Illya Marchenko and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the 2nd round of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on GENCOM. 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 Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.52
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-22 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 222, Marchenko reached the 2nd round after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 6-711 6-4.
In the 1st round, Marchenko defeated Uchiyama (6-2 6-711 6-4). During the match, Marchenko scored 109 points vs Uchiyama’s 96. Illya was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marchenko fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve once. Furthermore, Marchenko put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (53/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Uchiyama 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Marchenko has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (276-212). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Marchenko has an overall 119-64 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 2-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
Illya has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-16 | 2-2 | 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. 274, Ritschard got to the 2nd round after beating Giovanni Oradini 6-0 7-65, Jelle Sels 7-68 6-4 and Gastao Elias 6-75 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Elias, Ritschard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 6-3). During the match Ritschard scored 108 points vs Elias’s 84. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard bagged 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (45/60) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ritschard broke Elias 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Alexander has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 72 |
| Pts | 109-96 | 256-204 |
| Total Points | 205 | 460 |
| Winners | 53 | 121 |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% |
Marchenko played 1 match while Ritschard competed in 3 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Marchenko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Illya Marchenko dropped 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard dropped 1 set. Marchenko has played 4 set(s) less than Ritschard (3 vs 7). Therefore, Marchenko played 41 games less than Ritschard. Illya scored 53 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander scored 121 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 71/103 | 156/226 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 121/156 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 34/70 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 49% |
Marchenko scored 8 aces . Ritschard bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Marchenko won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 11/17 |
| % Converted | 40% | 65% |
| Conceded | 1 | 16 |
| Saved | 0 | 13 |
| % Saved | 0% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Marchenko broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Illya lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-711 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 109-96 | 109-96 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/103 | 71/103 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ritschard | |||||
| Q1 Oradini |
Q3 Sels |
R1 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 7-68 6-4 | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 30 | 72 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 80-67 | 108-84 | 256-204 | |
| Total points | 121 | 147 | 192 | 460 | |
| Winners | 34 | 42 | 45 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 53% | 42% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 50/74 | 60/86 | 156/226 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 42/50 | 45/60 | 121/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 12/24 | 16/26 | 34/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 50% | 62% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 56% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 89% | 249% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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