Elliot Benchetrit and Nicolas Kicker will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Santiago Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.3
Elliot Benchetrit -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Elliot Benchetrit vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 2nd time that Elliot Benchetrit and Nicolas Kicker fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Benchetrit (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Benchetrit won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in the Canberra Challenger back in 2018.
Elliot Benchetrit
Ranked no. 234, Elliot reached the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Benchetrit had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-4 6-4). During the match Benchetrit scored 67 points vs Blancaneaux’s 60. Benchetrit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Benchetrit was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Elliot Benchetrit lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Benchetrit put 43% of his first serves in, winning 81% (21/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Benchetrit broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Benchetrit has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (154-127). 1-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Benchetrit has a 108-79 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Elliot has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
Currently unranked, Kicker got to the 2nd round after beating Facundo Mena 6-4 3-6 7-63, Sergio Galdos 6-2 6-1 and Jozef Kovalik 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-2 6-3). During the match Kicker scored 70 points vs Kovalik’s 49. Kicker was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 73% of his first serves in, winning 56% (25/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Kovalik 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The Argentine has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Benchetrit | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 64 |
| Pts | 67-60 | 236-180 |
| Total Points | 127 | 416 |
| Winners | 21 | 92 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Benchetrit played 1 match while Kicker competed in 3 matches. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Benchetrit had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Kicker lost 1 set while Elliot Benchetrit hasn’t dropped a set so far. Benchetrit has played 5 set(s) less than Kicker (2 vs 7). Therefore, Benchetrit played 44 games less than Kicker. Benchetrit scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker made 92 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Benchetrit | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/60 | 141/199 |
| %1st in | 43% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 92/141 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 38/58 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 66% |
Benchetrit didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kicker managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Benchetrit won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Benchetrit | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 14/21 |
| % Converted | 57% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 71% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Benchetrit broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Benchetrit lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Benchetrit | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-60 | 67-60 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/60 | 26/60 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kicker | |||||
| Q1 Mena |
Q3 Galdos |
R1 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 17 | 64 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 60-32 | 70-49 | 236-180 | |
| Total points | 205 | 92 | 119 | 416 | |
| Winners | 48 | 19 | 25 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 32% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 72/100 | 24/37 | 45/62 | 141/199 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 65% | 73% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 19/24 | 25/45 | 92/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 79% | 56% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 10/13 | 12/17 | 38/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 77% | 71% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/8 | 6/9 | 14/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 63% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 64% | – | 67% | 131% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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