Juan Pablo Ficovich and Gonzalo Bueno will square off in the final of the Cali Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:20 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Bueno who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Bueno is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Bueno -> 1.86
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Gonzalo Bueno
This will be the 4th time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Gonzalo Bueno face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Bueno (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Bueno won 6-4 6-0 in the final in the Concepcion Challenger back in April 2024.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
35 - 25win/loss
172
125
WLLLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-32 | 5-6 | 36-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-13 | 11-18 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-32 | 6-11 | 23-15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 4-3 | 13-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 261, the Argentine reached the final after beating Peter Bertran 6-4 4-6 6-0, Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-7(5) 6-3 5-1 ret., Juan Bautista Torres 6-1 6-7(4) 6-2 and Hugo Dellien 5-7 6-1 7-5.
In the semifinal against Dellien, Pablo Ficovich recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-5). During the match, Pablo Ficovich scored 111 points vs Dellien’s 98. Pablo Ficovich was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pablo Ficovich blasted 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Ficovich broke Dellien 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 3 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Pablo Ficovich has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (336-254). 30-17 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Ficovich has an overall 293-195 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Pablo Ficovich’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Recife,the Merida Challenger and the Concepcion Challenger.
Juan has an aggregate 34-25 win-loss record in 2024, 30-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Gonzalo Bueno
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-29 | 0-0 | 35-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-28 | 2-1 | 38-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, Gonzalo got to the final after defeating Renzo Olivo 6-3 6-3, Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-4 3-6 6-3, Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-7(1) 6-1 6-2 and Andrea Collarini 6-4 6-1.
In the semifinal, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-4 6-1). During the match Bueno scored 57 points vs Collarini’s 37. Bueno was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Bueno scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Bueno lost the serve once. Furthermore, Bueno put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Collarini 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gonzalo has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Buenos Aires Challenger where he overcame Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 2-6 7-6(4) and the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-4 6-0.
The Peruvian has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 31-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Ficovich | Bueno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 113 | 91 |
| Pts | 411-341 | 314-255 |
| Total Points | 752 | 569 |
| Winners | 140 | 133 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Both Pablo Ficovich and Bueno played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost 4 sets, while Gonzalo Bueno dropped 2 sets. Pablo Ficovich has played 3 sets more than Bueno (13 vs 10). Therefore, Pablo Ficovich played 22 games more than Bueno. The Argentine scored 140 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian managed to score 133 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Ficovich | Bueno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 194/372 | 192/292 |
| %1st in | 52% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 140/194 | 133/192 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 98/178 | 57/100 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Pablo Ficovich recorded 22 aces (5.5 per match). Bueno scored 2 aces (0.5 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Bueno won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Ficovich | Bueno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 17 |
| Converted | 21/42 | 17/31 |
| % Converted | 50% | 55% |
| Conceded | 29 | 20 |
| Saved | 20 | 14 |
| % Saved | 69% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 6 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 21 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Bueno broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bueno conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||||
| R1 Bertran |
R2 Andres Burruchaga |
1/4 Bautista Torres |
1/2 Dellien |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-0 | 6-75 6-3 5-1 ret. | 6-1 6-74 6-2 | 5-7 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 113 | |
| pts | 98-79 | 108-93 | 94-71 | 111-98 | 411-341 | |
| Total points | 177 | 201 | 165 | 209 | 752 | |
| Winners | 30 | 40 | 24 | 46 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 26% | 41% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 36/77 | 57/106 | 34/79 | 67/110 | 194/372 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 54% | 43% | 61% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 40/57 | 24/34 | 46/67 | 140/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 71% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/41 | 25/49 | 24/45 | 25/43 | 98/178 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 51% | 53% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/11 | 8/9 | 4/9 | 21/42 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 45% | 89% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 6/8 | 2/6 | 9/11 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 33% | 82% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Bueno | ||||||
| R1 Olivo |
R2 Agustin |
1/4 Emanuel |
1/2 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-71 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 91 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 92-88 | 96-79 | 57-37 | 314-255 | |
| Total points | 120 | 180 | 175 | 94 | 569 | |
| Winners | 23 | 45 | 42 | 23 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 49% | 44% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 64/98 | 61/90 | 33/49 | 192/292 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 65% | 68% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 45/64 | 42/61 | 23/33 | 133/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 17/34 | 17/29 | 11/16 | 57/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 59% | 69% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/4 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 75% | 50% | 80% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 8/10 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 80% | 83% | 0% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
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