Alexander Ritschard and Nick Chappell will face off in the 2nd round of the Orlando Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.36
Nick Chappell -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Nick Chappell
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Nick Chappell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 302, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after beating Martin Redlicki 7-5 6-3, Sadio Doumbia 6-3 6-2 and Ulises Blanch 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-4 6-3). During the match Ritschard scored 70 points vs Blanch’s 57. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 50% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Blanch 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (197-115). 10-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has a 56-29 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in M25 Palm Coast where he beat Martins Podzus in the final 7-6(7) 6-4.
The Swiss has a 23-12 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Orlando Challenger
Alexander didn’t compete in the Orlando Challenger in 2019.
Nick Chappell
Ranked no. 437, Chappell reached the 2nd round after defeating Roy Smith 7-63 6-1 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nick had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-3 6-4). During the match Chappell scored 62 points vs Ramanathan’s 46. Chappell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Chappell scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nick Chappell lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Chappell put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Ramanathan 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Chappell has a 16-13 win-loss record in 2020, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Chappell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 61 |
| Pts | 212-168 | 132-103 |
| Total Points | 380 | 235 |
| Winners | 72 | 59 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Ritschard and Chappell played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nick Chappell dropped 2 sets while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Chappell have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Ritschard played 4 games less than Chappell. Alexander scored 72 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Nick bagged 59 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Chappell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 95/178 | 81/127 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 72/95 | 59/81 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 40/83 | 27/46 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 59% |
Ritschard blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Chappell managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Ritschard won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Chappell won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Chappell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 6 |
| Converted | 14/31 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 45% | 43% |
| Conceded | 19 | 8 |
| Saved | 13 | 6 |
| % Saved | 68% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
The Swiss broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ritschard dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Chappell conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | |||||
| Q1 Redlicki |
Q3 Doumbia |
R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 19 | 57 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-53 | 70-57 | 212-168 | |
| Total points | 129 | 124 | 127 | 380 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 22 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 28/50 | 33/66 | 95/178 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 24/28 | 22/33 | 72/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 67% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/28 | 11/22 | 20/33 | 40/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 50% | 61% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/13 | 4/8 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 31% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Chappell | |||||
| Q1 Smith |
Q3 Harrison |
R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 70-57 | – | 62-46 | 132-103 | |
| Total points | 127 | 0 | 108 | 235 | |
| Winners | 31 | 28 | 59 | ||
| %Winners | 44% | NAN% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 41/67 | / | 40/60 | 81/127 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | NAN% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | / | 28/40 | 59/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | NAN% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | / | 11/20 | 27/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | NAN% | 55% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 2/6 | / | 4/8 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | NAN% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/ | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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