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Fernando Verdasco #40 def. Nicolas Kicker #86

6-7(3) 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 2018*
Tournament	Rio de Janeiro
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-7(3) 6-2 6-0
Loser	Nicolas Kicker
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Kicker
Aces	7	3
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	70	62
First serve points won %	69	62
Second serve points won %	46	31
Break points saved %	80	33
Break points converted %	67	20
Service points won %	62	50
Return points won %	50	38
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Kicker
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Aug 16, 1992
Age	34	25
Height	188	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	40	86
Ranking points (entering)	1,260	660
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,647
Career W-L	549–441	19–28
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$1,251,333

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 1 – 0 Nicolas Kicker

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2018	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kicker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2018	R32	Victor Estrella	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data