Cem Ilkel and Juan Pablo Ficovich will play each other in the 2nd round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on PISTA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cem Ilkel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.47
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 6-10 | 0-4 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-16 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 16-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-29 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 237, Ilkel got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-74 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round against Menendez-Maceiras, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 7-62). During the match, Ilkel scored 122 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 115. The Turk was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel recorded 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (45/62) of his 1st serve and 59% (35/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Cem broke Menendez-Maceiras 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Ilkel has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (364-262). 5-4 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ilkel has a composed 231-131 record in the last years on hard.
Ilkel’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.
Ilkel has an aggregate 27-17 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Juan Pablo Ficovich
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-18 | 2-3 | 18-13 | 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. 362, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Ryan Peniston 3-6 7-60 6-3.
In the 1st round against Peniston, Pablo Ficovich recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-60 6-3). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 100 points vs Peniston’s 91. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 66% of his first serves in, winning 73% (51/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Peniston 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Juan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Leon Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 11-17 win-loss record in 2023, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 31 |
| Pts | 122-115 | 100-91 |
| Total Points | 237 | 191 |
| Winners | 45 | 51 |
| %Winners | 37% | 51% |
Both Ilkel and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Cem Ilkel lost 1 set, while Juan Pablo Ficovich dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ilkel and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ilkel played 5 games more than Pablo Ficovich. The Turk scored 45 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine scored 51 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 62/121 | 70/106 |
| %1st in | 51% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 51/70 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 35/59 | 16/36 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 44% |
Ilkel made 9 aces . Pablo Ficovich managed to score 5 aces . Ilkel won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 122-115 | 122-115 | |
| Total points | 237 | 237 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/121 | 62/121 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 35/59 | 35/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-60 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-91 | 100-91 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 70/106 | 70/106 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 51/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 16/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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