Ivan Denisov and Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros will face off in the qualifications of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros is the pick to win this match.
Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros -> 1.47
Ivan Denisov -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Ivan Denisov vs. Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros

There is no head to head record between Ivan Denisov and Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ivan Denisov

Ivan Denisov

1 - 2win/loss

Clay
1-2
Rank
High
LLWLWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-17 2-3 10-12 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 11-16 5-8 6-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 22-20 5-4 15-14 2-2 0-0 0-0
2022 18-23 9-13 9-7 0-3 0-0 0-0
2021 17-15 0-1 12-10 5-4 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Kosuke Ogura 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Ogura (6-2 6-1). During the match, Denisov scored 56 points vs Ogura’s 34. Ivan was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Denisov bagged 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ivan Denisov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ivan broke Ogura 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Denisov has a losing win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 47% of his matches (87-98). 1-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Denisov has an overall51-50 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Ivan has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida Challenger
Denisov's Record

Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros

Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-2
Rank
682
High
682
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-18 19-12 8-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 25-22 22-16 0-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2023 17-19 7-10 9-8 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 20-14 19-12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 22-13 20-11 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 757, the Mexican got to the qualifications after beating Gerardo Delgado 6-1 6-0.

In the qualifications, The Mexican had a good straight sets win against Delgado (6-1 6-0). During the match Fernando Rubio Fierros scored 56 points vs Delgado’s 28. The Mexican was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Fernando Rubio Fierros bagged 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 71% of his first serves in, win 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Fernando Rubio Fierros broke Delgado 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Alan has an overall 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Merida Challenger
Fernando Rubio Fierros's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

I.Denisov
A.Fernando Fierros
1h:07
1h:07
Time on court​
0h:50
0h:50
1h:07
1h:07
Last match​
!
0h:50
0h:50
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
13
13
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
56
56
Total points​
56
56
56
56
Avg point​
56
56
19
19
Winners
23
23
19
19
Avg Winners​
23
23
34%
34%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
4
4
Avg Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0
0
19/25
19/25
1st won total​
23/34
23/34
!
76%
76%
1st won %
68%
68%
11/17
11/17
2nd won total​
9/14
9/14
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
5/9
5/9
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
50%
50%
Won
!
56%
56%
2
2
Conceded
0
0
2
2
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Denisov Fernando Rubio Fierros
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 13
Pts 56-34 56-28
Total Points 90 84
Winners 19 23
%Winners 34% 41%

Both Denisov and Fernando Rubio Fierros played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Denisov and Fernando Rubio Fierros have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Denisov played 2 games more than Fernando Rubio Fierros. The Russian scored 19 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Mexican blasted 23 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Denisov Fernando Rubio Fierros
Aces 4 3
Avg per match 4 3
1st in 25/42 34/48
%1st in 60% 71%
1st pts 19/25 23/34
%1st pts 76% 68%
2nd pts 11/17 9/14
%2nd pts 65% 64%

Denisov scored 4 aces . Fernando Rubio Fierros fired 3 aces . Denisov won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Fernando Rubio Fierros won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Denisov Fernando Rubio Fierros
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/9
% Converted 50% 56%
Conceded 2 0
Saved 1 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 1 0

Denisov broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Mexican broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Denisov
Q1
Ogura
Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 56-34 56-34
Total points 90 90
Winners 19 19
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 25/42 25/42
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 19/25 19/25
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 11/17 11/17
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Fernando Rubio Fierros
Q1
Delgado
Total
Score 6-1 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 56-28 56-28
Total points 84 84
Winners 23 23
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 34/48 34/48
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 23/34 23/34
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 9/14 9/14
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0

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