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Nicolas Kicker #365Argentina2Hugo Dellien #141Bolivia1

Sets 4-6 · 7-5 · 6-0Wed 23 Sept 2026, 21:00 Predictions gradedSecond RoundClay

Predictions4–544%

Edges2–250%

Player Profiles

Ranking advantageHugo Dellien · 224 places

Nicolas Kicker

Argentina

Kicker reached a career-high No. 78 on 12 June 2017. ATP lists hard courts as his favourite surface; his supplied ranking is No. 365.

Current ranking: #365
Peak ranking: #78 · 2017
Current age: 33
Preferred surface: Hard
Hand: Right handed
Height: 178 cm

Hugo Dellien

Bolivia

Dellien reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 64 in August 2022. ITF lists clay as his preferred surface; public sources place him at No. 141 entering this event.

Current ranking: #141
Peak ranking: #64 · 2022
Current age: 33
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 180 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 23 Sep 2026, 09:32 · Europe/Bucharest

Dellien is the better-ranked, steadier clay player and the likely winner, but 1.22 asks him to win about four times in five the day after a 32-game three-setter, with his set prices of 1.29 and 1.30 doing the same.

The prices with something behind them are on Kicker: 3.8 to win, 3.3 for the first set, 3.25 for the second and 6.5 for a straight-sets win.

Context

Dellien needed 32 games and more than two and a half hours to get past Pucinelli de Almeida, the day before this second-round match, while Kicker's opener lasted 21 games. That is the clearest asymmetry in the two preparations: the second seed arrives with a long three-setter behind him and a next-day turnaround into a match against a home player. The effect is a modest scheduling edge for Kicker rather than a change in the balance of the matchup, since one extra set at this level rarely decides the following day's result.
- Dellien beat Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the Buenos Aires Challenger first round .
- Pucinelli de Almeida took the opening set and led in the second before the turnaround.
- The match lasted more than two and a half hours across 32 games.
- Kicker's own first-round win on the same day lasted 21 games.
ConfirmedSources checked 23 Sep 2026, 09:30 · Europe/Bucharest
Dellien's most recent final came on clay in Porto, where he lost 7-6 6-4 to Facundo Mena. Reaching a Challenger final is the strongest current evidence that his No. 129 ranking and second seeding reflect form rather than a stale number, and it points the same way as the ranking gap against Kicker. It is still a runner-up finish from more than two weeks earlier, and Mena is himself in the Buenos Aires draw, so the run describes Dellien's level rather than establishing a specific edge in this match.
- Facundo Mena beat Hugo Dellien 7-6 6-4 in the Porto Challenger final .
- It was Mena's fifth Challenger title and his first since 2024.
ConfirmedSources checked 23 Sep 2026, 09:30 · Europe/Bucharest
Dellien is the second seed at this event and ranked No. 129.
The nine-match sample, with two retirements excluded, contains one three-setter and one tiebreak, and he has taken seven of nine second sets by an average 5.3 games to 3.3. That describes a player winning quickly on this surface, though it is a small sample from a five-week window, so it speaks more to his recent level than to how this particular match will be settled.
- Nine clay matches tracked, 2026-07-19 to 2026-09-22, two retirements excluded
- Record 7-2: six 2-0 wins, one 2-1 win, two 0-2 defeats
- Average 19.8 total games and 2.11 sets per match
- Second sets 7-2, at 5.3 games won to 3.3 lost, with one tiebreak in the sample
Kicker is the home player in a 32-draw Ch75 on clay whose last 16 contains eight Argentines, and the crowd at the opening round was audibly behind the local entries. Dellien carries the seeding and a ranking advantage of more than 200 places, so the setting and the rankings point in different directions for this match. The composition of the draw changes nothing about either player's form; it explains why a second round at this level carries more local attention than usual.
- Eight Argentines reached the last 16 of the Buenos Aires Ch75, including Kicker.
- Kicker, Federico Coria and Facundo Mena are the three 1992-born Argentines in the round.
- Dellien is the second seed at the event.
- The opening rounds drew a vocal home crowd, notably behind Federico Coria .
ConfirmedSources checked 23 Sep 2026, 09:30 · Europe/Bucharest

BetBugs edges

Compare BetBugs' chances with the market's.

BetBugs probabilities

How likely BetBugs thought each outcome was.

Result0 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced
The read
The higher-ranked Dellien has the better clay record and has been the steadier front-runner across his recent matches.
- Dellien is ranked 129, Kicker 333
- Dellien is 7-2 in his nine clay matches tracked, Kicker 8-5 in thirteen
- Dellien is 6-3 in first sets and 7-2 in second sets on this surface
- Kicker lost twice to Maxim Mrva (No. 213) in the same window
BetBugs · Match WinnerlostHugo DellienEstimated chance65%

Games2 of 3 landed

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Dellien's second sets have been short and one-sided, supporting a lower total.
- Dellien's second sets average 8.7 total games with a 5.3-3.3 game margin
- Kicker's second sets average 9.4 total games
- Dellien has lost only two of nine second sets on clay
BetBugs · Set 2 Total GameslostUnder 9.5Estimated chance56%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Kicker's matches regularly stretch past three sets, which pushes the expected game count above this line.
- Dellien's clay matches average 19.8 games, Kicker's 21.3
- Dellien averages 2.11 sets per match, Kicker 2.31
- Kicker's four recent three-set matches averaged roughly 28 games
BetBugs · Total GameswonOver 20.5Estimated chance55%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
First-set totals sit right on the line for both players, so either side is close to even.
- Dellien's first sets average 10.0 total games
- Kicker's first sets average 9.5 total games
- One first-set tiebreak in each player's tracked clay sample
BetBugs · Set 1 Total GameswonOver 9.5Estimated chance52%

