Daniel Elahi Galan and Nicolas Kicker will square off in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.46
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Elahi Galan and Nicolas Kicker play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Elahi Galan Riveros and Kicker (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Elahi Galan Riveros won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Cordoba back in January 2022.
Daniel Elahi Galan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-27 | 6-6 | 26-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-33 | 5-7 | 25-24 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-34 | 4-12 | 23-19 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-28 | 14-7 | 33-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 6-9 | 19-16 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Elahi Galan Riveros got to the qualifications after beating Martin Damm 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Damm (6-3 6-4). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 64 points vs Damm’s 54. Daniel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniel Elahi Galan lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Elahi Galan Riveros put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Elahi Galan Riveros broke Damm 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Elahi Galan Riveros has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (287-226). 3-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Elahi Galan Riveros has an overall 85-74 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Daniel’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Concepcion Challenger.
The Colombian has an overall 13-7 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 50-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-13 | 2-4 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-28 | 6-6 | 20-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 64-21 | 17-2 | 47-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, the Argentine reached the qualifications after defeating Matthew Ebden 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Ebden (6-2 6-1). During the match Kicker scored 58 points vs Ebden’s 32. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker recorded 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Ebden 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Argentine has an overall 4-7 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elahi Galan Riveros | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 |
| Pts | 64-54 | 58-32 |
| Total Points | 118 | 90 |
| Winners | 24 | 18 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Kicker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Elahi Galan Riveros and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Elahi Galan Riveros played 4 games more than Kicker. Elahi Galan Riveros scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker struck 18 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elahi Galan Riveros | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 20/34 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 18/20 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 71% |
Elahi Galan Riveros struck 8 aces . Kicker blasted 2 aces . Elahi Galan Riveros won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elahi Galan Riveros | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 44% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Elahi Galan Riveros broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Daniel dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kicker broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Kicker was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Elahi Galan Riveros | |||
| Q1 Damm |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-54 | 64-54 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 24/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Ebden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 58-32 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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