Nicolas Kicker and Nicolas Barrientos will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Pereira Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CANCHA SANTIAGO GIRALDO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.37
Nicolas Barrientos -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Nicolas Barrientos
This will be the 3rd time that Nicolas Kicker and Nicolas Barrientos play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kicker won 1-6 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in M25 Tulsa back in 2021.
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Steven Diez 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-3 7-64). During the match, Kicker scored 74 points vs Diez’s 62. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kicker fired 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Diez twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Kicker has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (289-183). 3-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kicker has a composed263-158 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Argentine has an overall 5-8 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pereira Challenger
Kicker has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Barrientos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-14 | 1-3 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-10 | 8-4 | 14-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 8-10 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 461, Nicolas got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Ritschard 6-4 0-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Colombian defeated Ritschard (6-4 0-6 6-2).During the match Barrientos scored less points (3) than Ritschard. In fact, the world no. 203 won 74 points vs Ritschard’s. That means that Barrientos was more focused during the important points. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Barrientos fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Barrientos lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Barrientos put 46% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Barrientos broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Nicolas has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Barrientos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 |
| Pts | 74-62 | 74-77 |
| Total Points | 136 | 151 |
| Winners | 30 | 21 |
| %Winners | 41% | 28% |
Both Kicker and Barrientos played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Barrientos surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t lost a set so far. Kicker has played 1 set(s) less than Barrientos (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kicker played 2 games less than Barrientos. The Argentine scored 30 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian managed to score 21 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Barrientos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 33/71 |
| %1st in | 63% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 21/33 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 20/38 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 53% |
Kicker struck 2 aces . Barrientos scored 3 aces . Kicker won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Barrientos won 64% 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 | Kicker | Barrientos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 29% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 80% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Nicolas broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-62 | 74-62 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 44/70 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrientos | |||
| R1 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 74-77 | 74-77 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/71 | 33/71 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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