Sets1 of 3 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Both players most often finish in straight sets, and Dellien in particular has won 2-0 in two-thirds of his clay matches.
- Dellien's clay scorelines: 2-0 six times, 2-1 once, 0-2 twice
- Dellien averages 2.11 sets per match on clay
- Kicker's two-set results account for nine of his thirteen matches
BetBugs · Total SetslostUnder 2.5Estimated chance63%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Dellien's second-set record is his strongest split, with a wide game margin.
- Dellien is 7-2 in second sets on clay
- He averages 5.3 games won to 3.3 lost in second sets
- No second-set tiebreaks in Dellien's nine clay matches
BetBugs · Set 2 WinnerlostHugo DellienEstimated chance63%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Dellien has the stronger opening-set record and the better first-set game margin over this window.
- Dellien is 6-3 in first sets on clay, Kicker 7-6
- Dellien averages 5.8 games won to 4.2 lost in first sets
- Kicker lost his first set 1-6 in the opening round here
BetBugs · Set 1 WinnerwonHugo DellienEstimated chance62%

Match stats1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced
The read
Recent clay matches for both players have mostly been settled by breaks rather than tiebreaks.
- Eleven of Kicker's thirteen clay matches had no tiebreak
- Eight of Dellien's nine clay matches had no tiebreak
- Dellien's average set margins are 5.8-4.2 and 5.3-3.3
BetBugs · Tiebreak in MatchwonNoEstimated chance73%

Previous match context available

Nicolas Kicker

9W 6L

1-6 6-2 6-0#828Tomas Martinez

6-2 6-2#213Maxim Mrva

6-4 4-6 6-2#161Marco Cecchinato

6-4 6-1#223Francesco Passaro

6-4 6-4#340Thomas Faurel

0-6 6-4 4-0 ret.#159Stefano Travaglia

6-4 6-2#213Maxim Mrva

6-2 6-2—Yannik Weissmann

6-2 4-6 6-1#252Frederico Ferreira Silva

6-2 6-4#319Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi

6-4 6-4#186Diego Dedura

6-0 1-0 ret.#138Thiago Seyboth Wild

7-5 6-4#720Nicolas Zanellato

7-6(1) 4-6 6-4#613Bruno Fernandez

6-4 7-6(0)#629Conner Huertas Del Pino

Hugo Dellien

8W 7L

5-7 6-4 6-4#251Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

5-3 ret.#174Matej Dodig

6-3 6-2#463Felipe Meligeni Alves

7-6 6-4#220Facundo Mena

6-4 6-1#479Pedro Vives Marcos

6-2 6-4#341Miguel Damas

6-4 6-0#316Gilles Arnaud Bailly

6-3 6-3#252Frederico Ferreira Silva

6-3 5-7 7-5#170Federico Cina

6-4 6-4#378Moez Echargui

6-3 6-1#93Sho Shimabukuro

7-5 6-2#90Benjamin Bonzi

7-6(4) ret.#164Juan Carlos Prado Angelo

6-1 6-4#131Pedro Martinez Portero

7-5 6-2#181Laslo Djere

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

NKNicolas KickerKicker

Last 15

3–5

9 core stats · 1 even

Hugo DellienDellienHD

Hugo Dellien carries the stronger recent form — Nicolas Kicker's route runs through pressure.

Serve · 1–4

1st Serve In15/15 · 14/1568.7%+2.1pp70.8%

1st Serve Won15/15 · 14/1562.2%+2.3pp64.5%

2nd Serve Won15/15 · 14/1549.5%+1.1pp48.4%

Aces / Match15/15 · 14/151.4+0.31.7

Double Faults / Match15/15 · 14/152.30.4 fewer1.9

Return · 1–0

Return Pts Won15/15 · 14/1543.3%+1.6pp41.7%

Pressure · 1–1

Break Pts Converted15/15 · 14/1550.5%+1.6pp48.9%

Break Pts Saved15/15 · 14/1543.8%+13.7pp57.5%

Points · 0–0 · 1 even

Total Pts Won15/15 · 14/1550.5%—50.9%

Serve · 1–4

68.7%1st Serve In15/15 · 14/15+2.1pp70.8%

62.2%1st Serve Won15/15 · 14/15+2.3pp64.5%

49.5%2nd Serve Won15/15 · 14/15+1.1pp48.4%

1.4Aces / Match15/15 · 14/15+0.31.7

2.3Double Faults / Match15/15 · 14/150.4 fewer1.9

Return · 1–0

43.3%Return Pts Won15/15 · 14/15+1.6pp41.7%

Pressure · 1–1

50.5%Break Pts Converted15/15 · 14/15+1.6pp48.9%

43.8%Break Pts Saved15/15 · 14/15+13.7pp57.5%

Points · 0–0 · 1 even

50.5%Total Pts Won15/15 · 14/15—50.9%

Nicolas Kicker

Hugo Dellien

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Result0 of 1 landed

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Stat Battle