Fiona Ferro and Alycia Parks meet in the Limoges Challenger last 16 on indoor hard on 11 December 2025, a best-of-three contest that pits ranking gap against past head-to-head success.
This preview sets out the key numbers, storylines and how to follow the match live. Ferro owns the only previous meeting, yet Parks arrives with a far higher ranking and stronger hard-court serve statistics, setting up a classic contrast of styles under the roof.FINISHED
Ferro F.
Parks A.
2-6
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On this hard-court campaign, Alycia Parks has compiled a 20-22 record with 71% of service games held and about 52% of break points saved, giving her a clear volume and serve edge on the surface.
Fiona Ferro has played only four matches on hard, splitting them 2-2 with 47% of service games held but an impressive 52% of return games won and 46% of break points converted. That contrast points to Parks leaning on a bigger first strike, while Ferro tends to apply pressure in longer rallies and on opponents' service games.Across their last ten matches each, both players sit at 5 wins and 5 defeats, but the way they get there is very different. Parks has averaged around 8 aces and 7 double faults per match, holding 70% of her service games and converting 49% of break points, underlining a high-risk, high-reward serving pattern.
Ferro offers far fewer free points on serve yet wins 43% of return games and converts 40% of break chances, so she tends to make inroads on return while both players have been flawless in recent deciding sets.
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Fiona Ferro leads the head-to-head 1-0 after a three-set win over Alycia Parks in Lausanne in 2021, a last-16 match on clay decided in a tight final set. That contest ran to about 23 games, with Ferro taking 13 games to Parks' 10, suggesting a competitive match-up rather than a one-sided clash.
In that meeting Parks produced heavy serving with roughly 11 aces but also 11 double faults, while Ferro still held 73% of her service games and created more break opportunities, showing she can absorb power and turn it back on return over time.Ferro F.
Parks A.
Bookmakers price Parks at 1.29 to win the match against Ferro at 3.5, with first-set odds at 1.36 versus 3.0. Those prices mirror the sizeable ranking gap and Parks' superior hard-court serving numbers, indicating the market views her as a clear favourite despite trailing in the rivalry.
Indoors in Limoges, Parks' heavier first serve and higher service-hold numbers are likely to test Ferro's more return-oriented game from the opening games. The previous clay meeting showed that Ferro can blunt that power over a long three-set battle, but the switch to hard court and Parks' greater workload on the surface tilt the balance in her direction.
Over their last three matches each has spent roughly five hours on court, so any edge looks driven more by serving patterns and confidence than by physical freshness, with short bursts of pressure on serve likely to decide the key passages.Prediction
Alycia Parks
Fiona Ferro
Overall indicators tilt clearly towards Alycia Parks, whose higher ranking, heavier hard-court schedule and stronger recent serving metrics are reinforced by short match odds in her favour. Fiona Ferro's previous win in their only meeting and her stronger return numbers keep an upset on the table, but indoors the combination of serve power, surface experience and market view still points more often to Parks coming through.
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