Gustavo Heide and Nicolas Kicker will face off in the 1st round of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday 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 Gustavo Heide who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.179
Nicolas Kicker -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Gustavo Heide and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gustavo Heide
27 - 19win/loss
172
142
LWWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-25 | 2-2 | 32-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-22 | 9-5 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-13 | 3-2 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-14 | 4-5 | 27-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, Heide will start his run in the Villa Maria Challenger after he played his last match in the Buenos Aires Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Coria in the quarter on the 4th of October.
The Brazilian has a composed 26-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Asuncion Challenger where he overcame Joao Fonseca in the final 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Gustavo has an overall 129-74 record. He has a positive 113-59 record on clay.
Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger
Gustavo has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
10 - 9win/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, Kicker got to the 1st round after beating Franco Roncadelli 7-5 2-6 7-6(6) and Guido Ivan Justo 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Ivan Justo (7-5 7-5). During the match Kicker scored 85 points vs Ivan Justo’s 75. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Kicker fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Ivan Justo 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Kicker’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Asuncion.
Nicolas has an overall 10-8 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Villa Maria Challenger
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-5 6-73 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (3-6 7-5 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hugo DellienDellien – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Andrea CollariniCollarini (8-2) – H2H and prediction
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Francisco ComesanaComesana (2-2) – H2H and prediction
