Guido Ivan Justo and Nicolas Kicker will square off in the qualifications of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.35
Guido Ivan Justo -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Guido Ivan Justo vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Guido Ivan Justo and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Guido Ivan Justo
34 - 22win/loss
438
432
WWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-25 | 0-1 | 45-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 4-3 | 27-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-7 | 8-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 435 (career-high), the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Valentin Basel 6-7(3) 6-4 3-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Basel, Guido had a free pass after Basel retired on a 6-73 6-4 3-1 . scoreline.
Ivan Justo has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (150-103). 34-20 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ivan Justo has a composed137-88 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Guido’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Arequipa and M15 Cordoba.
Guido has an overall 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 34-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger
Ivan Justo has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
10 - 8win/loss
790
78
LLWLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 690, the Argentine reached the qualifications after defeating Franco Roncadelli 7-5 2-6 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, The Argentine defeated Roncadelli (7-5 2-6 7-66).During the match Kicker scored less points (5) than Roncadelli. In fact, the world no. 435 won 114 points vs Roncadelli’s. That means that Kicker was more focused during the important points. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 68% of his first serves in, winning 58% (49/85) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Roncadelli 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Kicker’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Asuncion.
Nicolas has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivan Justo | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 33 |
| Pts | 105-90 | 114-119 |
| Total Points | 195 | 233 |
| Winners | 33 | 49 |
| %Winners | 31% | 43% |
Both Ivan Justo and Kicker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Guido Ivan Justo lost 1 set, while Nicolas Kicker conceded 1 set. Ivan Justo has played 1 set more than Kicker (4 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Ivan Justo played 6 games less than Kicker. Ivan Justo scored 33 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker recorded 49 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivan Justo | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 85/125 |
| %1st in | 58% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 49/85 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 23/40 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 58% |
Ivan Justo fired 1 ace . Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ivan Justo won 67% 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 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivan Justo | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 32% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivan Justo | |||
| Q1 Basel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 105-90 | 105-90 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Roncadelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 114-119 | 114-119 | |
| Total points | 233 | 233 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 85/125 | 85/125 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 49/85 | 49/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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