Facundo Bagnis and Thiago Agustin Tirante will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Ambato Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Bagnis is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.42
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Bagnis and Thiago Agustin Tirante clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Bagnis won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in September 2022.
Facundo Bagnis
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-15 | 1-3 | 29-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-27 | 4-6 | 23-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 46-29 | 9-9 | 37-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 38-23 | 2-5 | 35-16 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114, Bagnis reached the semifinal after defeating Arklon Huertas Del Pino 6-3 7-60, Nikola Milojevic 7-66 6-4 and Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Fa Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-3). During the match, Bagnis scored 63 points vs Fa Rodriguez Taverna’s 49. Bagnis was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bagnis managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Bagnis was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Fa Rodriguez Taverna twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bagnis has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (385-249). 29-17 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bagnis has a compiled 360-206 match record in the last years on clay.
Bagnis’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger.
Facundo has an aggregate 36-26 win-loss record in 2022, 29-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 33-29 | 3-3 | 26-22 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 43-31 | 13-10 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 28-31 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 35-23 | 8-4 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 35-17 | 17-5 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Thiago got to the semifinal after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 7-63 7-5, Kiranpal Pannu 6-2 6-2 and Facundo Mena 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-2 7-5). During the match Agustin scored 72 points vs Mena’s 59. Thiago was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Agustin recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thiago broke Mena 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Lima Challenger.
The Argentine has an aggregate 26-26 win-loss record in 2022, 24-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Bagnis | Agustin |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
Tot Games | 64 | 61 |
Pts | 192-158 | 199-156 |
Total Points | 350 | 355 |
Winners | 100 | 98 |
%Winners | 52% | 49% |
Both Bagnis and Agustin played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bagnis and Agustin have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Bagnis played 3 games more than Agustin. The Argentine scored 100 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Agustin made 98 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Bagnis | Agustin |
---|---|---|
Aces | 20 | 15 |
Avg per match | 6.7 | 5 |
1st in | 120/179 | 123/193 |
%1st in | 67% | 64% |
1st pts | 100/120 | 98/123 |
%1st pts | 83% | 80% |
2nd pts | 41/59 | 41/70 |
%2nd pts | 69% | 59% |
Bagnis fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Agustin scored 15 aces (5 per match). Bagnis won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Agustin won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Bagnis | Agustin |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 9 |
Converted | 4/12 | 9/16 |
% Converted | 33% | 56% |
Conceded | 2 | 13 |
Saved | 2 | 12 |
% Saved | 100% | 92% |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Facundo extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Thiago conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
Bagnis | |||||
R1 Huertas Del Pino |
R2 Milojevic |
1/4 Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-60 | 7-66 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 19 | 64 | |
pts | 62-46 | 67-63 | 63-49 | 192-158 | |
Total points | 108 | 130 | 112 | 350 | |
Winners | 32 | 38 | 30 | 100 | |
%Winners | 52% | 57% | 48% | 52% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
1st in | 35/57 | 47/64 | 38/58 | 120/179 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 73% | 66% | 67% | |
1st pts | 32/35 | 38/47 | 30/38 | 100/120 | |
% 1st pts | 91% | 81% | 79% | 83% | |
2nd pts | 16/22 | 11/17 | 14/20 | 41/59 | |
% 2nd pts | 73% | 65% | 70% | 69% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Converted | 1/1 | 1/6 | 2/5 | 4/12 | |
Converted % | 100% | 17% | 40% | 33% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agustin | |||||
R1 Guillen Meza |
R2 Pannu |
1/4 Mena |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-63 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 20 | 61 | |
pts | 69-63 | 58-34 | 72-59 | 199-156 | |
Total points | 132 | 92 | 131 | 355 | |
Winners | 34 | 27 | 37 | 98 | |
%Winners | 49% | 47% | 51% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
1st in | 42/70 | 30/47 | 51/76 | 123/193 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 64% | 67% | 64% | |
1st pts | 34/42 | 27/30 | 37/51 | 98/123 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 90% | 73% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 18/28 | 9/17 | 14/25 | 41/70 | |
% 2nd pts | 64% | 53% | 56% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 9/16 | |
Converted % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 56% | |
Conceded | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 10/10 | 12 | |
Saved % | 67% | – | 100% | 56% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Ambato Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Facundo MenaMena (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Miljan ZekicZekic (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-2) – H2H and prediction