Juan Pablo Ficovich and Stefanos Sakellaridis will square off in the semifinal of the Concepcion Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Ficovich who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Ficovich is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.29
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Stefanos Sakellaridis

There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Ficovich and Stefanos Sakellaridis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Juan Pablo Ficovich

Ranked no. 246, the Argentine got to the semifinal after defeating Guido Ivan Justo 6-0 6-7⁵ 6-3, Juan Bautista Torres 6-1 6-4 and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-1 3-6 7-6⁵.

In the quarter, The Argentine defeated Carlos Prado Angelo (6-1 3-6 7-6⁵). During the match, Pablo Ficovich scored 94 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 89. Pablo Ficovich was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pablo Ficovich scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Ficovich broke Carlos Prado Angelo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Juan has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Pablo Ficovich has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (317-240). 13-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Ficovich has an overall 276-185 record in the last years on clay.

Pablo Ficovich’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Recife and the Merida Challenger.

Pablo Ficovich has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Concepcion Challenger

Stefanos Sakellaridis

Ranked no. 429, Stefanos reached the semifinal after defeating Ignacio Carou 6-3 4-0 ret., Gabriel Decamps 6-4 6-4, Gonzalo Villanueva 6-3 6-4, Ergi Kirkin 6-3 3-6 7-5 and Facundo Mena 6-4 0-6 6-3.

In the quarter, The Greek defeated Mena (6-4 0-6 6-3). During the match Sakellaridis scored 77 points vs Mena’s 75. Stefanos was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakellaridis scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Stefanos Sakellaridis lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakellaridis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Sakellaridis broke Mena 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Greek’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M15 Hinode.

Stefanos has an overall 24-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Concepcion Challenger

The Greek has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pablo Ficovich	Sakellaridis
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	13
Tot Games	74	107
Pts	280-239	361-304
Total Points	519	665
Winners	89	136
%Winners	32%	38%

Pablo Ficovich played 3 matches while Sakellaridis competed in 5 matches. Sakellaridis started his run from the qualifications while Pablo Ficovich had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost 2 sets, while Stefanos Sakellaridis lost 2 sets. Pablo Ficovich has played 5 set(s) less than Sakellaridis (8 vs 13). Therefore, Pablo Ficovich played 33 games less than Sakellaridis. Juan scored 89 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Sakellaridis struck 136 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pablo Ficovich	Sakellaridis
Aces	4	23
Avg per match	1.3	4.6
1st in	137/226	192/320
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	89/137	136/192
%1st pts	65%	71%
2nd pts	45/89	73/128
%2nd pts	51%	57%

Pablo Ficovich blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Sakellaridis managed to score 23 aces (4.6 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 65% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sakellaridis won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pablo Ficovich	Sakellaridis
Won	18	19
Converted	18/39	19/41
% Converted	46%	46%
Conceded	19	20
Saved	10	8
% Saved	53%	40%
Times Broken	9	12

The Argentine broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Stefanos broke his opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Pablo Ficovich
	R1 Ivan Justo	R2 Bautista Torres	1/4 Carlos Prado Angelo	Total
Score	6-0 6-75 6-3	6-1 6-4	6-1 3-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	28	17	29	74
pts	119-98	67-52	94-89	280-239
Total points	217	119	183	519
Winners	29	29	31	89
%Winners	24%	43%	33%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	1	4
Double Faults	0	0	7	7
1st in	46/85	42/62	49/79	137/226
% 1st in	54%	68%	62%	61%
1st pts	29/46	29/42	31/49	89/137
% 1st pts	63%	69%	63%	65%
2nd pts	21/39	8/20	16/30	45/89
% 2nd pts	54%	40%	53%	51%
Breaks
Won	8	5	5	18
Converted	8/20	5/9	5/10	18/39
Converted %	40%	56%	50%	46%
Conceded	7	8	4	19
Saved	4/7	6/8	0/4	10
Saved %	57%	75%	0%	44%
Times Broken	3	2	4	9

Sakellaridis
	Q1 Carou	Q3 Decamps	R1 Villanueva	R2 Kirkin	1/4 Mena	Total
Score	6-3 4-0 ret.	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-3 3-6 7-5	6-4 0-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	3	12
Tot Games	13	20	19	30	25	107
pts	52-31	75-59	63-48	94-91	77-75	361-304
Total points	83	134	111	185	152	665
Winners	16	29	27	40	24	136
%Winners	31%	39%	43%	43%	31%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	12	2	2	23
Double Faults	0	2	2	0	4	8
1st in	19/35	48/73	33/53	54/88	38/71	192/320
% 1st in	54%	66%	62%	61%	54%	60%
1st pts	16/19	29/48	27/33	40/54	24/38	136/192
% 1st pts	84%	60%	82%	74%	63%	71%
2nd pts	13/16	11/25	11/20	19/34	19/33	73/128
% 2nd pts	81%	44%	55%	56%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	6	3	3	4	19
Converted	3/7	6/11	3/6	3/9	4/8	19/41
Converted %	43%	55%	50%	33%	50%	46%
Conceded	0	9	1	3	7	20
Saved	0/0	5/9	0/1	1/3	2/7	8
Saved %	–	56%	0%	33%	29%	39%
Times Broken	0	4	1	2	5	12

Tennis Scores in Concepcion Challenger

• Jose PereiraPereira – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-1 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-6 6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw