Mitchell Krueger and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the quarter of the Orlando Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.66
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
Ranked no. 199, Mitchell reached the quarter after beating Peter Polansky 6-4 6-4 and Bjorn Fratangelo 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Fratangelo, Krueger recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Krueger scored 84 points vs Fratangelo’s 66. Krueger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krueger managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 71% of his first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Krueger broke Fratangelo 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mitchell has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Krueger has a a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (306-266). 13-7 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has a 187-162 match record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Newport Beach Challenger and the Indian Wells Challenger.
Mitchell has a 16-12 win-loss record in 2020, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Orlando Challenger
The American lost in the 2nd round to Stefan Kozlov.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 302, the Swiss got to the quarter after beating Martin Redlicki 7-5 6-3, Sadio Doumbia 6-3 6-2, Ulises Blanch 6-4 6-3 and Nick Chappell 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-3 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 73 points vs Chappell’s 60. Ritschard was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was very efficent on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Chappell twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ritschard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was managing to win the title in M25 Palm Coast where he overcame Martins Podzus in the final 7-6(7) 6-4.
Ritschard has a 24-12 win-loss record in 2020, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Orlando Challenger
Ritschard didn’t play in the Orlando Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Krueger | Ritschard |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 4 |
Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
Tot Games | 45 | 76 |
Pts | 154-125 | 285-228 |
Total Points | 279 | 513 |
Winners | 67 | 103 |
%Winners | 44% | 36% |
Krueger played 2 matches while Ritschard competed in 4 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Krueger had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger lost 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t conceded a set so far. Krueger has played 3 set(s) less than Ritschard (5 vs 8). Therefore, Krueger played 31 games less than Ritschard. Mitchell scored 67 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss fired 103 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Krueger | Ritschard |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 24 |
Avg per match | 2.5 | 6 |
1st in | 90/143 | 132/246 |
%1st in | 63% | 54% |
1st pts | 67/90 | 103/132 |
%1st pts | 74% | 78% |
2nd pts | 26/53 | 56/114 |
%2nd pts | 49% | 49% |
Krueger blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ritschard recorded 24 aces (6 per match). Krueger won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Krueger | Ritschard |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 16 |
Converted | 8/13 | 16/36 |
% Converted | 62% | 44% |
Conceded | 15 | 24 |
Saved | 11 | 18 |
% Saved | 73% | 75% |
Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Mitchell broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Krueger dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponents 16 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
Krueger | ||||
R1 Polansky |
R2 Fratangelo |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
pts | 70-59 | 84-66 | 154-125 | |
Total points | 129 | 150 | 279 | |
Winners | 26 | 41 | 67 | |
%Winners | 37% | 49% | 44% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
1st in | 35/66 | 55/77 | 90/143 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 71% | 63% | |
1st pts | 26/35 | 41/55 | 67/90 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 75% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 17/31 | 9/22 | 26/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 41% | 49% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 5/7 | 8/13 | |
Converted % | 50% | 71% | 62% | |
Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 5/8 | 11 | |
Saved % | 86% | 63% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Ritschard | ||||||
Q1 Redlicki |
Q3 Doumbia |
R1 Blanch |
R2 Chappell |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 76 | |
pts | 71-58 | 71-53 | 70-57 | 73-60 | 285-228 | |
Total points | 129 | 124 | 127 | 133 | 513 | |
Winners | 26 | 24 | 22 | 31 | 103 | |
%Winners | 37% | 34% | 31% | 42% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
1st in | 34/62 | 28/50 | 33/66 | 37/68 | 132/246 | |
% 1st in | 55% | 56% | 50% | 54% | 54% | |
1st pts | 26/34 | 24/28 | 22/33 | 31/37 | 103/132 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 67% | 84% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 9/28 | 11/22 | 20/33 | 16/31 | 56/114 | |
% 2nd pts | 32% | 50% | 61% | 52% | 49% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
Converted | 6/10 | 4/13 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 16/36 | |
Converted % | 60% | 31% | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
Conceded | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 5/5 | 18 | |
Saved % | 50% | 80% | 75% | 100% | 153% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
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