Gian Marco Moroni and Alexander Ritschard will play each other in the quarter of the Napoli 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Gian Marco Moroni who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gian Marco Moroni is the pick to win this match.
Gian Marco Moroni -> 1.47
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Gian Marco Moroni vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Gian Marco Moroni and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gian Marco Moroni
Ranked no. 207, Gian reached the quarter after defeating Jonas Forejtek 6-3 6-4 and Marco Cecchinato 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Cecchinato, Marco Moroni recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Marco Moroni scored 79 points vs Cecchinato’s 66. Marco Moroni was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marco Moroni struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gian Marco Moroni was quite effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gian broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marco Moroni started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Marco Moroni has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (186-144). 25-19 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marco Moroni has a compiled160-115 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Milan Challenger where he defeated Federico Coria in the final 6-3 6-2.
Marco Moroni has a compiled 28-24 win-loss record in 2021, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 302, the Swiss reached the quarter after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 6-3, Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3 6-3, Jay Clarke 6-0 6-1 and Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alexander defeated Hanfmann (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 86 points vs Hanfmann’s 84. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Hanfmann 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ritschard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Swiss has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2021, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marco Moroni | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 78 |
| Pts | 146-115 | 275-209 |
| Total Points | 261 | 484 |
| Winners | 62 | 101 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Marco Moroni played 2 matches while Ritschard competed in 4 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Marco Moroni had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gian Marco Moroni surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set. Marco Moroni has played 4 set(s) less than Ritschard (5 vs 9). Therefore, Marco Moroni played 33 games less than Ritschard. The Italian scored 62 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander struck 101 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marco Moroni | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 83/123 | 131/232 |
| %1st in | 67% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 62/83 | 101/131 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 58/101 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 57% |
Marco Moroni struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ritschard scored 15 aces (3.8 per match). Marco Moroni won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 77% 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 | Marco Moroni | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Marco Moroni broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marco Moroni conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marco Moroni | ||||
| R1 Forejtek |
R2 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 79-66 | 146-115 | |
| Total points | 116 | 145 | 261 | |
| Winners | 26 | 36 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 49/69 | 83/123 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 36/49 | 62/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 13/20 | 27/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 65% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/7 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ritschard | ||||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Cristian |
R1 Clarke |
R2 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 13 | 29 | 78 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 62-47 | 54-20 | 86-84 | 275-209 | |
| Total points | 131 | 109 | 74 | 170 | 484 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 16 | 37 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 30% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 33/59 | 22/39 | 47/79 | 131/232 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 56% | 59% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/33 | 16/22 | 37/47 | 101/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 73% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 18/26 | 14/17 | 13/32 | 58/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 82% | 41% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 5/7 | 5/13 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 71% | 38% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 1/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 100% | 20% | 148% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
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