Tim Smyczek vs Nicolas Kicker Tennis Prediction

These two players met once in the first round of ATP Houston two years back when the American fought back from a set down to edge the Argentinian in a three-set thriller. Though both are making their debut at Estoril this week, having already played two matches in the qualifying stages should help Smyczek make a better start.

Tim Smyczek News

Entering as the top seed in the qualifying stages, Tim Smyczek scored straight-set wins over two Portuguese players, Francisco Cabral and Federico Gil, to secure his main draw berth on his debut appearance.
These are two important wins for the American considering he was going through a four-match losing run before entering Estoril, which includes a disappointing straight-set loss in the qualifying stages of Miami, against Patrick Kypson.
Tim Smyczek, who has gone 12/12 so far in 2018, has got just one main draw win in a tour-level event so far in 2018, against Laslo Djere in Indian Wells, who is in a terrible form at the moment (2/10).

Nicolas Kicker News

Despite posting his career-best slam result at the Australian Open (R3) and Masters 1000 result in Indian Wells (R3), Nicolas Kicker has failed to win more than one match in any other seven tournaments that he entered so far in 2018.
Nicolas Kicker has registered over 300 wins on clay, and just seven on hard throughout his entire career but has got a better record (slightly) on the hard courts this season (4/5 vs. 3/4).

Tennis Prediction: Nicolas Kicker
Odds: 1.43