Jack Draper and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the final of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Draper who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.43
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 2nd time that Jack Draper and Alexander Ritschard clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Draper (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Draper won 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in the Forli 2 Challenger back in January 2022.
Highlights Jack Draper vs Alexander Ritschard – Forli 2 Challenger 14-January-2022
Jack Draper
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 39-22 | 19-10 | 5-7 | 7-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 34-15 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 46-19 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 26-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 18-16 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
2020 | 17-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 162 (career-high), Jack reached the final after beating Jesper De Jong 4-6 6-4 7-64, Gianmarco Ferrari 6-2 6-4, Michael Mmoh 5-7 6-4 6-2 and Mirza Basic 6-2 6-73 6-4.
In the semifinal, Draper defeated Basic (6-2 6-73 6-4). During the match, Draper scored 83 points vs Basic’s 81. Jack was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Draper scored 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jack Draper lost the serve once. Furthermore, Draper put 61% of his first serves in, winning 85% (46/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Basic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jack has conceded 3 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Draper has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 71% of his matches (123-50). 16-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Draper has a compiled46-15 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Draper’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Forli 2 Challenger and the Forli 4 Challenger.
The Brit has a composed 16-2 win-loss record in 2022, 16-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
Alexander Ritschard
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 42-23 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 28-30 | 6-8 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 36-27 | 7-5 | 11-11 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 25-23 | 1-4 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 274, the Swiss got to the final after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-0 7-65, Jelle Sels 7-68 6-4, Gastao Elias 6-75 6-2 6-3, Illya Marchenko 6-3 7-5, Nuno Borges 6-4 7-67 and Tim Van Rijthoven 6-3 7-63.
In the semifinal, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Van Rijthoven (6-3 7-63). During the match Ritschard scored 68 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 57. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Ritschard fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was very efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swiss broke Van Rijthoven twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 5 Challenger.
Ritschard has a composed 9-4 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Draper | Ritschard |
---|---|---|
Match played | 4 | 6 |
Tot Set | 11 | 13 |
Tot Games | 112 | 138 |
Pts | 354-319 | 472-388 |
Total Points | 673 | 860 |
Winners | 172 | 216 |
%Winners | 49% | 46% |
Draper played 4 matches while Ritschard competed in 6 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Draper had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jack Draper surrendered 3 sets, while Alexander Ritschard conceded 1 set. Draper has played 2 set(s) less than Ritschard (11 vs 13). Therefore, Draper played 26 games less than Ritschard. Jack scored 172 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard made 216 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Draper | Ritschard |
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Aces | 53 | 33 |
Avg per match | 13.3 | 5.5 |
1st in | 204/331 | 289/426 |
%1st in | 62% | 68% |
1st pts | 172/204 | 216/289 |
%1st pts | 84% | 75% |
2nd pts | 50/127 | 73/137 |
%2nd pts | 39% | 53% |
Draper made 53 aces (13.3 per match). Ritschard bagged 33 aces (5.5 per match). Draper won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Draper | Ritschard |
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Won | 16 | 21 |
Converted | 16/39 | 21/40 |
% Converted | 41% | 53% |
Conceded | 20 | 34 |
Saved | 12 | 25 |
% Saved | 60% | 74% |
Times Broken | 8 | 9 |
Jack broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Draper surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
Draper | ||||||
R1 De |
R2 Ferrari |
1/4 Mmoh |
1/2 Basic |
Total | ||
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Score | 4-6 6-4 7-64 | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-73 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
Tot Games | 33 | 18 | 30 | 31 | 112 | |
pts | 112-107 | 58-43 | 101-88 | 83-81 | 354-319 | |
Total points | 219 | 101 | 189 | 164 | 673 | |
Winners | 57 | 28 | 41 | 46 | 172 | |
%Winners | 51% | 48% | 41% | 55% | 49% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 11 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 53 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
1st in | 70/108 | 31/46 | 49/89 | 54/88 | 204/331 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 67% | 55% | 61% | 62% | |
1st pts | 57/70 | 28/31 | 41/49 | 46/54 | 172/204 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 90% | 84% | 85% | 84% | |
2nd pts | 8/38 | 8/15 | 19/40 | 15/34 | 50/127 | |
% 2nd pts | 21% | 53% | 48% | 44% | 39% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 3/7 | 4/15 | 4/8 | 16/39 | |
Converted % | 56% | 43% | 27% | 50% | 41% | |
Conceded | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | |
Saved | 7/12 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 12 | |
Saved % | 58% | – | 71% | 0% | 32% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Ritschard | ||||||||
Q1 Oradini |
Q3 Sels |
R1 Elias |
R2 Marchenko |
1/4 Borges |
1/2 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-0 7-65 | 7-68 6-4 | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 7-67 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 138 | |
pts | 68-53 | 80-67 | 108-84 | 71-57 | 77-70 | 68-57 | 472-388 | |
Total points | 121 | 147 | 192 | 128 | 147 | 125 | 860 | |
Winners | 34 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 216 | |
%Winners | 50% | 53% | 42% | 44% | 42% | 47% | 46% | |
SERVE | ||||||||
Aces | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 33 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
1st in | 46/66 | 50/74 | 60/86 | 46/65 | 47/72 | 40/63 | 289/426 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 68% | 70% | 71% | 65% | 63% | 68% | |
1st pts | 34/46 | 42/50 | 45/60 | 31/46 | 32/47 | 32/40 | 216/289 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 75% | 67% | 68% | 80% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 6/20 | 12/24 | 16/26 | 11/19 | 13/25 | 15/23 | 73/137 | |
% 2nd pts | 30% | 50% | 62% | 58% | 52% | 65% | 53% | |
Breaks | ||||||||
Won | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | |
Converted | 5/6 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 21/40 | |
Converted % | 83% | 50% | 56% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 53% | |
Conceded | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 34 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 7/9 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 25 | |
Saved % | 60% | 100% | 89% | 78% | 50% | 67% | 111% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Head 2 Head
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