Alexander Ritschard and Evan Furness will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on GENCOM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.69
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Evan Furness
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Evan Furness since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-14 | 7-3 | 16-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 6-8 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 7-5 | 11-11 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 1-4 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 266, the Swiss got to the qualifications after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 7-64.
In the qualifications, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 7-64). During the match, Ritschard scored 82 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 66. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Sanchez-Izquierdo twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (216-128). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has an aggregate 31-30 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 3-2 | 9-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 302, Evan reached the qualifications after beating Jelle Sels 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 7-65). During the match Furness and Sels scored the same amount of points (64). However, the world no. 266 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Furness was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Furness blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Evan Furness was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sels once.
Furness has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 |
| Pts | 82-66 | 64-64 |
| Total Points | 148 | 128 |
| Winners | 34 | 35 |
| %Winners | 41% | 55% |
Both Ritschard and Furness 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 Furness have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ritschard played 1 game less than Furness. The Swiss scored 34 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 35 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 48/67 |
| %1st in | 63% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 14/19 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 74% |
Ritschard managed to score 6 aces . Furness scored 3 aces . Ritschard won 67% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 25% | 100% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Ritschard broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Evan broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Ritschard | |||
| Q1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-66 | 82-66 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 51/81 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Furness | |||
| Q1 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 64-64 | 64-64 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/67 | 48/67 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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