Tim Van Rijthoven and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. 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 Tim Van Rijthoven who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tim Van Rijthoven is the pick to win this match.
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 1.33
Alexander Ritschard -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Tim Van Rijthoven and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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), Van Rijthoven got to the semifinal after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-4 6-4, Jelle Sels 6-4 7-64 and Tomas Machac 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Tim had a good straight sets win against Machac (6-3 7-65). During the match, Van Rijthoven scored 85 points vs Machac’s 74. Van Rijthoven was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Rijthoven scored 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tim Van Rijthoven lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Van Rijthoven put 65% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Machac 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van Rijthoven hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Van Rijthoven has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (209-116). 14-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Rijthoven has an overall67-35 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Tim’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 4 Challenger.
Van Rijthoven has an overall 16-5 win-loss record in 2022, 14-3 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, Alexander got to the semifinal after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-0 7-65, Jelle Sels 7-68 6-4, Gastao Elias 6-75 6-2 6-3, Illya Marchenko 6-3 7-5 and Nuno Borges 6-4 7-67.
In the quarter, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-4 7-67). During the match Ritschard scored 77 points vs Borges’s 70. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Ritschard recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Borges 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Alexander has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Rijthoven | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 116 |
| Pts | 226-194 | 404-331 |
| Total Points | 420 | 735 |
| Winners | 106 | 184 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Van Rijthoven played 3 matches while Ritschard competed in 5 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Van Rijthoven had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set while Tim Van Rijthoven hasn’t conceded a set so far. Van Rijthoven has played 5 set(s) less than Ritschard (6 vs 11). Therefore, Van Rijthoven played 51 games less than Ritschard. The Dutch scored 106 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander recorded 184 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Rijthoven | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 9.3 | 5.4 |
| 1st in | 133/205 | 249/363 |
| %1st in | 65% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 106/133 | 184/249 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 32/72 | 58/114 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 51% |
Van Rijthoven managed to score 28 aces (9.3 per match). Ritschard made 27 aces (5.4 per match). Van Rijthoven won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 74% of the points behind 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 | Van Rijthoven | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 19 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 19/35 |
| % Converted | 38% | 54% |
| Conceded | 15 | 31 |
| Saved | 11 | 23 |
| % Saved | 73% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Tim broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Van Rijthoven dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 19 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Rijthoven | |||||
| R1 Agamenone |
R2 Sels |
1/4 Machac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 22 | 65 | |
| pts | 66-56 | 75-64 | 85-74 | 226-194 | |
| Total points | 122 | 139 | 159 | 420 | |
| Winners | 28 | 35 | 43 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/56 | 42/65 | 55/84 | 133/205 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 35/42 | 43/55 | 106/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 13/23 | 11/29 | 32/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 57% | 38% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/6 | 3/5 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 17% | 60% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/2 | 7/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 78% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ritschard | |||||||
| Q1 Oradini |
Q3 Sels |
R1 Elias |
R2 Marchenko |
1/4 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 7-68 6-4 | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 116 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 80-67 | 108-84 | 71-57 | 77-70 | 404-331 | |
| Total points | 121 | 147 | 192 | 128 | 147 | 735 | |
| Winners | 34 | 42 | 45 | 31 | 32 | 184 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 53% | 42% | 44% | 42% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 50/74 | 60/86 | 46/65 | 47/72 | 249/363 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 68% | 70% | 71% | 65% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 42/50 | 45/60 | 31/46 | 32/47 | 184/249 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 75% | 67% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 12/24 | 16/26 | 11/19 | 13/25 | 58/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 50% | 62% | 58% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 19/35 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 56% | 50% | 40% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 31 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 7/9 | 3/6 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 89% | 78% | 50% | 126% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
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