Facundo Mena and Nicolas Kicker will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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
Facundo Mena -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Nicolas Kicker

This will be the 5th time that Facundo Mena and Nicolas Kicker fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kicker won 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) in the qualifications in the Santiago Challenger back in March 2021.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 245, Mena got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Cid Subervi 6-4 6-72 7-5.

In the 1st round, Mena defeated Cid (6-4 6-72 7-5). During the match, Mena scored 119 points vs Cid’s 113. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mena made 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Cid 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Mena has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (338-240). 24-21 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has a compiled290-203 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Quito Challenger where he defeated Gonzalo Lama in the final 6-4 6-4.

Mena has a compiled 24-25 win-loss record in 2021, 24-21 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.

Santiago 2 Challenger
Mena's Record

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 276, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-0 6-1.

In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-0 6-1). During the match Kicker scored 61 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 35. Kicker was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Kicker scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kicker broke Manuel Cerundolo 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

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

Nicolas has a composed 53-12 win-loss record in 2021, 39-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Santiago 2 Challenger
Kicker's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Mena
N.Kicker
!
2h:58
2h:58
Time on court​
1h:14
1h:14
!
2h:58
2h:58
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
13
13
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
119
119
Total points​
61
61
119
119
Avg point​
61
61
46
46
Winners
20
20
46
46
Avg Winners​
20
20
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
46/69
46/69
1st won total​
20/26
20/26
67%
67%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
22/41
22/41
2nd won total​
8/15
8/15
54%
54%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
BP won
6/11
6/11
6/14
6/14
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
43%
43%
Won
!
55%
55%
10
10
Conceded
3
3
10
10
Avg Conceded
3
3
4
4
Broken
0
0
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0
0
6
6
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mena Kicker
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 35 13
Pts 119-113 61-35
Total Points 232 96
Winners 46 20
%Winners 39% 33%

Both Mena and Kicker played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Mena lost 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mena has played 1 set more than Kicker (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mena played 22 games more than Kicker. The Argentine scored 46 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 20 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mena Kicker
Aces 4 2
Avg per match 4 2
1st in 69/110 26/41
%1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 46/69 20/26
%1st pts 67% 77%
2nd pts 22/41 8/15
%2nd pts 54% 53%

Mena fired 4 aces . Kicker blasted 2 aces . Mena won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mena Kicker
Won 6 6
Converted 6/14 6/11
% Converted 43% 55%
Conceded 10 3
Saved 6 3
% Saved 60% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

Mena broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mena conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nicolas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Mena
R1
Cid		 Total
Score 6-4 6-72 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 119-113 119-113
Total points 232 232
Winners 46 46
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 69/110 69/110
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 46/69 46/69
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 22/41 22/41
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/14 6/14
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4
Kicker
R1
Manuel		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 61-35 61-35
Total points 96 96
Winners 20 20
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 26/41 26/41
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 20/26 20/26
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 8/15 8/15
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Santiago 2 Challenger

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