Marco Cecchinato and Blaise Bicknell will play each other in the 1st round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.047
Blaise Bicknell -> 8.3
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Blaise Bicknell
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 0-2 | 22-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Cecchinato got to the 1st round after beating Kousuke Ogura 6-1 6-1 and Tomas Lipovsek Puches 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Lipovsek Puches (6-0 6-1). During the match, Cecchinato scored 52 points vs Lipovsek Puches’s 21. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Marco Cecchinato was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Lipovsek Puches 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cecchinato started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 69% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (391-271). 40-28 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cecchinato has an overall 351-190 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Cecchinato’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Lisbon Challenger and the Rio De Janeiro Challenger.
Marco has an aggregate 40-31 win-loss record in 2022, 40-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Blaise Bicknell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 6-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 805, the American reached the 1st round after defeating John Moncada Salazar 6-2 6-75 6-2 and Max Houkes 2-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Houkes, Bicknell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3).During the match Bicknell scored less points (1) than Houkes. In fact, the world no. 109 won 89 points vs Houkes’s. That means that Bicknell was more focused during the important points. The American was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Bicknell recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blaise Bicknell lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 72% of his first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Houkes 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Bicknell’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Lubbock.
Bicknell has an aggregate 27-17 win-loss record in 2022, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 58 |
| Pts | 108-48 | 189-166 |
| Total Points | 156 | 355 |
| Winners | 42 | 85 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Cecchinato and Bicknell played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Blaise Bicknell conceded 2 sets while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cecchinato has played 2 set(s) less than Bicknell (4 vs 6). Therefore, Cecchinato played 31 games less than Bicknell. The Italian scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Bicknell fired 85 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 56/74 | 117/174 |
| %1st in | 76% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 85/117 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 26/57 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 46% |
Cecchinato didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bicknell made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Cecchinato won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 58% | 56% |
| Conceded | 1 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Marco broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Blaise broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Blaise conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| Q1 Ogura |
Q3 Lipovsek Puches |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
| pts | 56-27 | 52-21 | 108-48 | |
| Total points | 83 | 73 | 156 | |
| Winners | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/37 | 28/37 | 56/74 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 20/28 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 6/9 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 67% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/10 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bicknell | ||||
| Q1 Moncada |
Q3 Houkes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-75 6-2 | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | 58 | |
| pts | 100-76 | 89-90 | 189-166 | |
| Total points | 176 | 179 | 355 | |
| Winners | 45 | 40 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 65/90 | 117/174 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 45/52 | 40/65 | 85/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 62% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 10/25 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 40% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 7/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 58% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
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