Juan Pablo Ficovich and Johan Nikles will face off in the quarter of the Ambato Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Ficovich who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Ficovich is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.36
Johan Nikles -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Johan Nikles
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Johan Nikles play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nikles (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Nikles won 6-4 7-6(6) in the quarter in Switzerland F3 (Sion) back in 2018.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Ranked no. 236, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Daniel Espin Perez 6-1 6-0 and Alejandro Gomez 6-2 7-611.
In the 2nd round, Pablo Ficovich had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-2 7-611). During the match, Pablo Ficovich scored 76 points vs Gomez’s 58. Pablo Ficovich was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pablo Ficovich blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Juan Pablo Ficovich was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gomez 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo Ficovich started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Pablo Ficovich has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (267-182). 4-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Pablo Ficovich has a composed249-158 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Juan has a compiled 6-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Pablo Ficovich has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 410, Nikles got to the quarter after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 7-5 7-67 and Pedro Sakamoto 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-3 6-4). During the match Nikles scored 68 points vs Sakamoto’s 58. Johan was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Sakamoto 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Majadahonda and M15 Genova.
Nikles has a compiled 35-20 win-loss record in 2021, 33-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Ficovich | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 44 |
| Pts | 132-83 | 151-135 |
| Total Points | 215 | 286 |
| Winners | 54 | 68 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Pablo Ficovich and Nikles played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pablo Ficovich and Nikles have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pablo Ficovich played 10 games less than Nikles. Juan scored 54 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Johan fired 68 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Ficovich | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/105 | 99/151 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 54/62 | 68/99 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 28/52 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Pablo Ficovich scored 16 aces (8 per match). Nikles blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 87% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Ficovich | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 73% | 41% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Juan broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Johan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||
| R1 Espin Perez |
R2 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 7-611 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 21 | 34 | |
| pts | 56-25 | 76-58 | 132-83 | |
| Total points | 81 | 134 | 215 | |
| Winners | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 20/38 | 42/67 | 62/105 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/20 | 35/42 | 54/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 83% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 16/25 | 27/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/3 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 100% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikles | ||||
| R1 Martin |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-67 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 44 | |
| pts | 83-77 | 68-58 | 151-135 | |
| Total points | 160 | 126 | 286 | |
| Winners | 36 | 32 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 46/69 | 99/151 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 32/46 | 68/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 13/23 | 28/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 6/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 86% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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