Nicolas Kicker and Pedro Cachin will square off in the quarter of the Brasilia Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.76
Pedro Cachin -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Pedro Cachin

This will be the 4th time that Nicolas Kicker and Pedro Cachin face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats

), 3-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kicker won 6-3 0-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2015.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 236, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 4-6 7-64 6-4 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-65 7-66.

In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (7-65 7-66). During the match, Kicker scored 91 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 83. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kicker scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 57% of his first serves in, winning 83% (40/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Pablo Ficovich twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Kicker has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (280-171). 46-16 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kicker has an aggregate259-150 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Nicolas’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M25 Pensacola,M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Tulsa and the Tampere Challenger.

The Argentine has an overall 60-17 win-loss record in 2021, 46-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brasilia Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Brasilia Challenger
Kicker's Record

Pedro Cachin

Ranked no. 258, Pedro got to the quarter after defeating Mateus Alves 7-5 7-5 and Gilbert Klier Junior 3-6 6-3 7-65.

In the 2nd round against Klier Junior, Cachin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Cachin scored 112 points vs Klier Junior’s 102. Pedro was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Cachin blasted 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Pedro Cachin lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cachin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 82% (46/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Klier Junior twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cachin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title in the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he overcame Nuno Borges in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(3).

Pedro has a compiled 45-22 win-loss record in 2021, 45-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Brasilia Challenger
Cachin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Kicker
P.Cachin
5h:23
5h:23
Time on court​
4h:28
4h:28
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
!
2h:29
2h:29
2
2
Match played
2
2
59
59
Games Played​
55
55
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
191
191
Total points​
196
196
95.5
95.5
Avg point​
98
98
79
79
Winners
81
81
39.5
39.5
Avg Winners​
40.5
40.5
41%
41%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
14
14
2
2
Avg Aces
7
7
8
8
Double Faults
9
9
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
79/111
79/111
1st won total​
81/98
81/98
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
45/80
45/80
2nd won total​
35/66
35/66
56%
56%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
BP won
4/20
4/20
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
2/10
2/10
50%
50%
Won
!
20%
20%
13
13
Conceded
10
10
6.5
6.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
6
6
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
7
7
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kicker Cachin
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 59 55
Pts 191-185 196-173
Total Points 376 369
Winners 79 81
%Winners 41% 41%

Both Kicker and Cachin played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Kicker conceded 1 set, while Pedro Cachin lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kicker and Cachin have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kicker played 4 games more than Cachin. The Argentine scored 79 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cachin struck 81 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kicker Cachin
Aces 4 14
Avg per match 2 7
1st in 111/191 98/164
%1st in 58% 60%
1st pts 79/111 81/98
%1st pts 71% 83%
2nd pts 45/80 35/66
%2nd pts 56% 53%

Kicker struck 4 aces (2 per match). Cachin managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Kicker won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cachin won 83% of the points behind 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 Kicker Cachin
Won 6 4
Converted 6/12 4/20
% Converted 50% 20%
Conceded 13 10
Saved 7 8
% Saved 54% 80%
Times Broken 6 2

The Argentine broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicolas surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Cachin broke his opponents 4 times with a 20% conversion rate. Cachin conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Kicker
R1
Martin		 R2
Pablo Ficovich		 Total
Score 4-6 7-64 6-4 7-65 7-66
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 33 26 59
pts 100-102 91-83 191-185
Total points 202 174 376
Winners 39 40 79
%Winners 39% 44% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 1 7 8
1st in 63/107 48/84 111/191
% 1st in 59% 57% 58%
1st pts 39/63 40/48 79/111
% 1st pts 62% 83% 71%
2nd pts 27/44 18/36 45/80
% 2nd pts 61% 50% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/8 2/4 6/12
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 8 5 13
Saved 4/8 3/5 7
Saved % 50% 60% 55%
Times Broken 4 2 6
Cachin
R1
Alves		 R2
Klier		 Total
Score 7-5 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-65
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 24 31 55
pts 84-71 112-102 196-173
Total points 155 214 369
Winners 35 46 81
%Winners 42% 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 8 14
Double Faults 2 7 9
1st in 42/71 56/93 98/164
% 1st in 59% 60% 60%
1st pts 35/42 46/56 81/98
% 1st pts 83% 82% 83%
2nd pts 17/29 18/37 35/66
% 2nd pts 59% 49% 53%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/7 2/13 4/20
Converted % 29% 15% 20%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 3/3 5/7 8
Saved % 100% 71% 86%
Times Broken 0 2 2

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