Steve Johnson and Juan Pablo Ficovich will face off in the quarter of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.27
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Johnson got to the quarter after beating Gastao Elias 5-7 6-3 7-5 and Mitchell Krueger 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Johnson had a good straight sets win against Krueger (7-5 6-3). During the match, Johnson scored 77 points vs Krueger’s 61. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson made 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Johnson broke Krueger 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Johnson has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (288-237). 19-17 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Johnson has a composed 174-136 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Johnson’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
Steve has an overall 30-26 win-loss record in 2022, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Juan Pablo Ficovich
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-17 | 2-3 | 18-12 | 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. 148, Pablo Ficovich reached the quarter after beating Paul Jubb 6-3 7-5 and Gabriel Diallo 3-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Diallo, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4).During the match Pablo Ficovich scored less points (2) than Diallo. In fact, the world no. 119 won 96 points vs Diallo’s. That means that Pablo Ficovich was more focused during the important points. Juan was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juan Pablo Ficovich was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (50/64) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Diallo once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Aguascalientes Challenger and the Bogota Challenger.
Pablo Ficovich has a compiled 31-27 win-loss record in 2022, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 53 |
| Pts | 183-160 | 168-154 |
| Total Points | 343 | 322 |
| Winners | 67 | 76 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Johnson and Pablo Ficovich played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Steve Johnson dropped 1 set, while Juan Pablo Ficovich dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Johnson and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Johnson played 1 game more than Pablo Ficovich. Johnson scored 67 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Juan fired 76 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 92/178 | 103/156 |
| %1st in | 52% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 67/92 | 76/103 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 56/86 | 29/53 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 55% |
Johnson recorded 20 aces (10 per match). Pablo Ficovich fired 8 aces (4 per match). Johnson won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 29% | 33% |
| Conceded | 18 | 10 |
| Saved | 16 | 6 |
| % Saved | 89% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Johnson broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | ||||
| R1 Elias |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 21 | 54 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 77-61 | 183-160 | |
| Total points | 205 | 138 | 343 | |
| Winners | 37 | 30 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 55/117 | 37/61 | 92/178 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 61% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 30/37 | 67/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 81% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 41/62 | 15/24 | 56/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 63% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/11 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 27% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 12/13 | 4/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 80% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||
| R1 Jubb |
R2 Diallo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 32 | 53 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 96-98 | 168-154 | |
| Total points | 128 | 194 | 322 | |
| Winners | 26 | 50 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 52% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 64/95 | 103/156 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 50/64 | 76/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 78% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 18/31 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 1/7 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 14% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 80% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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