Garrett Johns and Nicolas Kicker will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.86
Garrett Johns -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Garrett Johns vs. Nicolas Kicker

There is no head to head record between Garrett Johns and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Garrett Johns

Ranked no. 596, Johns reached the 2^nd round after beating Arklon Huertas Del Pino 6-2 6-2, Eduardo Ribeiro 6-1 6-3 and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Garrett had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Johns scored 69 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 58. Johns was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Johns scored 7 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Garrett Johns was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Johns broke Emanuel Ambrogi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Johns has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (113-72). 11-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Johns has a compiled75-41 record in the last 7 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Vero Beach.

Garrett has an aggregate 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger

Garrett has never competed in this tournament before.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 835, Kicker reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jay Clarke 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Kicker defeated Clarke (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Kicker scored 80 points vs Clarke’s 72. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Kicker struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Clarke 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Kicker’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Asuncion.

The Argentine has a composed 11-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Johns	Kicker
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	6	3
Tot Games	52	28
Pts	184-129	80-72
Total Points	313	152
Winners	80	35
%Winners	43%	44%

Johns played 3 matches while Kicker competed in 1 match. Johns started his run from the qualifications while Kicker had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set while Garrett Johns hasn’t conceded a set so far. Johns has played 3 sets more than Kicker (6 vs 3). Therefore, Johns played 24 games more than Kicker. Garrett scored 80 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas bagged 35 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Johns	Kicker
Aces	21	3
Avg per match	7	3
1st in	96/148	52/80
%1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	80/96	35/52
%1st pts	83%	67%
2nd pts	29/52	14/28
%2nd pts	56%	50%

Johns struck 21 aces (7 per match). Kicker bagged 3 aces . Johns won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% 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	Johns	Kicker
Won	11	6
Converted	11/21	6/9
% Converted	52%	67%
Conceded	5	8
Saved	4	4
% Saved	80%	50%
Times Broken	1	4

Johns broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Garrett surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Johns
	Q1 Huertas Del Pino	Q3 Ribeiro	R1 Emanuel	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-1 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	16	20	52
pts	53-30	62-41	69-58	184-129
Total points	83	103	127	313
Winners	25	24	31	80
%Winners	47%	39%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	10	7	21
Double Faults	1	2	0	3
1st in	29/41	29/47	38/60	96/148
% 1st in	71%	62%	63%	65%
1st pts	25/29	24/29	31/38	80/96
% 1st pts	86%	83%	82%	83%
2nd pts	7/12	9/18	13/22	29/52
% 2nd pts	58%	50%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	5	2	11
Converted	4/5	5/12	2/4	11/21
Converted %	80%	42%	50%	52%
Conceded	0	3	2	5
Saved	0/0	2/3	2/2	4
Saved %	–	67%	100%	56%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Kicker
	R1 Clarke	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	80-72	80-72
Total points	152	152
Winners	35	35
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/80	52/80
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	35/52	35/52
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	17%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger

• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matias SotoSoto – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-7⁷ 6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

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