Nicolas Kicker and Mariano Kestelboim will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Lima 3 Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.59
Mariano Kestelboim -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Mariano Kestelboim

This will be the 4^th time that Nicolas Kicker and Mariano Kestelboim fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kicker (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Kestelboim won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Asuncion Challenger back in March 2025.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 278, the Argentine reached the 1^st round after beating Sebastian Gima 6-4 6-2 and Facundo Mena 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications against Mena, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Kicker scored 98 points vs Mena’s 84. Kicker was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kicker scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Mena 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Kicker has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (253-172). 46-24 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kicker has a compiled 218-138 record in the last years on clay.

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

Nicolas has a composed 48-26 win-loss record in 2025, 46-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 3 Challenger

Mariano Kestelboim

Ranked no. 402, the Argentine reached the 1^st round after beating Alessandro Rubini 6-0 7-6(5) and Andres Andrade 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1.

In the qualifications, Kestelboim defeated Andrade (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-1). During the match Kestelboim scored 99 points vs Andrade’s 78. Kestelboim was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Kestelboim scored 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mariano Kestelboim lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kestelboim put 69% of his first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Mariano broke Andrade 8 times after converting 62% of his break points (8/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kestelboim started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Mariano’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and M25 Lujan.

Mariano has an overall 36-24 win-loss record in 2025, 36-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kicker	Kestelboim
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	44	48
Pts	155-130	169-124
Total Points	285	293
Winners	70	61
%Winners	45%	36%

Both Kicker and Kestelboim played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Kicker conceded 1 set, while Mariano Kestelboim surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kicker and Kestelboim have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kicker played 4 games less than Kestelboim. Nicolas scored 70 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 61 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kicker	Kestelboim
Aces	1	3
Avg per match	0.5	1.5
1st in	94/135	100/142
%1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	70/94	61/100
%1st pts	74%	61%
2nd pts	19/41	25/42
%2nd pts	46%	60%

Kicker fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kestelboim also managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kicker won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kestelboim won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kicker	Kestelboim
Won	8	14
Converted	8/23	14/22
% Converted	35%	64%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	8	4
% Saved	73%	33%
Times Broken	3	8

Kicker broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Kicker lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Kestelboim broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Kicker
	Q1 Gima	Q3 Mena	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	26	44
pts	57-46	98-84	155-130
Total points	103	182	285
Winners	30	40	70
%Winners	53%	41%	45%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	37/51	57/84	94/135
% 1st in	73%	68%	70%
1st pts	30/37	40/57	70/94
% 1st pts	81%	70%	74%
2nd pts	7/14	12/27	19/41
% 2nd pts	50%	44%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/7	5/16	8/23
Converted %	43%	31%	35%
Conceded	0	11	11
Saved	0/0	8/11	8
Saved %	–	73%	37%
Times Broken	0	3	3

Kestelboim
	Q1 Rubini	Q3 Andrade	Total
Score	6-0 7-65	6-3 6-75 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	29	48
pts	70-46	99-78	169-124
Total points	116	177	293
Winners	26	35	61
%Winners	37%	35%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	41/56	59/86	100/142
% 1st in	73%	69%	70%
1st pts	26/41	35/59	61/100
% 1st pts	63%	59%	61%
2nd pts	9/15	16/27	25/42
% 2nd pts	60%	59%	60%
Breaks
Won	6	8	14
Converted	6/9	8/13	14/22
Converted %	67%	62%	64%
Conceded	5	7	12
Saved	2/5	2/7	4
Saved %	40%	29%	35%
Times Broken	3	5	8

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