Hugo Dellien and Johan Nikles will square off in the semifinal of the Lima Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Dellien who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Dellien is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Dellien -> 1.42
Johan Nikles -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Dellien vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Hugo Dellien and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Hugo Dellien
Ranked no. 140, Dellien reached the semifinal after beating Nick Hardt 6-3 6-2, Facundo Mena 6-4 6-4 and Nicolas Kicker 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, The Bolivian had a good straight sets win against Kicker (7-5 6-2). During the match, Dellien scored 70 points vs Kicker’s 49. Hugo was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dellien couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Hugo Dellien lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dellien put 84% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 22% (2/9) on the 2nd serve. The Bolivian broke Kicker 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dellien started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Dellien has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (375-207). 20-14 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Dellien has a composed 362-176 match record in the last years on clay.
The Bolivian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the San Marino Challenger.
Hugo has a composed 24-20 win-loss record in 2021, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 380 (career-high), the Swiss reached the semifinal after defeating Gianluca Ballotta 6-0 6-3, Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-4 6-2, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-4 6-2, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 7-62 6-4 and Renzo Olivo 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Olivo (6-3 6-1). During the match Nikles scored 60 points vs Olivo’s 35. Nikles was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 72% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Johan broke Olivo 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Majadahonda and M15 Genova.
Johan has an overall 40-21 win-loss record in 2021, 38-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Dellien | Nikles |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 5 |
Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
Tot Games | 57 | 90 |
Pts | 204-153 | 363-267 |
Total Points | 357 | 630 |
Winners | 102 | 146 |
%Winners | 50% | 40% |
Dellien played 3 matches while Nikles competed in 5 matches. Nikles started his run from the qualifications while Dellien had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Dellien has played 4 set(s) less than Nikles (6 vs 10). Therefore, Dellien played 33 games less than Nikles. Dellien scored 102 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 146 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Dellien | Nikles |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 3 |
Avg per match | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1st in | 142/173 | 226/323 |
%1st in | 82% | 70% |
1st pts | 102/142 | 146/226 |
%1st pts | 72% | 65% |
2nd pts | 15/31 | 48/97 |
%2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Dellien made 2 aces (0.7 per match). Nikles struck 3 aces (0.6 per match). Dellien won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Dellien | Nikles |
---|---|---|
Won | 13 | 27 |
Converted | 13/22 | 27/41 |
% Converted | 59% | 66% |
Conceded | 15 | 37 |
Saved | 10 | 25 |
% Saved | 67% | 68% |
Times Broken | 5 | 12 |
Hugo broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Dellien conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nikles broke his opponents 27 times with a 66% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
Dellien | |||||
R1 Hardt |
R2 Mena |
1/4 Kicker |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 | |
pts | 66-48 | 68-56 | 70-49 | 204-153 | |
Total points | 114 | 124 | 119 | 357 | |
Winners | 31 | 36 | 35 | 102 | |
%Winners | 47% | 53% | 50% | 50% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
1st in | 47/55 | 48/62 | 47/56 | 142/173 | |
% 1st in | 85% | 77% | 84% | 82% | |
1st pts | 31/47 | 36/48 | 35/47 | 102/142 | |
% 1st pts | 66% | 75% | 74% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 6/8 | 7/14 | 2/9 | 15/31 | |
% 2nd pts | 75% | 50% | 22% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 6/9 | 13/22 | |
Converted % | 57% | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
Conceded | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 1/2 | 6/9 | 10 | |
Saved % | 75% | 50% | 67% | 64% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Nikles | |||||||
Q1 Ballotta |
Q3 Jose Gutierrez |
R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
R2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
1/4 Olivo |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 90 | |
pts | 60-35 | 76-58 | 86-68 | 81-71 | 60-35 | 363-267 | |
Total points | 95 | 134 | 154 | 152 | 95 | 630 | |
Winners | 23 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 26 | 146 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | 37% | 44% | 43% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
1st in | 31/48 | 46/61 | 50/80 | 63/84 | 36/50 | 226/323 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 75% | 63% | 75% | 72% | 70% | |
1st pts | 23/31 | 29/46 | 32/50 | 36/63 | 26/36 | 146/226 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 63% | 64% | 57% | 72% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 10/17 | 7/15 | 15/30 | 11/21 | 5/14 | 48/97 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 47% | 50% | 52% | 36% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 5/5 | 6/7 | 27/41 | |
Converted % | 56% | 50% | 63% | 100% | 86% | 66% | |
Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 37 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 5/8 | 10/12 | 6/10 | 1/3 | 25 | |
Saved % | 75% | 63% | 83% | 60% | 33% | 105% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Lima Challenger
- Johan NiklesNikles – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (3-6 6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Nicolas KickerKicker (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johan NiklesNikles – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction