Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Johan Nikles will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lima Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.33
Johan Nikles -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
Ranked no. 320, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-2 6-4). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 61 points vs Cerundolo’s 52. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve once. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Cerundolo 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Pucinelli De Almeida has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (110-51). 65-20 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Pucinelli De Almeida has a compiled91-40 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Matheus’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Cairo,M25 Kiseljak and M15 Sarajevo.
Matheus has an aggregate 65-20 win-loss record in 2021, 65-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 380 (career-high), the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Gianluca Ballotta 6-0 6-3, Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-4 6-2 and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nikles had a good straight sets win against Menendez-Maceiras (6-4 6-2). During the match Nikles scored 86 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 68. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Johan Nikles lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Johan broke Menendez-Maceiras 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Nikles’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Majadahonda and M15 Genova.
Johan has an aggregate 38-21 win-loss record in 2021, 36-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pucinelli De Almeida | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 51 |
| Pts | 61-52 | 222-161 |
| Total Points | 113 | 383 |
| Winners | 27 | 84 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 match while Nikles competed in 3 matches. Nikles started his run from the qualifications while Pucinelli De Almeida had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Pucinelli De Almeida has played 4 set(s) less than Nikles (2 vs 6). Therefore, Pucinelli De Almeida played 33 games less than Nikles. Matheus scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 84 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pucinelli De Almeida | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 127/189 |
| %1st in | 66% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 84/127 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 32/62 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Pucinelli De Almeida managed to score 2 aces . Nikles struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 66% of the points on 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 | Pucinelli De Almeida | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 57% | 55% |
| Conceded | 1 | 24 |
| Saved | 0 | 18 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Matheus surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Nikles broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| R1 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-52 | 61-52 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikles | |||||
| Q1 Ballotta |
Q3 Jose Gutierrez |
R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 76-58 | 86-68 | 222-161 | |
| Total points | 95 | 134 | 154 | 383 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 32 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 46/61 | 50/80 | 127/189 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 75% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 29/46 | 32/50 | 84/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 63% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 7/15 | 15/30 | 32/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 47% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 63% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 5/8 | 10/12 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 63% | 83% | 221% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Julian LenzLenz – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Johan NiklesNikles – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Nick HardtHardt (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-6 6-3 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (7-65 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-1 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Renzo OlivoOlivo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – Hugo DellienDellien (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Julian LenzLenz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Johan NiklesNikles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
