Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Nicolas Kicker will square off in the 2^nd round of the Tigre Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.66
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco vs. Nicolas Kicker

There is no head to head record between Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

Ranked no. 307, Murkel reached the 2^nd round after defeating Lukas Neumayer 1-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Neumayer, Alejandro Dellien Velasco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 97 points vs Neumayer’s 94. Alejandro Dellien Velasco was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Murkel broke Neumayer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (132-80). 2-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a composed122-71 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tigre Challenger

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 508, Kicker reached the 2^nd round after beating Gianluca Mager 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mager (7-5 6-2). During the match Kicker scored 77 points vs Mager’s 67. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Mager 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Nicolas has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Kicker
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	20
Pts	97-94	77-67
Total Points	191	144
Winners	35	35
%Winners	36%	45%

Both Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Kicker played 1 match. At the moment, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco dropped 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t conceded a set so far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco has played 1 set more than Kicker (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 8 games more than Kicker. Murkel scored 35 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine fired 35 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Kicker
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	56/95	52/74
%1st in	59%	70%
1st pts	35/56	35/52
%1st pts	63%	67%
2nd pts	20/39	11/22
%2nd pts	51%	50%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco blasted 1 ace . Kicker also recorded 1 ace . Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 63% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Kicker
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/8
% Converted	36%	50%
Conceded	7	3
Saved	3	2
% Saved	43%	67%
Times Broken	4	1

Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alejandro Dellien Velasco conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Kicker broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco
	R1 Neumayer	Total
Score	1-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	97-94	97-94
Total points	191	191
Winners	35	35
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	56/95	56/95
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	35/56	35/56
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	20/39	20/39
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Kicker
	R1 Mager	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	77-67	77-67
Total points	144	144
Winners	35	35
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/74	52/74
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	35/52	35/52
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	11/22	11/22
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Tigre Challenger

• Felix GillGill – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Damien WengerWenger – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Boris Arias/Federico ZeballosArias/Federico Zeballos – Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco/Mariano KestelboimAlejandro Dellien Velasco/Mariano Kestelboim (6-7³ 6-1 10-8) – See score progression
• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Joao FonsecaFonseca (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander WeisWeis – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Gianluca MagerMager (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (1-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Timo StodderStodder (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander WeisWeis – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Andrea CollariniCollarini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Damien WengerWenger (0-1) – H2H and prediction