Tristan Boyer and Juan Pablo Ficovich will play each other in the final of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tristan Boyer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tristan Boyer is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Boyer -> 1.51
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Tristan Boyer vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
There is no head to head record between Tristan Boyer and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tristan Boyer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-29 | 15-12 | 27-15 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-23 | 15-11 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 11-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, Tristan got to the final after beating Alafia Ayeni 6-0 6-3, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-1 7-5, Dmitry Popko 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Nick Hardt 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter against Popko, Tristan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Boyer scored 76 points vs Popko’s 74. Boyer was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Boyer blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tristan Boyer lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Boyer put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Boyer broke Popko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Boyer has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (95-73). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Boyer has an overall47-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Boyer’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger.
Boyer has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Boyer has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
9 - 7win/loss
187
125
LWLLLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 5-7 | 36-22 | 0-3 | 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. 237, Pablo Ficovich got to the final after defeating Emiliano Aguilera 6-3 6-1, Gerard Campana Lee 6-2 6-2, Stefan Kozlov 7-66 6-2 and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal against Alejandro Dellien Velasco, Pablo Ficovich recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 96 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 90. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 61% of his first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Ficovich broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Juan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Recife.
The Argentine has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Boyer | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 81 |
| Pts | 277-209 | 279-212 |
| Total Points | 486 | 491 |
| Winners | 111 | 97 |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% |
Both Boyer and Pablo Ficovich played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tristan Boyer dropped 1 set, while Juan Pablo Ficovich surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Boyer and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Boyer played 6 games less than Pablo Ficovich. Boyer scored 111 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine struck 97 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Boyer | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 149/245 | 136/238 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 111/149 | 97/136 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 54/96 | 60/102 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Boyer made 13 aces (3.3 per match). Pablo Ficovich managed to score 7 aces (1.8 per match). Boyer won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Boyer | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 18 |
| Converted | 16/35 | 18/32 |
| % Converted | 46% | 56% |
| Conceded | 18 | 15 |
| Saved | 13 | 8 |
| % Saved | 72% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
The American broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Ficovich broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Boyer | |||||
| R1 Ayeni |
R2 Pacheco |
1/4 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 7-5 | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 24 | 58 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 67-49 | 76-74 | 203-155 | |
| Total points | 92 | 116 | 150 | 358 | |
| Winners | 23 | 26 | 29 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 31/55 | 45/78 | 105/177 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 26/31 | 29/45 | 78/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 84% | 64% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/24 | 20/33 | 42/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 46% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 | 3/9 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||||
| R1 Aguilera |
R2 Campana Lee |
1/4 Kozlov |
1/2 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-66 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 81 | |
| pts | 61-33 | 56-33 | 66-56 | 96-90 | 279-212 | |
| Total points | 94 | 89 | 122 | 186 | 491 | |
| Winners | 20 | 18 | 26 | 33 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 32% | 39% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 20/46 | 38/63 | 54/88 | 136/238 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 43% | 60% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 18/20 | 26/38 | 33/54 | 97/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 90% | 68% | 61% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 14/26 | 15/25 | 17/34 | 60/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 54% | 60% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/8 | 4/5 | 5/14 | 18/32 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 63% | 80% | 36% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 5/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | 56% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
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