Gustavo Heide and Juan Pablo Ficovich will square off in the 2nd round of the Brasilia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Gustavo Heide who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.6
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 3rd time that Gustavo Heide and Juan Pablo Ficovich face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Heide and Pablo Ficovich (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Heide won 6-3 6-0 in the final in M25 Trujillo back in August 2023.
Gustavo Heide
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-22 | 9-5 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-13 | 3-2 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-14 | 4-5 | 27-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 248, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after beating Tomas Barrios Vera 7-67 6-4.
In the 1st round, Heide had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (7-67 6-4). During the match, Heide scored 73 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 66. Gustavo was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Heide bagged 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gustavo Heide was quite effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gustavo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tomas Barrios Vera twice.
Heide has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (102-53). 8-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Heide has a composed15-10 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he beat Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final w/o.
Heide has a composed 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brasilia 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. 282, Pablo Ficovich got to the 2nd round after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Pablo Ficovich had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-1 6-2). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 64 points vs Sakamoto’s 41. Juan was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 61% of his first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Leon Challenger,the Pozoblanco Challenger and M25 Trujillo.
The Argentine has a composed 25-31 win-loss record in 2023, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Heide | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 |
| Pts | 73-66 | 64-41 |
| Total Points | 139 | 105 |
| Winners | 32 | 26 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Both Heide and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Heide and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Heide played 8 games more than Pablo Ficovich. Gustavo scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Heide | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8 |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 30/49 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 26/30 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 9/19 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 47% |
Heide struck 10 aces . Pablo Ficovich bagged 8 aces . Heide won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Heide | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Heide conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Heide | |||
| R1 Tomas Barrios Vera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 73-66 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 41/66 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-41 | 64-41 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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