Mario Vilella Martinez and Nicolas Kicker will face off in the quarter of the Tampere Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.66
Mario Vilella Martinez -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Mario Vilella Martinez vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 3rd time that Mario Vilella Martinez and Nicolas Kicker clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kicker won 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2017.
Mario Vilella Martinez
Ranked no. 158 (career-high), the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Joao Domingues 4-6 7-65 7-5 and Pedro Cachin 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Vilella Martinez had a good straight sets win against Cachin (7-5 6-4). During the match, Vilella Martinez scored 76 points vs Cachin’s 70. Mario was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vilella Martinez blasted 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Mario Vilella Martinez was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Cachin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mario started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Vilella Martinez has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (262-147). 19-8 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vilella Martinez has an overall223-109 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Mario’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Todi Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 24-14 win-loss record in 2021, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
Nicolas Kicker
Ranked no. 384, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Peetu Pohjola 6-0 6-2, Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-74 6-2, Leo Borg 6-3 6-0 and Alexandre Muller 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Muller (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Kicker scored 98 points vs Muller’s 84. Nicolas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 67% of his first serves in, winning 60% (36/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Muller 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria,M25 Pensacola,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Tulsa.
Nicolas has an overall 41-5 win-loss record in 2021, 27-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vilella Martinez | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 87 |
| Pts | 186-176 | 319-235 |
| Total Points | 362 | 554 |
| Winners | 82 | 119 |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% |
Vilella Martinez played 2 matches while Kicker competed in 4 matches. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Vilella Martinez had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mario Vilella Martinez conceded 1 set, while Nicolas Kicker conceded 2 sets. Vilella Martinez has played 5 set(s) less than Kicker (5 vs 10). Therefore, Vilella Martinez played 30 games less than Kicker. Mario scored 82 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker scored 119 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vilella Martinez | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 110/192 | 179/280 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 82/110 | 119/179 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 44/82 | 64/101 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 63% |
Vilella Martinez recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kicker made 4 aces (1 per match). Vilella Martinez won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vilella Martinez | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 21 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 21/39 |
| % Converted | 38% | 54% |
| Conceded | 15 | 20 |
| Saved | 11 | 13 |
| % Saved | 73% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Mario broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mario surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 21 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vilella Martinez | ||||
| R1 Domingues |
R2 Cachin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 22 | 57 | |
| pts | 110-106 | 76-70 | 186-176 | |
| Total points | 216 | 146 | 362 | |
| Winners | 49 | 33 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 70/112 | 40/80 | 110/192 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 49/70 | 33/40 | 82/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 21/40 | 44/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/4 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kicker | ||||||
| Q1 Pohjola |
Q3 Jacquet |
R1 Borg |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-74 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 31 | 15 | 27 | 87 | |
| pts | 54-25 | 107-93 | 60-33 | 98-84 | 319-235 | |
| Total points | 79 | 200 | 93 | 182 | 554 | |
| Winners | 16 | 50 | 17 | 36 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 47% | 28% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 71/111 | 24/44 | 60/90 | 179/280 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 55% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 16/24 | 50/71 | 17/24 | 36/60 | 119/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 71% | 60% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 19/40 | 17/20 | 21/30 | 64/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 85% | 70% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 5/7 | 4/12 | 5/12 | 21/39 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 71% | 33% | 42% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/8 | 2/2 | 5/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 100% | 63% | 119% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
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