Nicolas Kicker and Sergio Galdos will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Santiago Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.11
Sergio Galdos -> 6.1
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Sergio Galdos
This will be the 2nd time that Nicolas Kicker and Sergio Galdos face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kicker won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1st round in Argentina F2 back in 1970.
Nicolas Kicker
Currently unranked, the Argentine got to the qualifications after defeating Facundo Mena 6-4 3-6 7-63.
In the qualifications, Kicker defeated Mena (6-4 3-6 7-63). During the match Kicker scored 106 points vs Mena’s 99. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kicker fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Mena 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kicker has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (225-157). 5-3 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kicker has a 218-137 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Argentine has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
Sergio Galdos
Currently unranked, Galdos got to the qualifications after beating Michel Vernier 6-4 0-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Peruvian defeated Vernier (6-4 0-6 6-4).-73) than Vernier. In fact, the world no. won 73 points vs Vernier’s. That means that Galdos was more focused during the important points. The Peruvian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Galdos blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sergio Galdos lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Galdos put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vernier 3 times.
Sergio has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Galdos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 26 |
| Pts | 106-99 | 73-84 |
| Total Points | 205 | 157 |
| Winners | 48 | 33 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Kicker and Galdos played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set, while Sergio Galdos dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kicker and Galdos have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kicker played 6 games more than Galdos. Nicolas scored 48 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Galdos made 33 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Galdos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 72/100 | 53/84 |
| %1st in | 72% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 33/53 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/31 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Kicker bagged 5 aces . Galdos fired 5 aces . Kicker won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Galdos won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kicker | Galdos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 75% | 100% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 64% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kicker dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Galdos conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Mena | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 106-99 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 72/100 | 72/100 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Galdos | |||
| Q1 Vernier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 73-84 | 73-84 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 53/84 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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