Alexander Ritschard and Kaichi Uchida will face off in the 2nd round of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.32
Kaichi Uchida -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Kaichi Uchida
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Kaichi Uchida fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Uchida (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Uchida won 6-4 7-6(9) in the 2nd round in USA F10 (Little Rock) back in 2018.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 300, Alexander got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Ortega-Olmedo 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Ortega-Olmedo (6-1 6-1). During the match, Ritschard scored 57 points vs Ortega-Olmedo’s 29. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard struck 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Alexander Ritschard was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Ortega-Olmedo 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (212-130). 12-9 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has a compiled124-62 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Ritschard has an overall 14-14 win-loss record in 2021, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Kaichi Uchida
Ranked no. 349, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Nick Chappell 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Chappell (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match Uchida scored 88 points vs Chappell’s 72. Uchida was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Uchida made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 59% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Uchida broke Chappell 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Kaichi’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vale do Lobo.
Uchida has an aggregate 15-14 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 |
| Pts | 57-29 | 88-72 |
| Total Points | 86 | 160 |
| Winners | 17 | 34 |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% |
Both Ritschard and Uchida played 1 match. At the moment, Kaichi Uchida dropped 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Uchida (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ritschard played 12 games less than Uchida. Ritschard scored 17 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 34 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 46/78 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 34/46 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 14/32 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 44% |
Ritschard managed to score 4 aces . Uchida recorded 3 aces . Ritschard won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ritschard had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kaichi broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Ortega-Olmedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 57-29 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Uchida | |||
| R1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-72 | 88-72 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Prague 3 Challenger
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Igor SijslingSijsling – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Alex RybakovRybakov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Igor SijslingSijsling (0-0) – H2H and prediction
