Nicolas Kicker and Alafia Ayeni will play each other in the 2nd round of the Temuco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.46
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Alafia Ayeni
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Kicker and Alafia Ayeni since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicolas Kicker
53 - 30win/loss
261
78
LWLWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 50-27 | 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. 259, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Noah Schachter 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Schachter (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kicker scored 65 points vs Schachter’s 45. Kicker was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kicker scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Kicker lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Schachter 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Kicker has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (258-175). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kicker has a composed 35-29 record in the last years on hard.
Kicker’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Santiago and the Concepcion Challenger.
Nicolas has an aggregate 53-29 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Alafia Ayeni
17 - 20win/loss
576
395
LWWWLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-21 | 9-9 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-34 | 30-24 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 12-10 | 3-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 731, Ayeni reached the 2nd round after beating Johannes Ingildsen w/o and Milledge Cossu 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Cossu (6-4 6-3). During the match Ayeni scored 64 points vs Cossu’s 39. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Ayeni scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alafia Ayeni was very effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 84% (16/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ayeni broke Cossu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Alafia’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Hong Kong.
Ayeni has a compiled 16-20 win-loss record in 2025, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 |
| Pts | 65-45 | 64-39 |
| Total Points | 110 | 103 |
| Winners | 27 | 21 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Kicker and Ayeni played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kicker and Ayeni have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kicker played 2 games less than Ayeni. The Argentine scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 21 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 11 |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 23/42 |
| %1st in | 67% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 21/23 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 16/19 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 84% |
Kicker bagged 1 ace . Ayeni also scored 11 aces . Kicker won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 91% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 84% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kicker | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kicker broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Alafia broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ayeni conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | |||
| R1 Schachter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 65-45 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ayeni | ||||
| Q3 Ingildsen |
R1 Cossu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | w/o | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | – | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | – | 64-39 | 64-39 | |
| Total points | – | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | – | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | – | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | – | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | – | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st in | – | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | – | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | – | 16/19 | 16/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 84% | 84% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | – | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | – | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | – | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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