Juan Pablo Ficovich and Martin Klizan will face off in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Martin Klizan
There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Ficovich and Martin Klizan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
20 - 15win/loss
172
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. 233, Pablo Ficovich reached the 2nd round after beating Borna Coric 6-4 6-75 6-4.
In the 1st round, Juan defeated Coric (6-4 6-75 6-4).During the match, Pablo Ficovich scored less points (1) than Coric. In fact, the world no. 233 won 99 points vs Coric’s. That means that Pablo Ficovich was more focused during the important points. Pablo Ficovich was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pablo Ficovich struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 49% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Ficovich broke Coric 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Pablo Ficovich has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (322-244). 18-11 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Ficovich has a composed 281-189 record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Recife,the Merida Challenger and the Concepcion Challenger.
Pablo Ficovich has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
Martin Klizan
35 - 6win/loss
310
24
LWWLLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-21 | 13-3 | 35-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 6-4 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 466, Martin reached the 2nd round after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-3, Luka Mikrut 6-2 6-73 7-65 and Giulio Zeppieri 3-3 ret..
In the 1st round against Zeppieri, Martin had a free pass after Zeppieri retired on a 3-3 . scoreline.
Klizan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Telde,M25 Valldoreix and M25 Reggio Emilia.
The Slovakian has a composed 35-6 win-loss record in 2024, 22-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Ficovich | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 56 |
| Pts | 99-100 | 199-165 |
| Total Points | 199 | 364 |
| Winners | 33 | 65 |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% |
Pablo Ficovich played 1 match while Klizan competed in 3 matches. Klizan 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 1 set, while Martin Klizan lost 1 set. Pablo Ficovich has played 4 set(s) less than Klizan (3 vs 7). Therefore, Pablo Ficovich played 23 games less than Klizan. The Argentine scored 33 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 65 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Ficovich | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 51/104 | 96/187 |
| %1st in | 49% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 65/96 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 44/91 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 48% |
Pablo Ficovich scored 2 aces . Klizan made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 65% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Ficovich | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 14 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 14/22 |
| % Converted | 60% | 64% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 4 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Coric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 99-100 | 99-100 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/104 | 51/104 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Klizan | |||||
| Q1 Brancaccio |
Q3 Mikrut |
R1 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-73 7-65 | 3-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 34 | 6 | 56 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 115-104 | 24-21 | 199-165 | |
| Total points | 100 | 219 | 45 | 364 | |
| Winners | 16 | 40 | 9 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 35% | 38% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 59/110 | 12/27 | 96/187 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 54% | 44% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 16/25 | 40/59 | 9/12 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 68% | 75% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 27/51 | 4/15 | 44/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 27% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/11 | 2/3 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 55% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 60% | 170% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLLLWW Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Valentin RoyerRoyer (3-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (7-66 ret.) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Federico CinaCina (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (3-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac – Boris Arias/Federico ZeballosArias/Federico Zeballos (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (3-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Federico CinaCina (7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
