kicker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 2 games less than Kicker. Kovalik scored 30 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker fired 45 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 72/94 |
| %1st in | 60% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 45/72 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 14/22 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 64% |
Kovalik bagged 9 aces . Kicker struck 1 ace . Kovalik won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 27% | 44% |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Jozef broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 83-74 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 93-80 | 93-80 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 72/94 | 72/94 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 45/72 | 45/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWL Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Facundo MenaMena (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Emilio GomezGomez (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Orlando LuzLuz (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Joao MenezesMenezes (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (7-62 2-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-4 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Leonardo MayerMayer (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Agustin VelottiVelotti – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Hugo DellienDellien (w/o) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Christian LindellLindell (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Agustin VelottiVelotti (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Laslo DjereDjere (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (2-5) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
