Rodrigo Alujas and Juan Pablo Ficovich will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO METAXCHANGE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Ficovich who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Ficovich is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.145
Rodrigo Alujas -> 4.95

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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Alujas vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich

There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Alujas and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rodrigo Alujas

Currently unranked, Alujas reached the 2^nd round after beating Stefano Napolitano 6-3 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Alujas defeated Napolitano (6-3 3-6 6-4).During the match, Alujas scored less points (3) than Napolitano. In fact, the world no. won 75 points vs Napolitano’s. That means that Alujas was more focused during the important points. Alujas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alujas scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Rodrigo Alujas lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alujas put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Napolitano 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Alujas has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 51% of his matches (42-40). 3-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Alujas has a compiled15-13 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

The Mexican has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger

Rodrigo has never competed in this tournament before.

Juan Pablo Ficovich

Ranked no. 155, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after beating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-1 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Hernandez (6-1 7-6⁴). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 68 points vs Alejandro Hernandez’s 46. Pablo Ficovich was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich was quite effective on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alejandro Hernandez 3 times.

The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cordoba Challenger and the Merida Challenger.

Pablo Ficovich has a compiled 17-11 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alujas	Pablo Ficovich
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	20
Pts	75-78	68-46
Total Points	153	114
Winners	33	28
%Winners	44%	41%

Both Alujas and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. At the moment, Rodrigo Alujas dropped 1 set while Juan Pablo Ficovich hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alujas has played 1 set more than Pablo Ficovich (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alujas played 8 games more than Pablo Ficovich. The Mexican scored 33 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich struck 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alujas	Pablo Ficovich
Aces	1	10
Avg per match	1	10
1st in	53/82	31/51
%1st in	65%	61%
1st pts	33/53	28/31
%1st pts	62%	90%
2nd pts	19/29	12/20
%2nd pts	66%	60%

Alujas blasted 1 ace . Pablo Ficovich also blasted 10 aces . Alujas won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alujas	Pablo Ficovich
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/3
% Converted	75%	100%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	2	2
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

The Mexican broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Mexican surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Juan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Alujas
	R1 Napolitano	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	75-78	75-78
Total points	153	153
Winners	33	33
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	53/82	53/82
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	33/53	33/53
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	19/29	19/29
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Pablo Ficovich
	R1 Alejandro Hernandez	Total
Score	6-1 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	68-46	68-46
Total points	114	114
Winners	28	28
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/51	31/51
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	28/31	28/31
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	12/20	12/20
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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