Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. He plays mainly on the

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. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 4 singles titles, and 1 doubles title on the

, but also 14 singles titles, and 7 doubles titles on the

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Career

His best Grand Slam result is reaching the third round of the

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where he played against

Márton Fucsovics Márton Fucsovics (, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player. Early life Fucsovics started playing t ...

. In 2018, Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021. He returned to the Tour at the 2021 Córdoba Open with a wildcard.

Challenger and Futures titles

Singles titles: 18

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* * 1992 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis controversies Match fixers Match fixing in tennis Sportspeople from Merlo Partido Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub

Career

Challenger and Futures titles

Singles titles: 18

See also

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