Botic Van De Zandschulp and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the quarter of the Liberec Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on SVIJANY. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.22
Alexander Ritschard -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Botic Van De Zandschulp and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ranked no. 126 (career-high), the Dutch reached the quarter after defeating Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 7-5 and Lukas Klein 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Van De Zandschulp defeated Klein (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match, Van De Zandschulp and Klein scored the same amount of points (106). However, the world no. 126 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Van De Zandschulp was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van De Zandschulp made 3 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 50% of his first serves in, winning 80% (37/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Botic broke Klein 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van De Zandschulp started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Van De Zandschulp has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (226-113). 19-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Van De Zandschulp has a compiled124-67 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Van De Zandschulp’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Amersfoort Challenger.
Van De Zandschulp has a compiled 31-16 win-loss record in 2021, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Botic has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 312, the Swiss reached the quarter after beating Jaroslav Pospisil 6-2 6-4, Artem Dubrivnyy 6-2 6-2, Jiri Lehecka 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Borna Gojo 5-7 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Gojo, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-3). During the match Ritschard scored 113 points vs Gojo’s 100. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Ritschard scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 59% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Gojo 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ritschard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Swiss has a composed 13-12 win-loss record in 2021, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van De Zandschulp | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 93 |
| Pts | 178-165 | 339-284 |
| Total Points | 343 | 623 |
| Winners | 61 | 101 |
| %Winners | 34% | 30% |
Van De Zandschulp played 2 matches while Ritschard competed in 4 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Van De Zandschulp had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Botic Van De Zandschulp surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard dropped 2 sets. Van De Zandschulp has played 5 set(s) less than Ritschard (5 vs 10). Therefore, Van De Zandschulp played 41 games less than Ritschard. Botic scored 61 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard bagged 101 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van De Zandschulp | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 80/159 | 149/294 |
| %1st in | 50% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 61/80 | 101/149 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 42/79 | 82/145 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Van De Zandschulp fired 6 aces (3 per match). Ritschard recorded 14 aces (3.5 per match). Van De Zandschulp won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 68% 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 | Van De Zandschulp | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 21 |
| Converted | 7/23 | 21/51 |
| % Converted | 30% | 41% |
| Conceded | 10 | 25 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
The Dutch broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Dutch surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponents 21 times with a 41% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van De Zandschulp | ||||
| R1 Sachko |
R2 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 31 | 52 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 106-106 | 178-165 | |
| Total points | 131 | 212 | 343 | |
| Winners | 24 | 37 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 34/67 | 46/92 | 80/159 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 37/46 | 61/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/46 | 42/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/19 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 21% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ritschard | ||||||
| Q1 Pospisil |
Q3 Dubrivnyy |
R1 Lehecka |
R2 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 5-7 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 93 | |
| pts | 80-68 | 61-38 | 85-78 | 113-100 | 339-284 | |
| Total points | 148 | 99 | 163 | 213 | 623 | |
| Winners | 23 | 17 | 25 | 36 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 32/69 | 24/52 | 38/80 | 55/93 | 149/294 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | 48% | 59% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 17/24 | 25/38 | 36/55 | 101/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 66% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 15/28 | 24/42 | 24/38 | 82/145 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 54% | 57% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/10 | 5/13 | 6/18 | 21/51 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 60% | 38% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/3 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 33% | 57% | 56% | 115% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
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