Alexander Ritschard and Jelle Sels will face off in the qualifications of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm 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 Jelle Sels who should win in 3 sets.
Jelle Sels -> 1.88
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Jelle Sels
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-15 | 0-1 | 11-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-23 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 5-9 | 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 |
Ranked no. 280, Ritschard reached the qualifications after beating Giovanni Oradini 6-0 7-65.
In the qualifications, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Oradini (6-0 7-65). During the match, Ritschard scored 68 points vs Oradini’s 53. Ritschard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 70% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (6/20) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Oradini 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (217-129). 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has a compiled 32-31 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-35 | 7-7 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 14-13 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 323, the Dutch reached the qualifications after defeating Aldin Setkic 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Setkic (7-5 7-5). During the match Sels scored 74 points vs Setkic’s 62. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Sels scored 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jelle Sels was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jelle broke Setkic twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Jelle has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 |
| Pts | 68-53 | 74-62 |
| Total Points | 121 | 136 |
| Winners | 34 | 31 |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% |
Both Ritschard and Sels played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Sels have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ritschard played 5 games less than Sels. Alexander scored 34 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Jelle recorded 31 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 11 |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 35/65 |
| %1st in | 70% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 31/35 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 19/30 |
| %2nd pts | 30% | 63% |
Ritschard blasted 6 aces . Sels managed to score 11 aces . Ritschard won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 30% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 83% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Jelle broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Sels was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Ritschard | |||
| Q1 Oradini | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 46/66 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 6/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 30% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sels | |||
| Q1 Setkic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 74-62 | 74-62 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/65 | 35/65 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 31/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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