Gianluca Mager and Nicolas Kicker will face off in the quarter of the Santos Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on QUADRA 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 Nicolas Kicker who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.72
Gianluca Mager -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Nicolas Kicker

This will be the 2^nd time that Gianluca Mager and Nicolas Kicker play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Kicker won 7-5 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Tigre Challenger back in 2024.

Gianluca Mager

Ranked no. 451, Gianluca got to the quarter after defeating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 6-2 and Pedro Boscardin Dias 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

In the 2^nd round, Mager had a good straight sets win against Boscardin Dias (7-6⁴ 7-6⁴). During the match, Mager scored 87 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 82. Mager was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mager fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gianluca Mager was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mager broke Boscardin Dias once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mager hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Mager has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (291-241). 3-5 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mager has a compiled 235-166 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Mager has a composed 5-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

Mager has never competed in this tournament before.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 454, Nicolas reached the quarter after beating Ryan Augusto dos Santos 6-1 6-0, Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez 6-3 7-6(6), Wilson Leite 6-3 6-4 and Hernan Casanova 1-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Casanova, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5).During the match Kicker scored less points (2) than Casanova. In fact, the world no. 451 won 86 points vs Casanova’s. That means that Kicker was more focused during the important points. Kicker was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 58% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Casanova 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

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 56% of the points he played.

Kicker’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.

Kicker has an overall 23-10 win-loss record in 2025, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mager	Kicker
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	43	82
Pts	149-126	280-218
Total Points	275	498
Winners	60	110
%Winners	40%	39%

Mager played 2 matches while Kicker competed in 4 matches. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Mager had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Kicker surrendered 1 set while Gianluca Mager hasn’t lost a set so far. Mager has played 5 set(s) less than Kicker (4 vs 9). Therefore, Mager played 39 games less than Kicker. Gianluca scored 60 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 110 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mager	Kicker
Aces	8	9
Avg per match	4	2.3
1st in	84/143	151/230
%1st in	59%	66%
1st pts	60/84	110/151
%1st pts	71%	73%
2nd pts	34/59	52/79
%2nd pts	58%	66%

Mager scored 8 aces (4 per match). Kicker recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Mager won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mager	Kicker
Won	5	16
Converted	5/11	16/32
% Converted	45%	50%
Conceded	10	16
Saved	8	10
% Saved	80%	63%
Times Broken	2	6

Mager broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Gianluca lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Mager
	R1 Pablo Patino-Samudio	R2 Boscardin	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-64 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	26	43
pts	62-44	87-82	149-126
Total points	106	169	275
Winners	22	38	60
%Winners	35%	44%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	8
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	31/56	53/87	84/143
% 1st in	55%	61%	59%
1st pts	22/31	38/53	60/84
% 1st pts	71%	72%	71%
2nd pts	15/25	19/34	34/59
% 2nd pts	60%	56%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	1	5
Converted	4/7	1/4	5/11
Converted %	57%	25%	45%
Conceded	3	7	10
Saved	2/3	6/7	8
Saved %	67%	86%	77%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Kicker
	Q1 Augusto dos Santos	Q3 Joaquin	R1 Leite	R2 Casanova	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-3 7-66	6-3 6-4	1-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	13	22	19	28	82
pts	57-30	74-59	63-41	86-88	280-218
Total points	87	133	104	174	498
Winners	16	32	29	33	110
%Winners	28%	43%	46%	38%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	4	1	9
Double Faults	0	1	0	4	5
1st in	20/34	45/59	34/48	52/89	151/230
% 1st in	59%	76%	71%	58%	66%
1st pts	16/20	32/45	29/34	33/52	110/151
% 1st pts	80%	71%	85%	63%	73%
2nd pts	9/14	11/14	11/14	21/37	52/79
% 2nd pts	64%	79%	79%	57%	66%
Breaks
Won	6	3	3	4	16
Converted	6/10	3/8	3/6	4/8	16/32
Converted %	60%	38%	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	3	1	1	11	16
Saved	3/3	0/1	0/1	7/11	10
Saved %	100%	0%	0%	64%	82%
Times Broken	0	1	1	4	6

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