Alexander Ritschard and Giovanni Fonio will square off in the 2nd round of the Todi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTRALE. 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 Giovanni Fonio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.44
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 315, Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-1 7-64.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-1 7-64). During the match, Ritschard scored 79 points vs Arnaboldi’s 64. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard recorded 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (206-127). 6-6 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has a composed118-59 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Swiss has a compiled 8-11 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Giovanni Fonio
Ranked no. 472 (career-high), Giovanni got to the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Mendoza 6-1 6-1, Riccardo Balzerani 6-3 6-3 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Fonio had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-4 6-3). During the match Fonio scored 68 points vs Giustino’s 55. Fonio was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Fonio scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 70% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Fonio broke Giustino 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Giovanni’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Opatija.
The Italian has a composed 34-13 win-loss record in 2021, 31-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Ritschard | Fonio |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
Tot Games | 20 | 51 |
Pts | 79-64 | 182-127 |
Total Points | 143 | 309 |
Winners | 30 | 74 |
%Winners | 38% | 41% |
Ritschard played 1 match while Fonio competed in 3 matches. Fonio started his run from the qualifications while Ritschard had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Ritschard has played 4 set(s) less than Fonio (2 vs 6). Therefore, Ritschard played 31 games less than Fonio. Alexander scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 74 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Ritschard | Fonio |
---|---|---|
Aces | 8 | 5 |
Avg per match | 8 | 1.7 |
1st in | 37/68 | 102/151 |
%1st in | 54% | 68% |
1st pts | 30/37 | 74/102 |
%1st pts | 81% | 73% |
2nd pts | 15/31 | 28/49 |
%2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Ritschard fired 8 aces . Fonio bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Ritschard won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Ritschard | Fonio |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 14 |
Converted | 4/10 | 14/25 |
% Converted | 40% | 56% |
Conceded | 5 | 8 |
Saved | 3 | 5 |
% Saved | 60% | 63% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. Fonio conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
Ritschard | |||
R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 79-64 | 79-64 | |
Total points | 143 | 143 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 37/68 | 37/68 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Fonio | |||||
Q1 Mendoza |
Q3 Balzerani |
R1 Giustino |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 19 | 51 | |
pts | 52-21 | 62-51 | 68-55 | 182-127 | |
Total points | 73 | 113 | 123 | 309 | |
Winners | 20 | 28 | 26 | 74 | |
%Winners | 38% | 45% | 38% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
1st in | 24/33 | 36/58 | 42/60 | 102/151 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 62% | 70% | 68% | |
1st pts | 20/24 | 28/36 | 26/42 | 74/102 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 78% | 62% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 8/9 | 10/22 | 10/18 | 28/49 | |
% 2nd pts | 89% | 45% | 56% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 14/25 | |
Converted % | 63% | 67% | 45% | 56% | |
Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 5 | |
Saved % | – | 75% | 50% | 125% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Head 2 Head
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- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Dmitry PopkoPopko (3-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico GaioGaio – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-71 6-1 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Pedro CachinCachin (4-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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