Juan Pablo Ficovich and Gonzalo Bueno will square off in the final of the Cali Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:20 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Bueno who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Bueno is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Bueno -> 1.86
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Gonzalo Bueno
This will be the 4th time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Gonzalo Bueno face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Bueno (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Bueno won 6-4 6-0 in the final in the Concepcion Challenger back in April 2024.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
34 – 25win/loss
261
125
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
34-25
4-6
30-17
0-1
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. 261, the Argentine reached the final after beating Peter Bertran 6-4 4-6 6-0, Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-7(5) 6-3 5-1 ret., Juan Bautista Torres 6-1 6-7(4) 6-2 and Hugo Dellien 5-7 6-1 7-5.
In the semifinal against Dellien, Pablo Ficovich recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-5). During the match, Pablo Ficovich scored 111 points vs Dellien’s 98. Pablo Ficovich was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pablo Ficovich blasted 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the 2nd serve. Pablo Ficovich broke Dellien 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 3 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Pablo Ficovich has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (336-254). 30-17 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Ficovich has an overall 293-195 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Pablo Ficovich’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Recife,the Merida Challenger and the Concepcion Challenger.
Juan has an aggregate 34-25 win-loss record in 2024, 30-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Gonzalo Bueno
31 – 21win/loss
271
262
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
31-21
0-0
31-20
0-1
0-0
0-0
2023
40-28
2-1
38-27
0-0
0-0
0-0
2022
20-14
0-0
20-14
0-0
0-0
0-0
2021
3-5
0-0
3-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
2020
1-2
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 271, Gonzalo got to the final after defeating Renzo Olivo 6-3 6-3, Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-4 3-6 6-3, Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-7(1) 6-1 6-2 and Andrea Collarini 6-4 6-1.
In the semifinal, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-4 6-1). During the match Bueno scored 57 points vs Collarini’s 37. Bueno was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Bueno scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Bueno lost the serve once. Furthermore, Bueno put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Collarini 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gonzalo has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Buenos Aires Challenger where he overcame Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 2-6 7-6(4) and the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-4 6-0.
The Peruvian has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 31-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
9h:18
7h:26
2h:27
1h:15
4
4
113
91
13
10
411
314
102.8
78.5
140
133
35
33.3
34%
42%
22
2
5.5
0.5
19
15
4.8
3.8
140/194
133/192
72%
69%
98/178
57/100
55%
57%
21/42
17/31
5.3/10.5
4.3/7.8
50%
55%
29
20
7.3
5
9
6
2.3
1.5
20
14
Matches, sets, games and points
Points
Pablo Ficovich
Bueno
Match played
4
4
Tot Set
13
10
Tot Games
113
91
Pts
411-341
314-255
Total Points
752
569
Winners
140
133
%Winners
34%
42%
Both Pablo Ficovich and Bueno played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost 4 sets, while Gonzalo Bueno dropped 2 sets. Pablo Ficovich has played 3 sets more than Bueno (13 vs 10). Therefore, Pablo Ficovich played 22 games more than Bueno. The Argentine scored 140 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian managed to score 133 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve
Pablo Ficovich
Bueno
Aces
22
2
Avg per match
5.5
0.5
1st in
194/372
192/292
%1st in
52%
66%
1st pts
140/194
133/192
%1st pts
72%
69%
2nd pts
98/178
57/100
%2nd pts
55%
57%
Pablo Ficovich recorded 22 aces (5.5 per match). Bueno scored 2 aces (0.5 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Bueno won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks
Pablo Ficovich
Bueno
Won
21
17
Converted
21/42
17/31
% Converted
50%
55%
Conceded
29
20
Saved
20
14
% Saved
69%
70%
Times Broken
9
6
The Argentine broke his opponents 21 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Bueno broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bueno conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
Pablo Ficovich
R1
Bertran
R2
Andres Burruchaga
1/4
Bautista Torres
1/2
Dellien
Total
Score
6-4 4-6 6-0
6-75 6-3 5-1 ret.
6-1 6-74 6-2
5-7 6-1 7-5
Tot Set
3
3
3
3
12
Tot Games
26
28
28
31
113
pts
98-79
108-93
94-71
111-98
411-341
Total points
177
201
165
209
752
Winners
30
40
24
46
140
%Winners
31%
37%
26%
41%
34%
SERVE
Aces
4
5
5
8
22
Double Faults
6
6
4
3
19
1st in
36/77
57/106
34/79
67/110
194/372
% 1st in
47%
54%
43%
61%
52%
1st pts
30/36
40/57
24/34
46/67
140/194
% 1st pts
83%
70%
71%
69%
72%
2nd pts
24/41
25/49
24/45
25/43
98/178
% 2nd pts
59%
51%
53%
58%
55%
Breaks
Won
4
5
8
4
21
Converted
4/13
5/11
8/9
4/9
21/42
Converted %
31%
45%
89%
44%
50%
Conceded
4
8
6
11
29
Saved
3/4
6/8
2/6
9/11
20
Saved %
75%
75%
33%
82%
66%
Times Broken
1
2
4
2
9
Bueno
R1
Olivo
R2
Agustin
1/4
Emanuel
1/2
Collarini
Total
Score
6-3 6-3
6-4 3-6 6-3
6-71 6-1 6-2
6-4 6-1
Tot Set
2
3
3
2
10
Tot Games
18
28
28
17
91
pts
69-51
92-88
96-79
57-37
314-255
Total points
120
180
175
94
569
Winners
23
45
42
23
133
%Winners
33%
49%
44%
40%
42%
SERVE
Aces
0
0
1
1
2
Double Faults
3
7
3
2
15
1st in
34/55
64/98
61/90
33/49
192/292
% 1st in
62%
65%
68%
67%
66%
1st pts
23/34
45/64
42/61
23/33
133/192
% 1st pts
68%
70%
69%
70%
69%
2nd pts
12/21
17/34
17/29
11/16
57/100
% 2nd pts
57%
50%
59%
69%
57%
Breaks
Won
5
3
5
4
17
Converted
5/12
3/4
5/10
4/5
17/31
Converted %
42%
75%
50%
80%
55%
Conceded
3
10
6
1
20
Saved
1/3
8/10
5/6
0/1
14
Saved %
33%
80%
83%
0%
49%
Times Broken
2
2
1
1
6
Head 2 Head
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2023
2022
Hard
Clay