Alexandre Muller and Nicolas Kicker will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.43
Alexandre Muller -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Nicolas Kicker

There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 199, the French player reached the 2^nd round after defeating Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Niklas-Salminen (6-2 6-1). During the match, Muller scored 61 points vs Niklas-Salminen’s 30. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Muller bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexandre Muller was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Niklas-Salminen 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Muller has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (265-164). 10-10 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Muller has an overall161-97 record in the last 7 years on clay.

Alexandre’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 5 Challenger.

Muller has an aggregate 13-19 win-loss record in 2021, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.

Tampere Challenger

Muller's Record

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 384, Nicolas got to the 2^nd round after beating Peetu Pohjola 6-0 6-2, Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-7⁴ 6-2 and Leo Borg 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Borg (6-3 6-0). During the match Kicker scored 60 points vs Borg’s 33. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Kicker wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker was quite effective on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 85% (17/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Borg 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M25 Pensacola,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Tulsa.

The Argentine has an aggregate 40-5 win-loss record in 2021, 26-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Tampere Challenger

Kicker's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Muller played 1 match while Kicker competed in 3 matches. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Muller had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set while Alexandre Muller hasn’t dropped a set so far. Muller has played 5 set(s) less than Kicker (2 vs 7). Therefore, Muller played 45 games less than Kicker. Alexandre scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 83 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Muller managed to score 2 aces . Kicker bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Muller won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alexandre extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Argentine broke his opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 0Main
• 2Chall
• 7Minor

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• 4Chall
• 14Minor

Alexandre
Muller

0:1

Nicolas
Kicker

Rank

102

High

71

0Clay1

Rank

690

High

78

Win Loss

Muller

WLLWWWWLWL

Kicker

LLLLWL

2024 2023 2022

23 - 19

1 - 5

7-8

Hard

0-1

1-1

I Hard

0-0

14-10

Clay

1-3

1-0

Grass

0-1

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Alexander ErlerErler (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (3-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Pedro CachinCachin (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Muller

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Kicker