Thai Kwiatkowski and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thai Kwiatkowski is the pick to win this match.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.4
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Thai Kwiatkowski and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Thai Kwiatkowski
Ranked no. 219, Kwiatkowski got to the 2nd round after beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kwiatkowski had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kwiatkowski scored 64 points vs Kozlov’s 36. Kwiatkowski was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kwiatkowski managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kwiatkowski broke Kozlov 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Kwiatkowski has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (163-113). 1-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kwiatkowski has an aggregate 104-65 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American has an aggregate 11-11 win-loss record in 2021, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 314, Ritschard got to the 2nd round after defeating Kevin King 7-65 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alexander defeated King (7-65 4-6 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 113 points vs King’s 112. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard blasted 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 66% of his first serves in, winning 67% (49/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke King 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Ritschard has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwiatkowski | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 33 |
| Pts | 64-36 | 113-112 |
| Total Points | 100 | 225 |
| Winners | 22 | 49 |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% |
Both Kwiatkowski and Ritschard played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set while Thai Kwiatkowski hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kwiatkowski has played 1 set(s) less than Ritschard (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kwiatkowski played 18 games less than Ritschard. Thai scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander blasted 49 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwiatkowski | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 73/111 |
| %1st in | 70% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 49/73 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 47% |
Kwiatkowski fired 4 aces . Ritschard scored 5 aces . Kwiatkowski won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kwiatkowski | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Kwiatkowski broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Alexander broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-36 | 64-36 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 King |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 113-112 | 113-112 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/111 | 73/111 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/73 | 49/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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