Tallon Griekspoor and Alexander Ritschard will square off in the final of the Napoli 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tallon Griekspoor is the pick to win this match.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.39
Alexander Ritschard -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 3rd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Alexander Ritschard play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Griekspoor won 3-6 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Napoli Challenger back in October 2021.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 118, Griekspoor got to the final after defeating Blaz Rola 6-2 7-66, Alvaro Lopez San Martin 6-3 6-3, Manuel Guinard 7-67 3-6 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Tallon had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-4 6-4). During the match, Griekspoor scored 60 points vs Cobolli’s 46. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Griekspoor scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Tallon Griekspoor was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tallon was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cobolli 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tallon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Griekspoor has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (264-142). 35-10 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Griekspoor has a compiled133-68 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Prague Challenger where he defeated Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he beat Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in the Amersfoort Challenger where he overcame Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 3-6 6-1 and in the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3 and in the Napoli Challenger where he beat Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-3 6-2.
Tallon has a composed 48-17 win-loss record in 2021, 35-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 302, the Swiss got to the final after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 6-3, Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3 6-3, Jay Clarke 6-0 6-1, Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 4-6 6-4, Gian Marco Moroni 0-6 7-61 6-3 and Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-3 6-3). During the match Ritschard scored 68 points vs Agamenone’s 55. Ritschard was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Agamenone 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
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 55% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Napoli 2 Challenger.
The Swiss has an aggregate 25-19 win-loss record in 2021, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Griekspoor | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 90 | 124 |
| Pts | 294-250 | 426-344 |
| Total Points | 544 | 770 |
| Winners | 135 | 157 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Griekspoor played 4 matches while Ritschard competed in 6 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Griekspoor had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Tallon Griekspoor conceded 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard lost 2 sets. Griekspoor has played 5 set(s) less than Ritschard (9 vs 14). Therefore, Griekspoor played 34 games less than Ritschard. Tallon scored 135 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander struck 157 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Griekspoor | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 174/281 | 216/371 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 135/174 | 157/216 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 56/107 | 80/155 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Griekspoor made 26 aces (6.5 per match). Ritschard scored 20 aces (3.3 per match). Griekspoor won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Griekspoor | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 28 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 28/55 |
| % Converted | 46% | 51% |
| Conceded | 21 | 29 |
| Saved | 16 | 14 |
| % Saved | 76% | 48% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 15 |
Griekspoor broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 28 times with a 51% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 48% of the break points that he conceded.
| Griekspoor | ||||||
| R1 Rola |
R2 Lopez San Martin |
1/4 Guinard |
1/2 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-67 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 31 | 20 | 90 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 66-44 | 96-102 | 60-46 | 294-250 | |
| Total points | 130 | 110 | 198 | 106 | 544 | |
| Winners | 35 | 29 | 47 | 24 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 49% | 40% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 37/62 | 67/106 | 31/53 | 174/281 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 60% | 63% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 29/37 | 47/67 | 24/31 | 135/174 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 78% | 70% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 15/25 | 18/39 | 14/22 | 56/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 60% | 46% | 64% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 3/3 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 60% | 30% | 100% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 9/9 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 67% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ritschard | ||||||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Cristian |
R1 Clarke |
R2 Hanfmann |
1/4 Marco Moroni |
1/2 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 0-6 7-61 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 13 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 124 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 62-47 | 54-20 | 86-84 | 83-80 | 68-55 | 426-344 | |
| Total points | 131 | 109 | 74 | 170 | 163 | 123 | 770 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 16 | 37 | 32 | 24 | 157 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 30% | 43% | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 33/59 | 22/39 | 47/79 | 47/80 | 38/59 | 216/371 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 56% | 59% | 59% | 64% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/33 | 16/22 | 37/47 | 32/47 | 24/38 | 157/216 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 73% | 79% | 68% | 63% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 18/26 | 14/17 | 13/32 | 15/33 | 7/21 | 80/155 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 82% | 41% | 45% | 33% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 28 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 5/7 | 5/13 | 4/11 | 7/11 | 28/55 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 71% | 38% | 36% | 64% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 1/5 | 2/8 | 3/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 100% | 20% | 25% | 43% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
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