Alexei Popyrin and Juan Pablo Ficovich will fight against each other in the quarter of the Parma Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Ficovich who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Ficovich is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.83
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.83
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 108, Alexei reached the quarter after defeating Juan Ignacio Londero 1-6 2-1 ret. and Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-4 6-4). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Muller’s 58. Popyrin was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexei Popyrin conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 70% of his first serves in, win 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexei broke Muller twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Popyrin has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (156-105). 4-4 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popyrin has a 48-32 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Alexei has a 9-11 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Parma Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Parma Challenger in 2019.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Ranked no. 206, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Matteo Arnaldi 4-6 6-1 6-0, Danilo Petrovic 6-3 7-65 and Mitchell Krueger 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-1 6-4). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 74 points vs Krueger’s 55. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich bagged 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Juan Pablo Ficovich was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juan broke Krueger 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Morelos Challenger.
Juan has a 14-13 win-loss record in 2020, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Parma Challenger
Juan didn’t play in the Parma Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 82 |
| Pts | 65-58 | 240-177 |
| Total Points | 123 | 417 |
| Winners | 33 | 99 |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% |
Popyrin played 1 match while Pablo Ficovich competed in 4 matches. Pablo Ficovich started his run from the qualifications while Popyrin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Juan Pablo Ficovich lost 3 sets while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popyrin has played 7 set(s) less than Pablo Ficovich (2 vs 9). Therefore, Popyrin played 62 games less than Pablo Ficovich. The Australian scored 33 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich blasted 99 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 133/195 |
| %1st in | 70% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 99/133 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 36/62 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 58% |
Popyrin recorded 6 aces . Pablo Ficovich managed to score 12 aces (3 per match). Popyrin won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 12 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 40% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Alexei broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Juan broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Londero |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 20 | 30 | |
| pts | 26-36 | 65-58 | 91-94 | |
| Total points | 62 | 123 | 185 | |
| Winners | 14 | 33 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 51% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/39 | 42/60 | 62/99 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 14/20 | 33/42 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/19 | 9/18 | 14/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 50% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 2/5 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | – | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||||
| Q1 Arnaldi |
Q3 Machac |
R1 Petrovic |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-65 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 82 | |
| pts | 85-57 | – | 81-65 | 74-55 | 240-177 | |
| Total points | 142 | 0 | 146 | 129 | 417 | |
| Winners | 36 | 38 | 25 | 99 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | NAN% | 47% | 34% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 46/64 | / | 52/70 | 35/61 | 133/195 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | NAN% | 74% | 57% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | / | 38/52 | 25/35 | 99/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | NAN% | 73% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | / | 9/18 | 15/26 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | NAN% | 50% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 5/13 | / | 3/8 | 4/9 | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 38% | NAN% | 38% | 44% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 4/6 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 67% | 80% | 107% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
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