Jason Murray Kubler and Nicolas Kicker will face off in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 17. 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 Jason Murray Kubler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jason Murray Kubler is the pick to win this match.
Jason Murray Kubler -> 1.71
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Jason Murray Kubler vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Jason Murray Kubler and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jason Murray Kubler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-19 | 10-9 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-22 | 17-10 | 20-5 | 4-5 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-15 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Murray Kubler got to the 2nd round after beating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Murray Kubler had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-2). During the match, Murray Kubler scored 56 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 37. Jason was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Murray Kubler scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Jason Murray Kubler conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 71% of his first serves in, win 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Murray Kubler has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (268-128). 14-3 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Murray Kubler has a compiled 157-68 record in the last years on clay.
Murray Kubler’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.
The Australian has a compiled 17-7 win-loss record in 2022, 14-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Murray Kubler has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 8-5 | 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. 205, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Maximilian Marterer 4-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round against Marterer, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Kicker scored 84 points vs Marterer’s 66. Nicolas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker fired 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Marterer 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The Argentine has an aggregate 6-12 win-loss record in 2022, 4-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray Kubler | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 |
| Pts | 56-37 | 84-66 |
| Total Points | 93 | 150 |
| Winners | 26 | 34 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Murray Kubler and Kicker played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set while Jason Murray Kubler hasn’t conceded a set so far. Murray Kubler has played 1 set(s) less than Kicker (2 vs 3). Therefore, Murray Kubler played 11 games less than Kicker. The Australian scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker managed to score 34 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray Kubler | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 49/74 |
| %1st in | 71% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 34/49 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 52% |
Murray Kubler struck 1 ace . Kicker also made 2 aces . Murray Kubler won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray Kubler | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Jason was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kicker broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray Kubler | |||
| R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-37 | 56-37 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-66 | 84-66 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLW
LWWLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Lukas LackoLacko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Daniel MasurMasur (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Filip HoranskyHoransky (7-65 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-62 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (5-7 6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mirza BasicBasic – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
