Ignacio Buse and Francisco Rocha will face off in the 1st round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on ESTADIO CIF. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ignacio Buse who should win in 2 sets.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.095
Francisco Rocha -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Ignacio Buse vs. Francisco Rocha
There is no head to head record between Ignacio Buse and Francisco Rocha since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ignacio Buse
39 - 22win/loss
105
105
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-28 | 6-5 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113,he will start his run in the Lisbon Challenger after he played his last match in 1 where he defeated 3-6 6-3 6-2 to Borges in the Rubber 4 on the 13th of September.
Ignacio has a compiled 39-22 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Heilbronn Challenger where he defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Seville Challenger where he overcame Genaro Alberto Olivieri in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
The Peruvian won his last 7 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Buse has an overall 137-85 record. He has a positive 116-68 record on clay.
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Buse has never competed in this tournament before.
Francisco Rocha
19 - 20win/loss
736
675
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-24 | 8-12 | 11-10 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-30 | 19-15 | 9-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-13 | 10-9 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-7 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 774, Francisco reached the 1st round after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-4 6-2 and Sumit Nagal 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4.
In the qualifications against Nagal, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-4).During the match Rocha scored less points (3) than Nagal. In fact, the world no. 113 won 104 points vs Nagal’s. That means that Rocha was more focused during the important points. Francisco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Rocha recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Francisco Rocha was very effective on serve to win 71% (44/62) of his 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Portuguese broke Nagal twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rocha started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Portuguese has a compiled 19-20 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger
- Tiago PereiraPereira – Elmer MollerMoller (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Jerome KymKym (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henrique RochaRocha – Pedro AraujoAraujo (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco RochaRocha – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (1-4) – H2H and prediction