Nicolas Kicker and Henri Laaksonen will play each other in the quarter of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henri Laaksonen is the pick to win this match.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.88
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Henri Laaksonen
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Kicker and Henri Laaksonen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 1-3 | 10-7 | 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. 204, Nicolas reached the quarter after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-63 and Nerman Fatic 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Fatic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Kicker scored 81 points vs Fatic’s 72. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 76% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Fatic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kicker hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Kicker has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (291-183). 6-6 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kicker has an aggregate259-154 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 223, Henri reached the quarter after defeating Dominic Stricker 7-5 4-6 6-1 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-3 6-76 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Laaksonen defeated Llamas Ruiz (6-3 6-76 6-2). During the match Laaksonen scored 112 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 90. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Laaksonen scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Henri Laaksonen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Laaksonen put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Laaksonen broke Llamas Ruiz 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Henri has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Henri has a compiled 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 59 |
| Pts | 160-138 | 203-172 |
| Total Points | 298 | 375 |
| Winners | 77 | 85 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Kicker and Laaksonen played 2 matches. At the moment, Henri Laaksonen dropped 2 sets while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t lost a set so far. Kicker has played 2 set(s) less than Laaksonen (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kicker played 15 games less than Laaksonen. The Argentine scored 77 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 85 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 122/156 | 119/177 |
| %1st in | 78% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 77/122 | 85/119 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/34 | 33/58 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 57% |
Kicker blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Laaksonen also fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kicker won 63% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Laaksonen won 71% of the points on 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 | Kicker | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 53% | 52% |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kicker dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Henri conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | ||||
| R1 Dzumhur |
R2 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 81-72 | 160-138 | |
| Total points | 145 | 153 | 298 | |
| Winners | 34 | 43 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/68 | 67/88 | 122/156 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 76% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 43/67 | 77/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/13 | 10/21 | 14/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 48% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/8 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 6/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Laaksonen | ||||
| R1 Stricker |
R2 Llamas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-76 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| pts | 91-82 | 112-90 | 203-172 | |
| Total points | 173 | 202 | 375 | |
| Winners | 46 | 39 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 63/94 | 56/83 | 119/177 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/63 | 39/56 | 85/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 16/27 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 59% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/14 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 25% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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