Daniel Masur and Nicolas Kicker will play each other in the semifinal of the Todi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Masur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Masur is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Masur -> 1.74
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Masur vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Masur and Nicolas Kicker square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kicker won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Germany F8.
Daniel Masur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-21 | 1-2 | 11-10 | 16-6 | 1-2 | 12-1 |
| 2023 | 34-24 | 7-8 | 9-7 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 4-9 | 5-3 | 4-2 |
| 2021 | 28-26 | 4-4 | 1-7 | 15-12 | 3-2 | 5-1 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 3-2 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
Ranked no. 221, Masur reached the semifinal after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-75 6-2, Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-4 6-1 and Francesco Maestrelli 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Masur had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-2 6-3). During the match, Masur scored 59 points vs Maestrelli’s 45. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Masur scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Masur lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Masur put 76% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (4/12) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Maestrelli 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Masur has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (312-234). 5-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Masur has an aggregate123-92 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Masur’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Trimbach.
Daniel has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Masur 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. 237, Nicolas got to the semifinal after beating Jesper De Jong 3-6 7-5 1-0 ret., Timofey Skatov 6-4 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-3 6-3). During the match Kicker scored 61 points vs Cobolli’s 49. Kicker was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Kicker was quite effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Kicker has an aggregate 11-16 win-loss record in 2022, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Masur | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 59 |
| Pts | 223-173 | 201-172 |
| Total Points | 396 | 373 |
| Winners | 108 | 93 |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% |
Both Masur and Kicker played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Masur dropped 1 set, while Nicolas Kicker lost 1 set. Masur has played 1 set(s) less than Kicker (7 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Masur played 5 games more than Kicker. Daniel scored 108 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker scored 93 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Masur | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 142/207 | 143/197 |
| %1st in | 69% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 108/142 | 93/143 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 36/65 | 28/54 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Masur blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Kicker managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Masur won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 65% 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 | Masur | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 55% | 55% |
| Conceded | 13 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 92% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Masur broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Masur dropped his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Masur | |||||
| R1 Bellucci |
R2 Agustin |
1/4 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 | 17 | 64 | |
| pts | 102-85 | 62-43 | 59-45 | 223-173 | |
| Total points | 187 | 105 | 104 | 396 | |
| Winners | 48 | 30 | 30 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 51% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 65/98 | 38/58 | 39/51 | 142/207 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 76% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 48/65 | 30/38 | 30/39 | 108/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 79% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 11/20 | 4/12 | 36/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 55% | 33% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | 5/8 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 63% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 9/9 | 1/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kicker | |||||
| R1 De |
R2 Skatov |
1/4 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 1-0 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 78-73 | 62-50 | 61-49 | 201-172 | |
| Total points | 151 | 112 | 110 | 373 | |
| Winners | 39 | 27 | 27 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 44% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/77 | 46/62 | 38/58 | 143/197 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 74% | 66% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 39/59 | 27/46 | 27/38 | 93/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 59% | 71% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 8/16 | 11/20 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 6/9 | 4/9 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 44% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/5 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 20% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger
- Pedro CachinCachin – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-73 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro CachinCachin – Francesco PassaroPassaro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MasurMasur – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-1) – H2H and prediction
