Alexander Ritschard and Jakub Paul will face off in the 1st round of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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
Jakub Paul -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Jakub Paul
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Jakub Paul since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 297, Alexander reached the 1st round after defeating Remy Bertola 3-0 ret. and Yannick Mertens 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-2 6-1). During the match, Ritschard scored 66 points vs Mertens’s 42. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Mertens 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (214-132). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has an overall27-23 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander has a composed 16-16 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Paul
Ranked no. 568, Paul got to the 1st round after beating Christopher Heyman 7-64 4-6 7-5 and Tobias Simon 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Simon (6-4 6-4). During the match Paul scored 66 points vs Simon’s 54. Jakub was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Paul recorded 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jakub Paul was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Simon twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paul started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Jakub’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Muttenz.
Jakub has an aggregate 26-14 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 55 |
| Pts | 79-49 | 193-172 |
| Total Points | 128 | 365 |
| Winners | 32 | 87 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Ritschard and Paul played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jakub Paul conceded 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Paul (4 vs 5). Therefore, Ritschard played 37 games less than Paul. The Swiss scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 87 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 46/74 | 124/173 |
| %1st in | 62% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 87/124 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 32/49 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 65% |
Ritschard managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Paul made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ritschard won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 45% | 31% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Ritschard broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ritschard quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points. Jakub broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| Q1 Bertola |
Q3 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-0 ret. | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 3 | 15 | 18 | |
| pts | 13-7 | 66-42 | 79-49 | |
| Total points | 20 | 108 | 128 | |
| Winners | 6 | 26 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 9/14 | 37/60 | 46/74 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 6/9 | 26/37 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/5 | 15/23 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 65% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/9 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul | ||||
| Q1 Heyman |
Q3 Simon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 | 55 | |
| pts | 127-118 | 66-54 | 193-172 | |
| Total points | 245 | 120 | 365 | |
| Winners | 59 | 28 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 86/117 | 38/56 | 124/173 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 68% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 59/86 | 28/38 | 87/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 14/18 | 32/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 78% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/6 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 33% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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