Nicolas Kicker and Hernan Casanova will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA 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 Hernan Casanova who should win in 3 sets.
Hernan Casanova -> 1.85
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Hernan Casanova
This will be the 10th time that Nicolas Kicker and Hernan Casanova face off. The head to head is 8-1 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 8-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kicker won 1-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Santos Challenger back in May 2025.
Nicolas Kicker
41 - 20win/loss
259
78
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50-28 | 2-2 | 48-26 | 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. 299, the Argentine will start his run in the Villa Maria Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Mar Del Plata where he lost 7-5 7-5 to Midon in the semifinal on the 5th of September.
The Argentine has a compiled 41-19 win-loss record in 2025, 39-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Kicker has an overall 375-245 record. He has a positive 339-208 record on clay.
Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-22 | 0-0 | 43-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 32-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 435, the Argentine got to the 1st round after beating Juan Sebastian Gomez 6-3 6-3 and Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Hernan had a good straight sets win against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (6-2 6-3). During the match Casanova scored 59 points vs Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen’s 42. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Casanova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hernan Casanova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Casanova put 87% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (3/6) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Casanova started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Casanova’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Santiago and M25 Gentofte.
The Argentine has an aggregate 33-18 win-loss record in 2025, 30-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Villa Maria Challenger
- Maximus JonesJones – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emilio NavaNava – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (7-614 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Murkel DellienDellien – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (3-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (8-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Santiago De La FuenteDe La Fuente (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lautaro Agustin FalabellaAgustin Falabella – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias SotoSoto – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – (0-2) – H2H and prediction