Juan Pablo Ficovich and Bjorn Fratangelo will fight against each other in the quarter of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bjorn Fratangelo who should win in 3 sets.
Bjorn Fratangelo -> 1.52
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Bjorn Fratangelo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fratangelo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Fratangelo won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in May 2022.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 11-9 | 21-21 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-33 | 5-7 | 36-22 | 0-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 139 (career-high), Pablo Ficovich reached the quarter after defeating Aidan Mchugh 6-2 6-2 and Roberto Quiroz w/o.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Quiroz (w/o). During the match, Pablo Ficovich and Quiroz scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 139 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Pablo Ficovich was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Regarding the service games, Pablo Ficovich was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Pablo Ficovich has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (299-207). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Ficovich has a composed4-5 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Pablo Ficovich’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Aguascalientes Challenger and the Bogota Challenger.
Pablo Ficovich has an aggregate 26-18 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Pablo Ficovich has never competed in this tournament before.
Bjorn Fratangelo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-17 | 7-8 | 6-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 13-10 | 12-7 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 25-20 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 201, Bjorn reached the quarter after defeating Michail Pervolarakis 6-4 6-0
and Hady Habib 6-3 5-7 6-2.In the 2nd round, Fratangelo defeated Habib (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match Fratangelo scored 95 points vs Habib’s 81. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Fratangelo blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Bjorn Fratangelo was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bjorn broke Habib 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bjorn has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Fratangelo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Traralgon Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 15-13 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Ficovich | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 45 |
| Pts | 63-37 | 160-121 |
| Total Points | 100 | 281 |
| Winners | 22 | 57 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Pablo Ficovich played 1 match while Fratangelo competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Bjorn Fratangelo surrendered 1 set while Juan Pablo Ficovich hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pablo Ficovich has played 3 set(s) less than Fratangelo (2 vs 5). Therefore, Pablo Ficovich played 29 games less than Fratangelo. Juan scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Bjorn recorded 57 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Ficovich | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 26/45 | 68/138 |
| %1st in | 58% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 57/68 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 40/70 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Pablo Ficovich recorded 5 aces . Fratangelo fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 85% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Fratangelo won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Ficovich | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 54% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Bjorn conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||
| R1 Mchugh | R2 Quiroz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | – | 16 | |
| pts | 63-37 | – | 63-37 | |
| Total points | 100 | – | 100 | |
| Winners | 22 | – | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | – | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | – | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/45 | – | 26/45 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | – | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | – | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | – | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | – | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | – | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | – | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | – | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | – | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Fratangelo | ||||
| R1 Pervolarakis | R2 Habib | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 45 | |
| pts | 65-40 | 95-81 | 160-121 | |
| Total points | 105 | 176 | 281 | |
| Winners | 19 | 38 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 23/51 | 45/87 | 68/138 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 52% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 38/45 | 57/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 23/42 | 40/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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