Francisco Comesana and Juan Pablo Ficovich will face off in the 2nd round of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.48
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Comesana and Juan Pablo Ficovich face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pablo Ficovich (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pablo Ficovich won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Campinas Challenger back in October 2024.
Francisco Comesana
37 - 27win/loss
102
87
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-27 | 4-4 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Luz (6-3 6-2). During the match, Comesana scored 59 points vs Luz’s 38. Francisco was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Comesana bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Comesana was quite effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francisco broke Luz 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Comesana has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (263-146). 4-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Comesana has a compiled15-15 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he beat Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5 and the Buenos Aires Challenger where he beat Federico Coria in the final 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4.
Francisco has an overall 37-27 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Comesana has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
41 - 32win/loss
172
125
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-32 | 5-6 | 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. 172, Pablo Ficovich got to the 2nd round after defeating Remy Bertola 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Bertola (6-3 6-3). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 61 points vs Bertola’s 41. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Juan broke Bertola 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cali Challenger where he defeated Gonzalo Bueno in the final 6-1 6-4.
Pablo Ficovich has a composed 41-32 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 |
| Pts | 59-38 | 61-41 |
| Total Points | 97 | 102 |
| Winners | 30 | 24 |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% |
Both Comesana and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Comesana and Pablo Ficovich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Comesana played 1 game less than Pablo Ficovich. The Argentine scored 30 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich struck 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 34/46 | 27/45 |
| %1st in | 74% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 24/27 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 72% |
Comesana blasted 6 aces . Pablo Ficovich scored 5 aces . Comesana won 88% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Comesana | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Francisco broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Francisco pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Comesana | |||
| R1 Luz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 59-38 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 30/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Bertola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 61-41 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-3 6-72 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-66 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Hady HabibHabib – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Remy BertolaBertola (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Garrett JohnsJohns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction