Gonzalo Bueno and Nicolas Kicker will clash against each other in the quarter of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on CANCHA 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.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.444
Gonzalo Bueno -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Bueno vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Gonzalo Bueno and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gonzalo Bueno
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-31 | 0-0 | 44-31 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 0-2 | 35-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-28 | 2-1 | 38-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257, the Peruvian reached the quarter after defeating Federico Agustin Gomez 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) and Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-3 7-63). During the match, Bueno scored 91 points vs Maestrelli’s 79. Bueno was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bueno fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Bueno lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Bueno put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Maestrelli 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gonzalo has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Bueno has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (133-104). 34-24 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bueno has an aggregate131-100 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Liberec Challenger where he beat Genaro Alberto Olivieri in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Gonzalo has an overall 34-24 win-loss record in 2025, 34-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Nicolas Kicker
44 - 20win/loss
259
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51-28 | 2-2 | 49-26 | 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, Kicker got to the quarter after beating Cristian Garin 6-3 6-4 and Facundo Bagnis 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-3 6-4). During the match Kicker scored 74 points vs Bagnis’s 62. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kicker was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 75% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Bagnis 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kicker’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.
Nicolas has a composed 43-20 win-loss record in 2025, 41-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bueno | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 38 |
| Pts | 196-187 | 150-127 |
| Total Points | 383 | 277 |
| Winners | 63 | 62 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Bueno and Kicker played 2 matches. At the moment, Gonzalo Bueno conceded 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bueno has played 1 set more than Kicker (5 vs 4). Therefore, Bueno played 15 games more than Kicker. Gonzalo scored 63 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas managed to score 62 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bueno | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 113/182 | 108/143 |
| %1st in | 62% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 63/113 | 62/108 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 42/69 | 20/35 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 57% |
Bueno scored 4 aces (2 per match). Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bueno won 56% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 57% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bueno | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/26 | 11/18 |
| % Converted | 35% | 61% |
| Conceded | 16 | 20 |
| Saved | 9 | 14 |
| % Saved | 56% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
Bueno broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Bueno conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bueno | ||||
| R1 Agustin | R2 Maestrelli | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-63 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
| pts | 105-108 | 91-79 | 196-187 | |
| Total points | 213 | 170 | 383 | |
| Winners | 36 | 27 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 69/108 | 44/74 | 113/182 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 36/69 | 27/44 | 63/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 61% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 18/30 | 42/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 60% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/15 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 27% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 0/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 0% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Kicker | ||||
| R1 Garin | R2 Bagnis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 74-62 | 150-127 | |
| Total points | 141 | 136 | 277 | |
| Winners | 28 | 34 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/74 | 52/69 | 108/143 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 75% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 28/56 | 34/52 | 62/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 65% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 8/17 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 47% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/8 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 63% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 8/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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