Nicolas Kicker and Mateus Alves will fight against each other in the quarter of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.11
Mateus Alves -> 6.55
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Mateus Alves
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Kicker and Mateus Alves since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Kicker
Ranked no. 233, Kicker reached the quarter after defeating Alejandro Gonzalez 7-5 6-3 and Igor Ribeiro Marcondes 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Ribeiro Marcondes (6-4 6-1). During the match, Kicker scored 61 points vs Ribeiro Marcondes’s 43. Kicker was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kicker scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Kicker was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Ribeiro Marcondes 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Kicker has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (283-174). 16-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kicker has an aggregate23-17 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kicker’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.
Kicker has a compiled 63-20 win-loss record in 2021, 16-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Mateus Alves
Ranked no. 606, Mateus reached the quarter after beating Matias Franco Descotte 7-63 6-4 and Bogdan Bobrov 7-64 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brazilian defeated Bobrov (7-64 3-6 6-3).During the match Alves scored less points (2) than Bobrov. In fact, the world no. 233 won 105 points vs Bobrov’s. That means that Alves was more focused during the important points. Alves was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Alves fired 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Mateus Alves was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mateus broke Bobrov once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Brazilian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Alves has a compiled 32-32 win-loss record in 2021, 21-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 54 |
| Pts | 139-106 | 188-175 |
| Total Points | 245 | 363 |
| Winners | 52 | 81 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Kicker and Alves played 2 matches. At the moment, Mateus Alves lost 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kicker has played 1 set(s) less than Alves (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kicker played 16 games less than Alves. Nicolas scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alves scored 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 79/126 | 104/178 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/79 | 81/104 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 42/74 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Kicker made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Alves bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Kicker won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kicker | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 2 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 2/14 |
| % Converted | 67% | 14% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 43% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Nicolas broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nicolas surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents twice with a 14% conversion rate. Alves conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | ||||
| R1 Gonzalez |
R2 Ribeiro Marcondes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 61-43 | 139-106 | |
| Total points | 141 | 104 | 245 | |
| Winners | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 25/47 | 79/126 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 53% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 19/25 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 76% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 14/22 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 64% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/7 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Alves | ||||
| R1 Franco Descotte |
R2 Bobrov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 7-64 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 | 54 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 105-107 | 188-175 | |
| Total points | 151 | 212 | 363 | |
| Winners | 33 | 48 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 63/110 | 104/178 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 48/63 | 81/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 24/47 | 42/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 51% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 1/6 | 2/14 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 17% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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