Ulises Blanch and Sam Riffice will fight against each other in the quarter of the Orlando 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ulises Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ulises Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Ulises Blanch -> 1.77
Sam Riffice -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Sam Riffice
There is no head to head record between Ulises Blanch and Sam Riffice since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 254, Ulises reached the quarter after beating Kevin King 6-4 6-4 and Thai Kwiatkowski 7-65 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Blanch defeated Kwiatkowski (7-65 3-6 6-2). During the match, Blanch scored 90 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 76. Blanch was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch struck 19 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ulises Blanch was quite effective on serve to win 88% (44/50) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanch broke Kwiatkowski twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blanch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Blanch has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (150-126). 7-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanch has an overall51-49 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Blanch has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orlando 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Sam Riffice
Ranked no. 653, Sam got to the quarter after beating Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 6-4 and Roberto Cid Subervi 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Riffice had a good straight sets win against Cid (6-2 6-2). During the match Riffice scored 73 points vs Cid’s 54. Riffice was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Riffice blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sam Riffice lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Riffice put 64% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Riffice broke Cid 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Riffice started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
The American has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 34 |
| Pts | 165-136 | 131-103 |
| Total Points | 301 | 234 |
| Winners | 78 | 45 |
| %Winners | 47% | 34% |
Both Blanch and Riffice played 2 matches. At the moment, Ulises Blanch lost 1 set while Sam Riffice hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set more than Riffice (5 vs 4). Therefore, Blanch played 16 games more than Riffice. Blanch scored 78 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sam fired 45 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3 |
| 1st in | 92/122 | 62/112 |
| %1st in | 75% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 78/92 | 45/62 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 22/30 | 25/50 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 50% |
Blanch managed to score 26 aces (13 per match). Riffice made 6 aces (3 per match). Blanch won 85% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Riffice won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 33% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Ulises broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Riffice broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sam conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | ||||
| R1 King |
R2 Kwiatkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-65 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 90-76 | 165-136 | |
| Total points | 135 | 166 | 301 | |
| Winners | 34 | 44 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 19 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/55 | 50/67 | 92/122 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 44/50 | 78/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 14/17 | 22/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 82% | 73% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/3 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 67% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Riffice | ||||
| R1 Lorenzi |
R2 Cid |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 58-49 | 73-54 | 131-103 | |
| Total points | 107 | 127 | 234 | |
| Winners | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/57 | 35/55 | 62/112 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 64% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 26/35 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 10/20 | 25/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/12 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 42% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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