Tristan Boyer and Juan Pablo Ficovich will play each other in the final of the Merida Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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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