Alexander Ritschard and Jonas Forejtek will face off in the quarter of the Hamburg Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.833
Jonas Forejtek -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Jonas Forejtek
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Ritschard and Jonas Forejtek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Ritschard and Forejtek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Forejtek won 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Heilbronn Challenger back in May 2022.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-18 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 5-4 | 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. 216, Alexander reached the quarter after beating Rudolf Molleker 7-5 6-4 and Andrew Paulson 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Paulson (6-1 6-0). During the match, Ritschard scored 53 points vs Paulson’s 24. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard made 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Alexander Ritschard was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Paulson 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ritschard hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (245-148). 11-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has an aggregate 39-32 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.
Alexander has an aggregate 32-23 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Ritschard has never competed in this tournament before.
Jonas Forejtek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-27 | 5-4 | 23-20 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-21 | 0-3 | 17-10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 32-24 | 3-2 | 14-11 | 14-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 35-31 | 2-2 | 13-18 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 2-3 | 13-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 236, Forejtek reached the quarter after beating Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-2 and Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 7-610.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-2 7-610). During the match Forejtek scored 77 points vs Ajdukovic’s 59. Forejtek was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Forejtek scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jonas Forejtek lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Forejtek put 74% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Forejtek broke Ajdukovic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jonas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Forejtek’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Portimao,the Lille Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Jonas has an aggregate 32-23 win-loss record in 2022, 14-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 38 |
| Pts | 118-77 | 136-99 |
| Total Points | 195 | 235 |
| Winners | 55 | 68 |
| %Winners | 47% | 50% |
Both Ritschard and Forejtek played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Forejtek have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ritschard played 3 games less than Forejtek. Ritschard scored 55 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 68 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 68/95 | 88/114 |
| %1st in | 72% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 55/68 | 68/88 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 54% |
Ritschard struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Forejtek fired 8 aces (4 per match). Ritschard won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Forejtek won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 57% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ritschard surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Jonas broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Molleker |
R2 Paulson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 13 | 35 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 53-24 | 118-77 | |
| Total points | 118 | 77 | 195 | |
| Winners | 33 | 22 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 27/38 | 68/95 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 71% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 22/27 | 55/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 7/11 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/8 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Forejtek | ||||
| R1 Caruso |
R2 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 7-610 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 77-59 | 136-99 | |
| Total points | 99 | 136 | 235 | |
| Winners | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 45% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 42/52 | 46/62 | 88/114 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 74% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 35/46 | 68/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 8/16 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/11 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 36% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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