Juan Pablo Varillas and Nicolas Kicker will play each other in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Varillas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Varillas is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.63
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Nicolas Kicker
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Pablo Varillas and Nicolas Kicker fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pablo Patino-Samudio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in the Guayaquil Challenger back in 2022.
Juan Pablo Varillas
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LWLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-31 | 0-5 | 27-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 4-7 | 23-17 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 2-3 | 51-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-23 | 0-2 | 51-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 207, Pablo Patino-Samudio got to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round against Carlos Prado Angelo, The Peruvian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-5 6-4). During the match, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 131 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 127. The Peruvian was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Pablo Varillas lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Patino-Samudio put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (51/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Patino-Samudio broke Carlos Prado Angelo 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Pablo Patino-Samudio has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (356-235). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pablo Patino-Samudio has a composed 329-191 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Juan has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 786, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 3-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round against Emanuel Ambrogi, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Kicker scored 90 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 76. Kicker was quite aggressive to blast 31 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 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (25/40) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Emanuel Ambrogi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Argentine has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 24 |
| Pts | 131-127 | 90-76 |
| Total Points | 258 | 166 |
| Winners | 51 | 31 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Pablo Patino-Samudio and Kicker played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Pablo Varillas lost 1 set, while Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pablo Patino-Samudio and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Pablo Patino-Samudio played 11 games more than Kicker. Juan scored 51 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine made 31 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1 |
| 1st in | 81/129 | 44/84 |
| %1st in | 63% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 51/81 | 31/44 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 25/40 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Pablo Patino-Samudio managed to score 9 aces . Kicker scored 1 ace . Pablo Patino-Samudio won 63% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 69% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Juan broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juan lost his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | |||
| R1 Carlos Prado Angelo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 131-127 | 131-127 | |
| Total points | 258 | 258 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 81/129 | 81/129 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 51/81 | 51/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 24/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Emanuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 90-76 | 90-76 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/84 | 44/84 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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