Nuno Borges and Alexander Ritschard will play each other in the quarter of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.46
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Alexander Ritschard fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 6-4 5-4 ret. in the 1st round in M25 Vale Do Lobo back in 2020.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 171 (career-high), Borges reached the quarter after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-4 7-65 and Salvatore Caruso 6-2 4-6 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Nuno defeated Caruso (6-2 4-6 7-63). During the match, Borges scored 110 points vs Caruso’s 100. Nuno was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (47/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Caruso 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nuno has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (161-53). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a composed7-3 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Nuno’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Forli 4 Challenger.
Nuno has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 274, the Swiss got to the quarter after beating Giovanni Oradini 6-0 7-65, Jelle Sels 7-68 6-4, Gastao Elias 6-75 6-2 6-3 and Illya Marchenko 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-3 7-5). During the match Ritschard scored 71 points vs Marchenko’s 57. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Ritschard managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Marchenko 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 93 |
| Pts | 186-170 | 327-261 |
| Total Points | 356 | 588 |
| Winners | 82 | 152 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Borges played 2 matches while Ritschard competed in 4 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard surrendered 1 set. Borges has played 4 set(s) less than Ritschard (5 vs 9). Therefore, Borges played 39 games less than Ritschard. Borges scored 82 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard made 152 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 116/167 | 202/291 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 82/116 | 152/202 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 26/51 | 45/89 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Borges scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Ritschard recorded 19 aces (4.8 per match). Borges won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 15 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 15/25 |
| % Converted | 44% | 60% |
| Conceded | 9 | 25 |
| Saved | 4 | 20 |
| % Saved | 44% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Borges conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Caruso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-2 4-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 | 54 | |
| pts | 76-70 | 110-100 | 186-170 | |
| Total points | 146 | 210 | 356 | |
| Winners | 35 | 47 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/69 | 64/98 | 116/167 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 65% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 47/64 | 82/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 15/34 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/9 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Ritschard | ||||||
| Q1 Oradini |
Q3 Sels |
R1 Elias |
R2 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 7-68 6-4 | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 93 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 80-67 | 108-84 | 71-57 | 327-261 | |
| Total points | 121 | 147 | 192 | 128 | 588 | |
| Winners | 34 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 152 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 53% | 42% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 50/74 | 60/86 | 46/65 | 202/291 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 68% | 70% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 42/50 | 45/60 | 31/46 | 152/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 75% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 12/24 | 16/26 | 11/19 | 45/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 50% | 62% | 58% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 56% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 7/9 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 89% | 78% | 164% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
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