Sumit Nagal and Nicolas Kicker will play each other in the quarter of the Tampere Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.7
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Nicolas Kicker

This will be the 3^rd time that Sumit Nagal and Nicolas Kicker square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Nagal and Kicker (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Kicker won 6-1 3-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in the Guayaquil Challenger back in 2022.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 306, Nagal got to the quarter after defeating Jay Clarke 7-6(4) 6-1 and Max Houkes 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Sumit had a good straight sets win against Houkes (6-2 6-4). During the match, Nagal scored 87 points vs Houkes’s 74. Nagal was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nagal couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 76% of his first serves in, winning 63% (45/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Houkes 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Indian hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Nagal has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (302-221). 16-15 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nagal has an overall 231-142 match record in the last years on clay.

The Indian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger.

The Indian has a composed 18-19 win-loss record in 2025, 16-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 361, Kicker reached the quarter after defeating Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6-3 6-2, Billy Suarez 6-2 6-1, Michael Geerts 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Viktor Durasovic 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Durasovic, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kicker scored 91 points vs Durasovic’s 81. Nicolas was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Kicker was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Durasovic 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kicker started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% 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 aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nagal	Kicker
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	10
Tot Games	38	84
Pts	167-136	283-213
Total Points	303	496
Winners	76	117
%Winners	46%	41%

Nagal played 2 matches while Kicker competed in 4 matches. Kicker started his run from the qualifications while Nagal had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Kicker conceded 2 sets while Sumit Nagal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nagal has played 6 set(s) less than Kicker (4 vs 10). Therefore, Nagal played 46 games less than Kicker. Nagal scored 76 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker scored 117 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nagal	Kicker
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	0.8
1st in	123/167	167/264
%1st in	74%	63%
1st pts	76/123	117/167
%1st pts	62%	70%
2nd pts	19/44	52/97
%2nd pts	43%	54%

Nagal didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kicker blasted 3 aces (0.8 per match). Nagal won 62% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nagal	Kicker
Won	10	20
Converted	10/26	20/36
% Converted	38%	56%
Conceded	20	21
Saved	15	12
% Saved	75%	57%
Times Broken	5	9

The Indian broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Indian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kicker broke his opponents 20 times with a 56% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Nagal
	R1 Clarke	R2 Houkes	Total
Score	7-64 6-1	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	18	38
pts	80-62	87-74	167-136
Total points	142	161	303
Winners	31	45	76
%Winners	39%	52%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	51/72	72/95	123/167
% 1st in	71%	76%	74%
1st pts	31/51	45/72	76/123
% 1st pts	61%	63%	62%
2nd pts	9/21	10/23	19/44
% 2nd pts	43%	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/15	4/11	10/26
Converted %	40%	36%	38%
Conceded	8	12	20
Saved	4/8	11/12	15
Saved %	50%	92%	71%
Times Broken	4	1	5

Kicker
	Q1 Niklas-Salminen	Q3 Suarez	R1 Geerts	R2 Durasovic	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-2 6-1	6-2 3-6 6-1	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	17	15	24	28	84
pts	59-43	55-31	78-58	91-81	283-213
Total points	102	86	136	172	496
Winners	29	17	36	35	117
%Winners	49%	31%	46%	38%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	2	0	3
Double Faults	4	0	1	4	9
1st in	35/58	30/49	48/64	54/93	167/264
% 1st in	60%	61%	75%	58%	63%
1st pts	29/35	17/30	36/48	35/54	117/167
% 1st pts	83%	57%	75%	65%	70%
2nd pts	13/23	10/19	8/16	21/39	52/97
% 2nd pts	57%	53%	50%	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	7	5	5	20
Converted	3/5	7/12	5/8	5/11	20/36
Converted %	60%	58%	63%	45%	56%
Conceded	4	6	2	9	21
Saved	4/4	3/6	0/2	5/9	12
Saved %	100%	50%	0%	56%	103%
Times Broken	0	3	2	4	9

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