Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Nicolas Kicker will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.71
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 3rd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Nicolas Kicker face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Pucinelli De Almeida and Kicker (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pucinelli De Almeida won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Santiago 3 Challenger back in 2021.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, matheus reached the 2nd round after beating Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, Pucinelli De Almeida had a good straight sets win against Fa Rodriguez Taverna (7-65 6-3). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 75 points vs Fa Rodriguez Taverna’s 62. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 71% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Fa Rodriguez Taverna 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Pucinelli De Almeida has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (146-87). 27-22 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall125-71 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Braga Challenger.
Matheus has an aggregate 29-27 win-loss record in 2022, 27-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-10 | 0-0 | 23-10 | 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. 209, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (6-4 6-4). During the match Kicker scored 67 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 57. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Kicker was very effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kicker broke Ugo Carabelli 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Todi Challenger and the Villa Maria Challenger.
Kicker has a composed 22-26 win-loss record in 2022, 19-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pucinelli De Almeida | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 |
| Pts | 75-62 | 67-57 |
| Total Points | 137 | 124 |
| Winners | 39 | 30 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Kicker played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pucinelli De Almeida and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 games more than Kicker. The Brazilian scored 39 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas managed to score 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pucinelli De Almeida | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 51/72 | 38/52 |
| %1st in | 71% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 30/38 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Pucinelli De Almeida fired 2 aces . Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pucinelli De Almeida won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 79% 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 | Pucinelli De Almeida | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 27% | 27% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Matheus broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| R1 Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 75-62 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/72 | 51/72 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Ugo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 67-57 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 38/52 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Leo BorgBorg (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Federico ZeballosZeballos (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (5-7 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Guido PellaPella (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
