Hugo Grenier and Juan Pablo Ficovich will square off in the 2^nd round of the Granby Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.61
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich

This will be the 2^nd time that Hugo Grenier and Juan Pablo Ficovich clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Grenier won 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(3) in the final in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in 2023.

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 164, Hugo got to the 2^nd round after beating Clement Chidekh 6-3 7-6(9).

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Chidekh (6-3 7-6⁹). During the match, Grenier scored 83 points vs Chidekh’s 75. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Grenier bagged 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (41/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Grenier broke Chidekh twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Grenier has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (356-267). 13-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Grenier has a compiled 195-100 record in the last years on hard.

Grenier has an overall 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Granby Challenger

Grenier has never competed in this tournament before.

Juan Pablo Ficovich

Ranked no. 220, Juan got to the 2^nd round after defeating Blaise Bicknell 6-1 6-3 and Hugo Grenier .

In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Bicknell (6-1 6-3). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 57 points vs Bicknell’s 36. Pablo Ficovich was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Bicknell 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

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

Juan has an overall 23-19 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Pablo Ficovich
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	16
Pts	83-75	57-36
Total Points	158	93
Winners	41	24
%Winners	49%	42%

Both Grenier and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Grenier and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Grenier played 6 games more than Pablo Ficovich. Grenier scored 41 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Juan bagged 24 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Pablo Ficovich
Aces	10	5
Avg per match	10	5
1st in	56/88	26/43
%1st in	64%	60%
1st pts	41/56	24/26
%1st pts	73%	92%
2nd pts	15/32	9/17
%2nd pts	47%	53%

Grenier made 10 aces . Pablo Ficovich bagged 5 aces . Grenier won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Pablo Ficovich
Won	2	4
Converted	2/4	4/5
% Converted	50%	80%
Conceded	6	1
Saved	5	1
% Saved	83%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Hugo broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Ficovich broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Juan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Grenier
	R1 Chidekh	Total
Score	6-3 7-69
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	83-75	83-75
Total points	158	158
Winners	41	41
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	56/88	56/88
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	41/56	41/56
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	15/32	15/32
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Pablo Ficovich
	R1 Bicknell	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	57-36	57-36
Total points	93	93
Winners	24	24
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	26/43	26/43
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	24/26	24/26
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	9/17	9/17
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Granby Challenger

• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-7² 6-1) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-6⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Cleeve HarperHarper (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Mark LajalLajal (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-3 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Taha BaadiBaadi (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Adam WaltonWalton (4-6 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Justin BoulaisBoulais – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Liam DraxlDraxl (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Cleeve HarperHarper (7-5 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

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