Thiago Moura Monteiro and Juan Pablo Ficovich will square off in the 2nd round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.27
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 2nd time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Juan Pablo Ficovich square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moura Monteiro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Moura Monteiro won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in the Lima Challenger back in 2019.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
Ranked no. 95, Thiago reached the 2nd round after beating Renzo Olivo 6-72 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round against Olivo, Thiago recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 7-64). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 117 points vs Olivo’s 106. Thiago was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moura Monteiro was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Moura Monteiro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Moura Monteiro put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Thiago broke Olivo 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Moura Monteiro has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (371-260). 20-16 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has an aggregate 307-193 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Braga Challenger where he beat Nikola Milojevic in the final 7-5 7-5.
Moura Monteiro has a composed 28-25 win-loss record in 2021, 20-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013, 2018 and 2019. See his history
.Juan Pablo Ficovich
Ranked no. 273, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Martin Cuevas 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Cuevas (6-3 6-2). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 66 points vs Cuevas’s 46. Pablo Ficovich was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (21/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Cuevas 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Juan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Ambato Challenger.
Juan has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2021, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moura Monteiro | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 17 |
| Pts | 117-106 | 66-46 |
| Total Points | 223 | 112 |
| Winners | 49 | 21 |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% |
Both Moura Monteiro and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. At the moment, Thiago Moura Monteiro dropped 1 set while Juan Pablo Ficovich hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moura Monteiro has played 1 set more than Pablo Ficovich (3 vs 2). Therefore, Moura Monteiro played 17 games more than Pablo Ficovich. Moura Monteiro scored 49 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Juan made 21 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moura Monteiro | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 75/110 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 21/29 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 10/20 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Moura Monteiro didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pablo Ficovich bagged 1 ace . Moura Monteiro won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moura Monteiro | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 60% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 64% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Thiago broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Moura Monteiro dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Ficovich broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moura Monteiro | |||
| R1 Olivo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 117-106 | 117-106 | |
| Total points | 223 | 223 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 75/110 | 75/110 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Cuevas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger
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- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CoriaCoria – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (3-6 7-64 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
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