Nicolas Kicker and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on QUADRA 2. 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 Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.62
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

This will be the 5^th time that Nicolas Kicker and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Kicker and Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pucinelli De Almeida won 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in the Santos Challenger back in May 2025.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 259, Kicker will start his run in the Florianopolis Challenger after he played his last match in the Montevideo Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Jorda Sanchis in the qualifications on the 10^th of November.

Nicolas has an aggregate 50-28 win-loss record in 2025, 48-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 384-254 record. He has a positive 348-217 record on clay.

Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See his history.

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Ranked no. 297, will start his run in the Florianopolis Challenger after he won the title in M25 Santa Cruz Do Sul after beating 7-6(2) 6-2

Boscardin in the final.

Pucinelli De Almeida has a compiled 39-24 win-loss record in 2025, 39-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Brazilian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Santos Challenger and M25 Santa Cruz do Sul.

The Brazilian won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, The Brazilian has an overall 243-165 record. He has a positive 221-144 record on clay.

Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Florianopolis Challenger

• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Joao Eduardo SchiesslEduardo Schiessl (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Miguel TobonTobon (6-1 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mateus AlvesAlves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Orlando LuzLuz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Nicolas KickerKicker (2-2) – H2H and prediction