Juan Pablo Ficovich and James McCabe will play each other in the 1st round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO MAGICO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.35
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Ficovich and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 206, the Argentine will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in the Waco Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-6 7-6(8) to Muller in the 1st round on the 28th of February.
The Argentine has an overall 1-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Juan has an overall 306-226 record. He has a negative 18-27 record on hard.
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-28 | 40-22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308, James reached the 1st round after defeating Ivar Aramburu Contreras 6-3 6-0 and Keegan Smith 6-77 7-67 6-3.
In the qualifications against Smith, James recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 7-67 6-3). During the match McCabe scored 114 points vs Smith’s 108. James was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, McCabe made 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James McCabe was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (55/66) of his 1st serve and 64% (27/42) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Smith once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
McCabe’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 13-5 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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