Nicolas Kicker and Facundo Mena will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Lima 3 Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 6. 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 Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.36
Facundo Mena -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Facundo Mena
This will be the 8th time that Nicolas Kicker and Facundo Mena clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mena won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the final in M15 Concepcion back in 2023.
Nicolas Kicker
48 - 26win/loss
259
78
| 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. 287, Kicker reached the qualifications after beating Sebastian Gima 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Gima (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kicker scored 57 points vs Gima’s 46. Kicker was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kicker wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Kicker conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 73% of his first serves in, win 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Gima 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kicker has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (252-172). 45-24 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kicker has an overall 217-138 match record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.
Nicolas has an aggregate 47-26 win-loss record in 2025, 45-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 3 Challenger
Facundo Mena
17 - 24win/loss
389
127
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 4-3 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 3-1 | 47-23 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 11-9 | 18-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 8-7 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 0-4 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 407, Mena got to the qualifications after defeating David Jorda Sanchis 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Mena had a good straight sets win against Jorda Sanchis (6-1 6-2). During the match Mena scored 59 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 37. Mena was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Mena blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Facundo Mena was very efficient on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Jorda Sanchis 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 17-23 win-loss record in 2025, 13-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 |
| Pts | 57-46 | 59-37 |
| Total Points | 103 | 96 |
| Winners | 30 | 19 |
| %Winners | 53% | 32% |
Both Kicker and Mena played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kicker and Mena have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kicker played 3 games more than Mena. Nicolas scored 30 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Mena made 19 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 22/43 |
| %1st in | 73% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 19/22 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 62% |
Kicker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mena struck 3 aces . Kicker won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kicker | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kicker was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Facundo broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Mena was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Gima | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 57-46 | 57-46 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mena | |||
| Q1 Jorda Sanchis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 59-37 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/43 | 22/43 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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