Nicolas Kicker and Facundo Bagnis will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 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 Facundo Bagnis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Bagnis is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.6
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Facundo Bagnis

This will be the 6^th time that Nicolas Kicker and Facundo Bagnis clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Kicker won 6-0 6-2 in the quarter in the Temuco Challenger back in 2022.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 299, Nicolas got to the 2^nd round after beating Cristian Garin 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kicker scored 76 points vs Garin’s 65. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kicker couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 76% of his first serves in, winning 50% (28/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Garin 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Kicker has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (247-166). 40-18 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kicker has an aggregate 212-132 match record in the last years on clay.

Kicker’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.

The Argentine has an aggregate 42-20 win-loss record in 2025, 40-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Facundo Bagnis

Ranked no. 431, the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-0 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine defeated Villanueva (6-0 3-6 6-3). During the match Bagnis scored 77 points vs Villanueva’s 60. Facundo was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Bagnis blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bagnis put 67% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Villanueva 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Argentine has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kicker	Bagnis
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	24
Pts	76-65	77-60
Total Points	141	137
Winners	28	33
%Winners	37%	43%

Both Kicker and Bagnis played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Bagnis conceded 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kicker has played 1 set(s) less than Bagnis (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kicker played 5 games less than Bagnis. The Argentine scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Bagnis recorded 33 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kicker	Bagnis
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	3
1st in	56/74	41/61
%1st in	76%	67%
1st pts	28/56	33/41
%1st pts	50%	80%
2nd pts	12/18	9/20
%2nd pts	67%	45%

Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bagnis bagged 3 aces . Kicker won 50% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Bagnis won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kicker	Bagnis
Won	6	5
Converted	6/10	5/10
% Converted	60%	50%
Conceded	10	3
Saved	6	1
% Saved	60%	33%
Times Broken	4	2

The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bagnis conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Kicker
	R1 Garin	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	76-65	76-65
Total points	141	141
Winners	28	28
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	56/74	56/74
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	28/56	28/56
% 1st pts	50%	50%
2nd pts	12/18	12/18
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

Bagnis
	R1 Villanueva	Total
Score	6-0 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	77-60	77-60
Total points	137	137
Winners	33	33
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	41/61	41/61
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	33/41	33/41
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger

• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 7-6(3)) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex BarrenaBarrena – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-0 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Facundo BagnisBagnis (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (1-3) – H2H and prediction