Nicolas Kicker vs Patrik Niklas-SalminenPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇷Nicolas Kicker
#351 · 34 yrs · R
41 meeting · sets 2–0
🇫🇮Patrik Niklas-Salminen
#1334 · 29 yrs · L
12wNicolas Kicker and Patrik Niklas-Salminen have met 1 time since 2025; Nicolas Kicker leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kicker has taken 2 sets to Niklas-Salminen's 0. Their most recent meeting: Nicolas Kicker won at Tampere (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kicker | Niklas-Salminen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Nicolas Kicker | Patrik Niklas-Salminen | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 19/26 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 7/23 | 0% | 0/3 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 14/49 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 56% | 14/25 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 12/21 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 20% | 1/5 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 23/28 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 19/28 | 67% | 2/3 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kicker 1, Niklas-Salminen 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kicker
⚔️ The Gladiator
Niklas-Salminen
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 900 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Patrik Niklas-Salminen.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 20, 2025
Tampere
C Clay · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kicker | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–6 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.35 | 4.83 |
| ROI % | +24.0% | +126.0% |
| Units P/L | +3.12u | +2.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kicker | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ARG | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Thiago Cigarran
Antofagasta Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Milledge Cossu
Antofagasta Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Facundo Mena
Buenos Aires Challenger · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Hugo Dellien
Buenos Aires Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 23
Tomas Martinez
Buenos Aires Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 22
Maxim Mrva
Todi Challenger · Final
Aug 16
Marco Cecchinato
Todi Challenger · Semifinals
Aug 15
Francesco Passaro
Todi Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Niels Visker
Tampere Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Michael Vrbensky
Tampere Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Giorgio Tabacco
Internazionali Di Tennis - Citta'Di Vicenza · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 25
Pietro Bertasi
Internazionali Di Tennis - Citta'Di Vicenza · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Eero Vasa
Manama 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Nov 25
Daniil Golubev
Manama 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Nov 24
Nicolas Kicker
Tampere · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Valentin Royer
Mouilleron le Captif · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 2
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–49 matches
| Metric | Kicker | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 50% |
| Sets won | 53% | 46% |
| Games won | 53% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kicker | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kicker | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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