Thiago Moura Monteiro and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the quarter of the Forli Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.28
Alexander Ritschard -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 2nd time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Alexander Ritschard face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ritschard (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
Ranked no. 89, Moura Monteiro reached the quarter after beating Francesco Forti 6-3 6-3, Raul Brancaccio 6-2 7-64 and Yuichi Sugita 6-1 7-62.
In the 1st round, Thiago had a good straight sets win against Sugita (6-1 7-62). During the match Moura Monteiro scored 64 points vs Sugita’s 46. Moura Monteiro was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moura Monteiro fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Thiago Moura Monteiro was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Sugita 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Moura Monteiro has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (351-250). 14-6 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Moura Monteiro has a 289-187 record in the last years on clay.
Moura Monteiro’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Thiago has a 19-13 win-loss record in 2020, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
Thiago didn’t play in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 319, the Swiss got to the quarter after defeating Fabrizio Ornago 6-3 6-75 6-1 and Dayne Kelly 6-79 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kelly, Alexander recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 6-4 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 121 points vs Kelly’s 112. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard fired 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was extremely efficent on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (28/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Ritschard broke Kelly 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
The Swiss’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles and M25 Palm Coast.
Alexander has a 16-7 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
The Swiss didn’t compete in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moura Monteiro | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 77 |
| Pts | 206-157 | 212-187 |
| Total Points | 363 | 399 |
| Winners | 93 | 76 |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% |
Both Moura Monteiro and Ritschard played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexander Ritschard dropped 4 sets while Thiago Moura Monteiro hasn’t lost a set so far. Moura Monteiro has played 2 set(s) less than Ritschard (6 vs 8). Therefore, Moura Monteiro played 18 games less than Ritschard. Thiago scored 93 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard blasted 76 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moura Monteiro | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 128/182 | 102/198 |
| %1st in | 70% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 93/128 | 76/102 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 33/54 | 51/96 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 53% |
Moura Monteiro recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Ritschard managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Moura Monteiro won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% 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 | Moura Monteiro | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 56% | 48% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 78% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Thiago broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Moura Monteiro conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moura Monteiro | |||||
| Q1 Forti |
Q3 Brancaccio |
R1 Sugita |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 7-64 | 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 20 | 59 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 76-58 | 64-46 | 206-157 | |
| Total points | 119 | 134 | 110 | 363 | |
| Winners | 29 | 35 | 29 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 51/70 | 38/52 | 128/182 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 73% | 73% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 35/51 | 29/38 | 93/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 11/19 | 10/14 | 33/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 71% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/4 | 4/9 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 75% | 44% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 50% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ritschard | |||||
| Q1 Ornago |
Q3 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R1 Kelly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-79 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 33 | 77 | |
| pts | 91-75 | – | 121-112 | 212-187 | |
| Total points | 166 | 0 | 233 | 399 | |
| Winners | 37 | 39 | 76 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | NAN% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | 47/89 | / | 55/109 | 102/198 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | NAN% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | / | 39/55 | 76/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | NAN% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | / | 28/54 | 51/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | NAN% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 6/17 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 83% | NAN% | 35% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/ | 6/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 60% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
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