Hugo Dellien and Nicolas Kicker will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cordoba Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 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 Hugo Dellien who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Dellien is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Dellien -> 1.43
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Dellien vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 5th time that Hugo Dellien and Nicolas Kicker clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Dellien (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Dellien won 4-6 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Concepcion Challenger back in January 2023.
Hugo Dellien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 1-1 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-27 | 0-3 | 36-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-18 | 0-0 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-27 | 3-5 | 41-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-10 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, the Bolivian got to the qualifications after beating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 4-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Bolivian defeated Seyboth Wild (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match, Dellien scored 104 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 99. Dellien was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dellien scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Hugo Dellien was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Dellien broke Seyboth Wild 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Dellien has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (368-192). 4-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dellien has an overall 359-166 match record in the last years on clay.
The Bolivian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger.
Dellien has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cordoba
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. 201, Nicolas got to the qualifications after defeating Franco Agamenone 7-5 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kicker defeated Agamenone (7-5 5-7 6-4). During the match Kicker scored 111 points vs Agamenone’s 110. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Kicker was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (50/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Nicolas has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cordoba
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dellien | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 34 |
| Pts | 104-99 | 111-110 |
| Total Points | 203 | 221 |
| Winners | 44 | 50 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Dellien and Kicker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Hugo Dellien surrendered 1 set, while Nicolas Kicker dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Dellien and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Dellien played 2 games less than Kicker. Hugo scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 50 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dellien | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 77/116 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 50/77 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 16/39 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 41% |
Dellien struck 3 aces . Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dellien won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dellien | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Hugo broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Bolivian dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dellien | |||
| Q1 Seyboth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 104-99 | 104-99 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 58/95 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 44/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 111-110 | 111-110 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 77/116 | 77/116 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 50/77 | 50/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 16/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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