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.

As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
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

Francisco Comesana

38 - 27win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
31-21
Grass
2-2
Rank
85
High
84
LWWWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-28 8-5 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.

Sao Paulo Challenger
Comesana's Record

Juan Pablo Ficovich

Juan Pablo Ficovich

41 - 33win/loss

Hard
5-7
I Hard
0-3
Clay
36-22
Grass
0-1
Rank
187
High
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. 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).

Sao Paulo Challenger
Pablo Ficovich's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Comesana
J.Pablo Ficovich
1h:08
1h:08
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
1h:08
1h:08
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
59
59
Total points​
61
61
59
59
Avg point​
61
61
30
30
Winners
24
24
30
30
Avg Winners​
24
24
51%
51%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
6
6
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
30/34
30/34
1st won total​
24/27
24/27
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
7/12
7/12
2nd won total​
13/18
13/18
58%
58%
2nd won %
!
72%
72%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
3/6
3/6
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
!
60%
60%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
1
1
0
0
Avg Conceded
1
1
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
1
1

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

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