Nicolas Kicker and Hernan Casanova will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Santos Challenger for the 9^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.58
Hernan Casanova -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Hernan Casanova

This will be the 9^th time that Nicolas Kicker and Hernan Casanova face off. The head to head is 7-1 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 7-1 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Kicker won 1-6 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2024.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 454, Kicker got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ryan Augusto dos Santos 6-1 6-0, Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez 6-3 7-6(6) and Wilson Leite 6-3 6-4

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In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Leite (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kicker scored 63 points vs Leite’s 41. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kicker struck 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nicolas Kicker was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Leite 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Kicker has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (227-156). 22-10 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kicker has an aggregate 194-124 record in the last years on clay.

Nicolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.

Nicolas has an aggregate 22-10 win-loss record in 2025, 22-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

Hernan Casanova

Ranked no. 503, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after defeating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-7(3) 6-3 5-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Rodriguez Taverna, the Argentine had a free pass after Rodriguez Taverna retired on a 6-7³ 6-3 5-1 . scoreline.

Casanova’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago.

Casanova has an aggregate 17-10 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kicker	Casanova
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	54	28
Pts	194-130	109-94
Total Points	324	203
Winners	77	41
%Winners	40%	38%

Kicker played 3 matches while Casanova competed in 1 match. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Casanova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hernan Casanova surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kicker has played 2 sets more than Casanova (6 vs 4). Therefore, Kicker played 26 games more than Casanova. Kicker scored 77 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Casanova recorded 41 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kicker	Casanova
Aces	8	0
Avg per match	2.7	0
1st in	99/141	71/96
%1st in	70%	74%
1st pts	77/99	41/71
%1st pts	78%	58%
2nd pts	31/42	15/25
%2nd pts	74%	60%

Kicker struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Casanova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kicker won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Casanova won 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kicker	Casanova
Won	12	7
Converted	12/24	7/16
% Converted	50%	44%
Conceded	5	14
Saved	3	10
% Saved	60%	71%
Times Broken	2	4

Kicker broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Hernan broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Kicker
	Q1 Augusto dos Santos	Q3 Joaquin	R1 Leite	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-3 7-66	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	13	22	19	54
pts	57-30	74-59	63-41	194-130
Total points	87	133	104	324
Winners	16	32	29	77
%Winners	28%	43%	46%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	4	8
Double Faults	0	1	0	1
1st in	20/34	45/59	34/48	99/141
% 1st in	59%	76%	71%	70%
1st pts	16/20	32/45	29/34	77/99
% 1st pts	80%	71%	85%	78%
2nd pts	9/14	11/14	11/14	31/42
% 2nd pts	64%	79%	79%	74%
Breaks
Won	6	3	3	12
Converted	6/10	3/8	3/6	12/24
Converted %	60%	38%	50%	50%
Conceded	3	1	1	5
Saved	3/3	0/1	0/1	3
Saved %	100%	0%	0%	33%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Casanova
	R1 Rodriguez	Total
Score	6-73 6-3 5-1 ret.
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	109-94	109-94
Total points	203	203
Winners	41	41
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	71/96	71/96
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	41/71	41/71
% 1st pts	58%	58%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/16	7/16
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	10/14	10
Saved %	71%	24%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Santos Challenger

• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (5-7 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-1 1-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (1-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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