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Nicolas Kicker #257 def. Jozef Kovalik #128

1-6 7-6(6) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2021
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	Q2
Winner	Nicolas Kicker
Score	1-6 7-6(6) 7-5
Loser	Jozef Kovalik
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Nicolas Kicker	Jozef Kovalik
Aces	2	5
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	73	57
First serve points won %	53	60
Second serve points won %	48	51
Break points saved %	42	62
Break points converted %	38	58
Service points won %	52	56
Return points won %	44	48
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kicker	Jozef Kovalik
Country	ARG	SVK
Birth date	Aug 16, 1992	Nov 4, 1992
Age	28	28
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	257	128
Ranking points (entering)	210	583
Elo (entering)	1,664	1,565
Career W-L	19–28	26–46
Career earnings	$1,251,333	$2,293,813

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kicker 0 – 0 Jozef Kovalik

Path

Nicolas Kicker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2021	Q1	Renzo Olivo	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kicker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2021	Q3	Sumit Nagal	6-2 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2021	Q1	Emilio Gomez	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data