Nicolas Kicker and Matteo Martineau will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Savannah Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on THE LANDINGS COMPANY. 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 Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.38
Matteo Martineau -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Matteo Martineau
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Kicker and Matteo Martineau since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 210, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Strong Kirchheimer 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Kirchheimer (6-1 6-1). During the match, Kicker scored 60 points vs Kirchheimer’s 31. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kicker wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolas Kicker was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kicker broke Kirchheimer 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kicker has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (288-182). 3-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kicker has a compiled256-153 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine has an aggregate 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Savannah Challenger
Matteo Martineau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 0-1 | 7-10 | 12-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |
Ranked no. 396, Matteo got to the 2nd round after defeating Ulises Blanch 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Matteo defeated Blanch (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Martineau scored 101 points vs Blanch’s 98. Matteo was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Martineau recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Blanch 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).
Matteo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Nussloch.
Matteo has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 |
| Pts | 60-31 | 101-98 |
| Total Points | 91 | 199 |
| Winners | 24 | 41 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Kicker and Martineau played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Martineau surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kicker has played 1 set(s) less than Martineau (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kicker played 15 games less than Martineau. Nicolas scored 24 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo struck 41 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/35 | 59/89 |
| %1st in | 74% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 41/59 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Martineau scored 2 aces . Kicker won 92% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kicker | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 22% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Kicker broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Martineau broke his opponent 4 times with a 22% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 60-31 | 60-31 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Martineau | |||
| R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 101-98 | 101-98 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/89 | 59/89 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/18 | 4/18 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLLLW Tennis Scores in Savannah Challenger
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Mateus AlvesAlves – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Nick ChappellChappell (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (7-5 7-613) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Jose StathamStatham (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-78 7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mateus AlvesAlves – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-2 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (7-5 7-6(13)) – See score progression
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Calvin HemeryHemery (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Evan ZhuZhu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso (0-1) – H2H and prediction
