Nicolas Jarry and Juan Pablo Ficovich will square off in the semifinal of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Nicolas Jarry who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Jarry is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Jarry -> 1.33
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Jarry vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 3rd time that Nicolas Jarry and Juan Pablo Ficovich fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Jarry (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Jarry won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Santiago 2 Challenger back in October 2021.
Nicolas Jarry
Ranked no. 160, Jarry reached the semifinal after beating Alejandro Gomez 7-61 6-4, Pedro Sakamoto 6-3 6-4 and Hugo Dellien 7-63 7-65.
In the quarter, Jarry had a good straight sets win against Dellien (7-63 7-65). During the match, Jarry scored 90 points vs Dellien’s 86. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Jarry managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Nicolas Jarry was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (43/57) of his 1st serve and 64% (28/44) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jarry started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Jarry has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (294-198). 32-16 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Jarry has an aggregate235-124 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Salinas Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-6(7) 6-1 and in the Lima 2 Challenger where he beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-2 7-5.
The Chilean has a compiled 45-21 win-loss record in 2021, 32-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Ranked no. 285, Juan got to the semifinal after defeating Roberto Cid Subervi 5-7 6-4 6-0, Pedro Cachin 7-5 6-2 and Gustavo Heide 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, Pablo Ficovich had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-3 6-0). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 62 points vs Heide’s 39. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 64% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Heide 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo Ficovich started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Juan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Ambato Challenger.
Pablo Ficovich has an aggregate 14-14 win-loss record in 2021, 12-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jarry | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 63 |
| Pts | 233-195 | 226-168 |
| Total Points | 428 | 394 |
| Winners | 104 | 81 |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% |
Both Jarry and Pablo Ficovich played 3 matches. At the moment, Juan Pablo Ficovich dropped 1 set while Nicolas Jarry hasn’t lost a set so far. Jarry has played 1 set(s) less than Pablo Ficovich (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Jarry played 5 games more than Pablo Ficovich. The Chilean scored 104 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Juan struck 81 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jarry | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 126/218 | 107/204 |
| %1st in | 58% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 104/126 | 81/107 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 58/92 | 52/97 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Jarry scored 30 aces (10 per match). Pablo Ficovich made 13 aces (4.3 per match). Jarry won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 76% of the points on 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 | Jarry | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 15 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 30% | 54% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Nicolas broke his opponents 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Chilean pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Juan broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Jarry | |||||
| R1 Gomez |
R2 Sakamoto |
1/4 Dellien |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 26 | 68 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 63-47 | 90-86 | 233-195 | |
| Total points | 142 | 110 | 176 | 428 | |
| Winners | 30 | 31 | 43 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 36/55 | 57/101 | 126/218 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 65% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 31/36 | 43/57 | 104/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 86% | 75% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 11/19 | 28/44 | 58/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 58% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 50% | 0% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||||
| R1 Cid |
R2 Cachin |
1/4 Heide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-0 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 15 | 63 | |
| pts | 99-79 | 65-50 | 62-39 | 226-168 | |
| Total points | 178 | 115 | 101 | 394 | |
| Winners | 32 | 23 | 26 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/90 | 28/59 | 35/55 | 107/204 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 47% | 64% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 23/28 | 26/35 | 81/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 82% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/46 | 20/31 | 10/20 | 52/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 65% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 3/7 | 5/8 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 43% | 63% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 43% | – | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo DellienDellien (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luis David Martinez/Fernando RomboliDavid Martinez/Fernando Romboli – Facundo Juarez/Gonzalo VillanuevaJuarez/Gonzalo Villanueva (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-2) – H2H and prediction
