Blaise Bicknell and Ignacio Buse will square off in the quarter of the Lima Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Blaise Bicknell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaise Bicknell is the pick to win this match.
Blaise Bicknell -> 1.87
Ignacio Buse -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Blaise Bicknell vs. Ignacio Buse
There is no head to head record between Blaise Bicknell and Ignacio Buse since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 559 (career-high), Bicknell got to the quarter after beating Victor Lilov 6-2 6-4 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Bicknell defeated Pablo Ficovich (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Bicknell scored 104 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 98. Blaise was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bicknell made 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Blaise Bicknell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 73% of his first serves in, winning 65% (51/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pablo Ficovich 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Bicknell has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (71-44). 5-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bicknell has a composed25-15 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Bicknell’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 San Diego and M25 Laval.
The American has an aggregate 20-5 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Blaise has never competed in this tournament before.
Ignacio Buse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-15 | 3-3 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 722, Buse got to the quarter after defeating Nicolas Buitrago 4-6 6-3 6-1, Justin Roberts 6-4 7-5, Daniel Dutra Da Silva 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 7-5 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Ignacio had a good straight sets win against Daniel Vallejo (7-5 7-64). During the match Buse scored 101 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 95. The Peruvian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Buse managed to score 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ignacio Buse lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Buse put 61% of his first serves in, winning 61% (43/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. Ignacio broke Daniel Vallejo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ignacio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Ignacio has an overall 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bicknell | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 99 |
| Pts | 166-142 | 369-319 |
| Total Points | 308 | 688 |
| Winners | 78 | 142 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Bicknell played 2 matches while Buse competed in 4 matches. Buse started his run from the qualifications while Bicknell had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Blaise Bicknell lost 1 set, while Ignacio Buse conceded 2 sets. Bicknell has played 5 set(s) less than Buse (5 vs 10). Therefore, Bicknell played 50 games less than Buse. Blaise scored 78 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Buse blasted 142 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bicknell | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 110/150 | 219/350 |
| %1st in | 73% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 78/110 | 142/219 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 64/131 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 49% |
Bicknell blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Buse scored 9 aces (2.3 per match). Bicknell won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bicknell | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 23 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 23/44 |
| % Converted | 42% | 52% |
| Conceded | 12 | 43 |
| Saved | 8 | 28 |
| % Saved | 67% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 15 |
Blaise broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Bicknell dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponents 23 times with a 52% conversion rate. Ignacio conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bicknell | ||||
| R1 Lilov |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 | 49 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 104-98 | 166-142 | |
| Total points | 106 | 202 | 308 | |
| Winners | 27 | 51 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/43 | 78/107 | 110/150 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 51/78 | 78/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 15/29 | 21/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 73% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Buse | ||||||
| Q1 Buitrago |
Q3 Roberts |
R1 Dutra Da Silva |
R2 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 99 | |
| pts | 90-73 | 87-73 | 91-78 | 101-95 | 369-319 | |
| Total points | 163 | 160 | 169 | 196 | 688 | |
| Winners | 25 | 39 | 35 | 43 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 45% | 38% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/76 | 53/79 | 55/79 | 71/116 | 219/350 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 67% | 70% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 39/53 | 35/55 | 43/71 | 142/219 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 74% | 64% | 61% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 12/26 | 11/24 | 20/45 | 64/131 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 46% | 46% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 4/8 | 7/13 | 5/9 | 23/44 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 54% | 56% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 43 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 7/9 | 6/11 | 12/16 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 78% | 55% | 75% | 126% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
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