Blaise Bicknell and Ignacio Buse will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Brasilia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.63
Ignacio Buse -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Blaise Bicknell vs. Ignacio Buse
This will be the 2nd time that Blaise Bicknell and Ignacio Buse square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bicknell (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Bicknell won 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 in the quarter in the Lima Challenger back in August 2023.
Blaise Bicknell
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 12-17 | 9-10 | 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. 430, Blaise got to the qualifications after defeating Keegan Smith 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Bicknell defeated Smith (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match, Bicknell scored 84 points vs Smith’s 70. The American was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bicknell recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Blaise Bicknell was quite effective on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Smith 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Bicknell has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (83-52). 20-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bicknell has an overall50-27 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 San Diego,M25 Laval and the Lima Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 32-13 win-loss record in 2023, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brasilia Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Ignacio Buse
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 45-25 | 3-3 | 42-21 | 0-1 | 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. 457 (career-high), Buse got to the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Oliveira 6-3 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Peruvian defeated Oliveira (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match Buse scored 92 points vs Oliveira’s 67. Buse was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Buse recorded 9 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Ignacio Buse was pretty effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Peruvian broke Oliveira 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Buse’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Mendoza and M25 Zapopan.
The Peruvian has an overall 31-17 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Bicknell | Buse |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 27 | 26 |
Pts | 84-70 | 92-67 |
Total Points | 154 | 159 |
Winners | 42 | 33 |
%Winners | 50% | 36% |
Both Bicknell and Buse played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Blaise Bicknell surrendered 1 set, while Ignacio Buse dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bicknell and Buse have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bicknell played 1 game more than Buse. Blaise scored 42 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian recorded 33 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Bicknell | Buse |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 9 |
Avg per match | 7 | 9 |
1st in | 53/77 | 37/66 |
%1st in | 69% | 56% |
1st pts | 42/53 | 33/37 |
%1st pts | 79% | 89% |
2nd pts | 16/24 | 18/29 |
%2nd pts | 67% | 62% |
Bicknell recorded 7 aces . Buse struck 9 aces . Bicknell won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Bicknell | Buse |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 4 |
Converted | 3/5 | 4/17 |
% Converted | 60% | 24% |
Conceded | 2 | 1 |
Saved | 1 | 0 |
% Saved | 50% | 0% |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Buse conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
Bicknell | |||
Q1 Smith |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 84-70 | 84-70 | |
Total points | 154 | 154 | |
Winners | 42 | 42 | |
%Winners | 50% | 50% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 53/77 | 53/77 | |
% 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
1st pts | 42/53 | 42/53 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Buse | |||
Q1 Oliveira |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 92-67 | 92-67 | |
Total points | 159 | 159 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 36% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 37/66 | 37/66 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
1st pts | 33/37 | 33/37 | |
% 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
% 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
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