Fernando Verdasco and Juan Pablo Ficovich will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.57
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 170, Fernando got to the 2nd round after beating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Verdasco had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (6-4 6-1). During the match, Verdasco scored 63 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 40. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Fernando Verdasco was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fernando broke Pucinelli De Almeida 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Verdasco has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (214-204). 2-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has a composed 87-70 match record in the last years on clay.
Fernando has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 35-27 | 4-6 | 31-19 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-33 | 15-13 | 11-18 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 32-32 | 6-11 | 23-15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 17-19 | 4-3 | 13-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 236, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Michel Vernier 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Vernier (6-1 6-3). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 56 points vs Vernier’s 25. Juan was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich recorded 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Juan Pablo Ficovich was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Vernier 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Argentine has a compiled 2-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Verdasco | Pablo Ficovich |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
Pts | 63-40 | 56-25 |
Total Points | 103 | 81 |
Winners | 27 | 21 |
%Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Verdasco and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Verdasco played 1 game more than Pablo Ficovich. The Spaniard scored 27 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Juan struck 21 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Verdasco | Pablo Ficovich |
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Aces | 1 | 3 |
Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
1st in | 37/58 | 27/38 |
%1st in | 64% | 71% |
1st pts | 27/37 | 21/27 |
%1st pts | 73% | 78% |
2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/11 |
%2nd pts | 62% | 82% |
Verdasco bagged 1 ace . Pablo Ficovich also managed to score 3 aces . Verdasco won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 82% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Verdasco | Pablo Ficovich |
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Won | 4 | 5 |
Converted | 4/5 | 5/7 |
% Converted | 80% | 71% |
Conceded | 7 | 1 |
Saved | 6 | 0 |
% Saved | 86% | 0% |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Verdasco broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Verdasco lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
Verdasco | |||
R1 Pucinelli De Almeida | Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
Total points | 103 | 103 | |
Winners | 27 | 27 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
% 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Pablo Ficovich | |||
R1 Vernier | Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 56-25 | 56-25 | |
Total points | 81 | 81 | |
Winners | 21 | 21 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
% 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
% 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger
- Cristian RodriguezRodriguez – Boris AriasArias (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Orlando LuzLuz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-64 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-73 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Andrej MartinMartin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Michel VernierVernier (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Darian KingKing (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Federico ZeballosZeballos (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Pedro CachinCachin (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (1-2) – H2H and prediction