Alexander Ritschard and Yannick Mertens will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.46
Yannick Mertens -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Yannick Mertens
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Yannick Mertens face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Mertens won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Germany F5 back in 1970.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 298, Ritschard reached the qualifications after beating Remy Bertola 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Bertola (3-0 ret.). During the match, Ritschard scored 13 points vs Bertola’s 7. Ritschard was quite aggressive to blast 6 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard made 3 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Alexander Ritschard conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (6/9) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (3/5) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Bertola once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Ritschard has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (213-132). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has a composed26-23 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander has a compiled 15-16 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Yannick Mertens
Ranked no. 487, Yannick got to the qualifications after defeating Elmar Ejupovic 6-3 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Ejupovic (6-3 7-63). During the match Mertens scored 78 points vs Ejupovic’s 67. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Mertens wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yannick Mertens was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (44/61) of his 1st serve and 89% (8/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mertens broke Ejupovic once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Yannick’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Marbella.
Mertens has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 3 | 22 |
| Pts | 13-7 | 78-67 |
| Total Points | 20 | 145 |
| Winners | 6 | 44 |
| %Winners | 46% | 56% |
Both Ritschard and Mertens played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Mertens have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ritschard played 19 games less than Mertens. Ritschard scored 6 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 44 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 9/14 | 61/70 |
| %1st in | 64% | 87% |
| 1st pts | 6/9 | 44/61 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 3/5 | 8/9 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 89% |
Ritschard fired 3 aces . Mertens didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ritschard won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Mertens won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 89% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 1 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 17% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Alexander broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Belgian broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Mertens was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ritschard | |||
| Q1 Bertola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 3 | 3 | |
| pts | 13-7 | 13-7 | |
| Total points | 20 | 20 | |
| Winners | 6 | 6 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mertens | |||
| Q1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-67 | 78-67 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 61/70 | 61/70 | |
| % 1st in | 87% | 87% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 8/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 89% | 89% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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