Roman Andres Burruchaga and Nicolas Kicker will play each other in the semifinal of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Andres Burruchaga who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Andres Burruchaga is the pick to win this match.
Roman Andres Burruchaga -> 1.56
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Nicolas Kicker

There is no head to head record between Roman Andres Burruchaga and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Roman Andres Burruchaga

Ranked no. 144, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Hernan Casanova 6-3 6-4, Andrea Collarini 6-2 6-4 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-1 7-6(6).

In the quarter, Andres Burruchaga had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (6-1 7-6⁶). During the match, Andres Burruchaga scored 72 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 54. Andres Burruchaga was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Andres Burruchaga was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Roman Andres Burruchaga lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Andres Burruchaga put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Alberto Olivieri 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Andres Burruchaga hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Andres Burruchaga has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (222-155). 35-21 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Andres Burruchaga has an overall181-125 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Piracicaba Challenger where he overcame Facundo Mena in the final 7-6(8) 6-7(6) 7-6(4).

Andres Burruchaga has an aggregate 40-27 win-loss record in 2025, 35-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 299, Kicker got to the semifinal after beating Cristian Garin 6-3 6-4, Facundo Bagnis 6-3 6-4 and Gonzalo Bueno 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Bueno (6-2 6-2). During the match Kicker scored 65 points vs Bueno’s 44. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kicker couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Kicker was quite effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Bueno 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kicker hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

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

The Argentine has a compiled 44-20 win-loss record in 2025, 42-18 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	Andres Burruchaga	Kicker
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	57	54
Pts	209-157	215-171
Total Points	366	386
Winners	78	88
%Winners	37%	41%

Both Andres Burruchaga and Kicker played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Andres Burruchaga and Kicker have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Andres Burruchaga played 3 games more than Kicker. Andres Burruchaga scored 78 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker recorded 88 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Andres Burruchaga	Kicker
Aces	7	0
Avg per match	2.3	0
1st in	114/174	143/195
%1st in	66%	73%
1st pts	78/114	88/143
%1st pts	68%	62%
2nd pts	32/60	30/52
%2nd pts	53%	58%

Andres Burruchaga managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Andres Burruchaga won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Andres Burruchaga	Kicker
Won	15	15
Converted	15/27	15/25
% Converted	56%	60%
Conceded	14	21
Saved	8	15
% Saved	57%	71%
Times Broken	6	6

Andres Burruchaga broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Andres Burruchaga
	R1 Casanova	R2 Collarini	1/4 Alberto Olivieri	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-2 6-4	6-1 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	19	18	20	57
pts	75-60	62-43	72-54	209-157
Total points	135	105	126	366
Winners	28	29	21	78
%Winners	37%	47%	29%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	0	7
Double Faults	2	1	2	5
1st in	42/59	41/54	31/61	114/174
% 1st in	71%	76%	51%	66%
1st pts	28/42	29/41	21/31	78/114
% 1st pts	67%	71%	68%	68%
2nd pts	10/17	7/13	15/30	32/60
% 2nd pts	59%	54%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	6	15
Converted	5/14	4/4	6/9	15/27
Converted %	36%	100%	67%	56%
Conceded	3	6	5	14
Saved	1/3	5/6	2/5	8
Saved %	33%	83%	40%	52%
Times Broken	2	1	3	6

Kicker
	R1 Garin	R2 Bagnis	1/4 Bueno	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	19	19	16	54
pts	76-65	74-62	65-44	215-171
Total points	141	136	109	386
Winners	28	34	26	88
%Winners	37%	46%	40%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0
Double Faults	0	3	1	4
1st in	56/74	52/69	35/52	143/195
% 1st in	76%	75%	67%	73%
1st pts	28/56	34/52	26/35	88/143
% 1st pts	50%	65%	74%	62%
2nd pts	12/18	8/17	10/17	30/52
% 2nd pts	67%	47%	59%	58%
Breaks
Won	6	5	4	15
Converted	6/10	5/8	4/7	15/25
Converted %	60%	63%	57%	60%
Conceded	10	10	1	21
Saved	6/10	8/10	1/1	15
Saved %	60%	80%	100%	80%
Times Broken	4	2	0	6

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger

• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex BarrenaBarrena – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-2 6-7¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 7-6⁶) – See score progression

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