H2H, PREDICTION Tallon Griekspoor vs Alexander Ritschard | Napoli 2 Challenger odds, preview, pick

Tallon Griekspoor and Alexander Ritschard will square off in the final of the Napoli 2 Challenger for the 3^rd 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.

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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 3^rd 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 2^nd 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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