Nicolas Kicker and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the 2^nd round of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on QUADRA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.533
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 4^th time that Nicolas Kicker and Gonzalo Villanueva fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Kicker (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kicker won 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 in the quarter in M15 Concepcion back in 2023.

Nicolas Kicker

Ranked no. 259, the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after defeating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine defeated Pucinelli De Almeida (6-4 3-6 6-4).During the match, Kicker scored less points (4) than Pucinelli De Almeida. In fact, the world no. 259 won 88 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s. That means that Kicker was more focused during the important points. Nicolas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kicker fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 74% of his first serves in, winning 63% (50/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (9/28) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Pucinelli De Almeida 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Kicker has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (256-174). 49-26 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kicker has a composed 221-140 match record in the last years on clay.

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

Nicolas has a composed 51-28 win-loss record in 2025, 49-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 346, Gonzalo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Zanellato 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Zanellato, Villanueva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Villanueva scored 91 points vs Zanellato’s 87. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Villanueva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 72% of his first serves in, winning 62% (45/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (9/29) on the 2nd serve. Villanueva broke Zanellato 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Gonzalo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Coquimbo and M25 Trelew.

Villanueva has a compiled 45-30 win-loss record in 2025, 41-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kicker	Villanueva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	26
Pts	88-92	91-87
Total Points	180	178
Winners	50	45
%Winners	57%	49%

Both Kicker and Villanueva played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Kicker lost 1 set, while Gonzalo Villanueva dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kicker and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kicker played 3 games more than Villanueva. Kicker scored 50 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine struck 45 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kicker	Villanueva
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	80/108	73/102
%1st in	74%	72%
1st pts	50/80	45/73
%1st pts	63%	62%
2nd pts	9/28	9/29
%2nd pts	32%	31%

Kicker fired 2 aces . Villanueva scored 1 ace . Kicker won 63% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kicker	Villanueva
Won	5	7
Converted	5/6	7/12
% Converted	83%	58%
Conceded	15	16
Saved	10	11
% Saved	67%	69%
Times Broken	5	5

Kicker broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Kicker surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Kicker
	R1 Pucinelli De Almeida	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	88-92	88-92
Total points	180	180
Winners	50	50
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	80/108	80/108
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	50/80	50/80
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	9/28	9/28
% 2nd pts	32%	32%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	10/15	10
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	5	5

Villanueva
	R1 Zanellato	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	91-87	91-87
Total points	178	178
Winners	45	45
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	73/102	73/102
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	45/73	45/73
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	9/29	9/29
% 2nd pts	31%	31%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	16	16
Saved	11/16	11
Saved %	69%	69%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Florianopolis Challenger

• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-4 6-7² 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Maximo ZeituneZeitune – Jose PereiraPereira (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Santiago De La FuenteDe La Fuente (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin Basel/Franco RiberoBasel/Franco Ribero – Santiago De La Fuente/Genaro Alberto OlivieriDe La Fuente/Genaro Alberto Olivieri (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Leonardo Storck FrancaStorck Franca (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Orlando LuzLuz – Carlos Maria ZarateMaria Zarate (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Bruno FernandezFernandez – Valentin BaselBasel (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Federico ZeballosZeballos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Joao Eduardo SchiesslEduardo Schiessl (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Miguel TobonTobon (6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• Mateus AlvesAlves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Orlando LuzLuz – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (0-0) – H2H and prediction