Nicolas Kicker and Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez will play each other in the qualifications of the Santos Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.43
Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez
This will be the 3rd time that Nicolas Kicker and Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kicker and Joaquin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kicker won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in April 2025.
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-11 | 1-0 | 24-11 | 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. 464, the Argentine reached the qualifications after defeating Ryan Augusto dos Santos 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Augusto dos Santos (6-1 6-0). During the match, Kicker scored 57 points vs Augusto dos Santos’s 30. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Kicker was quite effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Augusto dos Santos 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Kicker has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (225-156). 20-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kicker has a composed 192-124 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 20-10 win-loss record in 2025, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-20 | 0-1 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 0-0 | 58-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-16 | 0-0 | 31-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-20 | 4-3 | 39-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 584, Joaquin reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Zanellato 6-4 6-7(5) 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Argentine defeated Zanellato (6-4 6-75 6-0). During the match Joaquin scored 111 points vs Zanellato’s 91. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Joaquin blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Joaquin put 58% of his first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Zanellato 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Joaquin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago and M15 Naples.
The Argentine has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Joaquin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 29 |
| Pts | 57-30 | 111-91 |
| Total Points | 87 | 202 |
| Winners | 16 | 41 |
| %Winners | 28% | 37% |
Both Kicker and Joaquin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez conceded 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kicker has played 1 set(s) less than Joaquin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kicker played 16 games less than Joaquin. The Argentine scored 16 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo struck 41 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Joaquin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 20/34 | 55/95 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 41/55 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 20/40 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Kicker blasted 1 ace . Joaquin also made 3 aces . Kicker won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Joaquin won 75% of the points on 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 | Kicker | Joaquin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Argentine had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lorenzo conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Augusto dos Santos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 57-30 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 16/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Joaquin | |||
| Q1 Zanellato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 111-91 | 111-91 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/95 | 55/95 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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