Sebastian Baez and Juan Pablo Ficovich will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Santiago 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.31
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 3rd time that Sebastian Baez and Juan Pablo Ficovich play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Baez and Pablo Ficovich (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Baez won 7-5 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Argentina F6 (Buenos Aires) back in 2018.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 138 (career-high), Baez got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Alvarez 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alvarez (7-5 6-3). During the match, Baez scored 77 points vs Alvarez’s 59. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Baez lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 73% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Alvarez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Baez has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 70% of his matches (136-59). 38-11 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Baez has a composed123-52 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) and in the Santiago Challenger where he defeated Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in the Zagreb Challenger where he defeated Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Baez has an aggregate 40-13 win-loss record in 2021, 38-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 3 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Ranked no. 259, Pablo Ficovich got to the 2nd round after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Oliveira (6-3 6-1). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 68 points vs Oliveira’s 43. Juan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juan Pablo Ficovich was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pablo Ficovich broke Oliveira 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Ambato Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 8-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 |
| Pts | 77-59 | 68-43 |
| Total Points | 136 | 111 |
| Winners | 34 | 21 |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% |
Both Baez and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Baez and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Baez played 5 games more than Pablo Ficovich. Sebastian scored 34 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich managed to score 21 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 45/62 | 28/52 |
| %1st in | 73% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 21/28 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 14/24 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 58% |
Baez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pablo Ficovich struck 8 aces . Baez won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 75% 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 | Baez | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Sebastian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Baez surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | |||
| R1 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-59 | 77-59 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-43 | 68-43 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/52 | 28/52 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Santiago 3 Challenger
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Diego Fernandez FloresFernandez Flores – Rafael MatosMatos (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Julian LenzLenz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Matias SotoSoto (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Benjamin TorresTorres (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Fernandez FloresFernandez Flores – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-1) – H2H and prediction
