Tomas Machac and Tim Van Rijthoven will square off in the quarter of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.56
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Tim Van Rijthoven clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Machac won 6-3 6-3 in the final in M15 Manama back in 2019.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 132, Machac reached the quarter after beating Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-2 and Stefano Napolitano 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Napolitano (6-3 6-4). During the match, Machac scored 68 points vs Napolitano’s 59. Tomas was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tomas Machac conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 57% of his first serves in, winning 85% (35/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Tomas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Napolitano twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Machac hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (135-64). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has a compiled50-22 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Tomas’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Traralgon Challenger.
Tomas has a compiled 14-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
Machac has never competed in this tournament before.
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200 (career-high), Tim reached the quarter after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-4 6-4 and Jelle Sels 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 7-64). During the match Van Rijthoven scored 75 points vs Sels’s 64. Tim was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Van Rijthoven managed to score 7 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tim Van Rijthoven was quite effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Van Rijthoven broke Sels once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Tim’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Forli 4 Challenger.
Van Rijthoven has an aggregate 15-5 win-loss record in 2022, 13-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 43 |
| Pts | 124-93 | 141-120 |
| Total Points | 217 | 261 |
| Winners | 56 | 63 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Machac and Van Rijthoven played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Machac and Van Rijthoven have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Machac played 8 games less than Van Rijthoven. The Czech scored 56 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Tim fired 63 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 67/114 | 78/121 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 56/67 | 63/78 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 21/43 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 49% |
Machac bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Van Rijthoven bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Machac won 84% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Van Rijthoven won 81% 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 | Machac | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 67% | 31% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Tomas very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Van Rijthoven broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Tim conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | ||||
| R1 Lacko |
R2 Napolitano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 56-34 | 68-59 | 124-93 | |
| Total points | 90 | 127 | 217 | |
| Winners | 21 | 35 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 41/72 | 67/114 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 35/41 | 56/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 14/31 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/2 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Van Rijthoven | ||||
| R1 Agamenone |
R2 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 66-56 | 75-64 | 141-120 | |
| Total points | 122 | 139 | 261 | |
| Winners | 28 | 35 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/56 | 42/65 | 78/121 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 35/42 | 63/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 13/23 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 57% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/6 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 17% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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