Hugo Dellien and Juan Pablo Ficovich will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Merida Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 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 Hugo Dellien who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Dellien is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Dellien -> 1.39
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Dellien vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
This will be the 6th time that Hugo Dellien and Juan Pablo Ficovich face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Dellien (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Dellien won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in Rio de janeiro back in February 2025.
Hugo Dellien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-6 | 2-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 1-2 | 44-25 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-27 | 0-3 | 36-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-18 | 0-0 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-27 | 3-5 | 41-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, the Bolivian got to the semifinal after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-5 6-3, Joshua Sheehy 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 and Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Olivo (6-2 6-0). During the match, Dellien scored 63 points vs Olivo’s 38. The Bolivian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dellien recorded 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Hugo Dellien conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Dellien put 81% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the 2nd serve. Dellien broke Olivo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dellien has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Dellien has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (360-198). 12-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dellien has a compiled 348-168 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Dellien’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rosario Challenger.
Dellien has a composed 14-5 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Dellien has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
15 - 9win/loss
162
125
WLWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 2-1 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 162, the Argentine got to the semifinal after defeating Karl Poling 6-4 7-5, Tyler Zink 6-3 6-4 and Garrett Johns 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Juan had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-3 6-4). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 68 points vs Johns’s 52. Pablo Ficovich was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Ficovich scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Juan Pablo Ficovich was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Pablo Ficovich broke Johns 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Cordoba Challenger.
Pablo Ficovich has an aggregate 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dellien | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 60 |
| Pts | 235-188 | 209-169 |
| Total Points | 423 | 378 |
| Winners | 119 | 89 |
| %Winners | 51% | 43% |
Both Dellien and Pablo Ficovich played 3 matches. At the moment, Hugo Dellien dropped 1 set while Juan Pablo Ficovich hasn’t lost a set so far. Dellien has played 1 set more than Pablo Ficovich (7 vs 6). Therefore, Dellien played 6 games more than Pablo Ficovich. Hugo scored 119 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich blasted 89 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dellien | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 171/224 | 112/179 |
| %1st in | 76% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 119/171 | 89/112 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 37/67 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Dellien struck 9 aces (3 per match). Pablo Ficovich bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Dellien won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dellien | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/26 | 9/24 |
| % Converted | 42% | 38% |
| Conceded | 16 | 9 |
| Saved | 14 | 6 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Dellien broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Bolivian conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Pablo Ficovich conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dellien | |||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Sheehy |
1/4 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 31 | 14 | 66 | |
| pts | 64-55 | 108-95 | 63-38 | 235-188 | |
| Total points | 119 | 203 | 101 | 423 | |
| Winners | 33 | 57 | 29 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 53% | 46% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/66 | 82/106 | 42/52 | 171/224 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 77% | 81% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 57/82 | 29/42 | 119/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 14/24 | 6/10 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/10 | 5/9 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 30% | 56% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/4 | 8/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||||
| R1 Poling |
R2 Zink |
1/4 Johns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 19 | 60 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 73-59 | 68-52 | 209-169 | |
| Total points | 126 | 132 | 120 | 378 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 24 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 35% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 41/64 | 31/49 | 112/179 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 34/41 | 24/31 | 89/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/23 | 11/18 | 37/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 61% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/6 | 4/12 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/4 | 0/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 0% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hugo DellienDellien – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
