Dominic Stephan Stricker and Tim Van Rijthoven will square off in the quarter of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tim Van Rijthoven who should win in 3 sets.
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 1.9
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
This will be the 2nd time that Dominic Stephan Stricker and Tim Van Rijthoven square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Stephan Stricker (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Stephan Stricker won 5-7 6-4 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in the Lugano Challenger back in 2021.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, the Swiss reached the quarter after beating Yuichi Sugita 7-65 6-1 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (6-4 7-63). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 71 points vs Kovacevic’s 62. Stephan Stricker was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker scored 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Swiss broke Kovacevic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Stephan Stricker has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (45-30). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stephan Stricker has a composed25-11 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.
Stephan Stricker has an aggregate 12-5 win-loss record in 2022, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 179 (career-high), Tim got to the quarter after beating Georgii Kravchenko 7-64 7-5 and Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Tim had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-2 7-5). During the match Van Rijthoven scored 70 points vs Karlovskiy’s 53. Van Rijthoven was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Van Rijthoven blasted 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tim Van Rijthoven conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Van Rijthoven put 74% of his first serves in, winning 84% (42/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Tim broke Karlovskiy 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tim hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Tim’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 4 Challenger.
Tim has an aggregate 19-7 win-loss record in 2022, 17-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 45 |
| Pts | 147-122 | 156-132 |
| Total Points | 269 | 288 |
| Winners | 60 | 88 |
| %Winners | 41% | 56% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Van Rijthoven played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stephan Stricker and Van Rijthoven have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Stephan Stricker played 2 games less than Van Rijthoven. Stephan Stricker scored 60 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Van Rijthoven made 88 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 14 |
| 1st in | 85/142 | 113/158 |
| %1st in | 60% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 60/85 | 88/113 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 35/57 | 21/45 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 47% |
Stephan Stricker struck 21 aces (10.5 per match). Van Rijthoven fired 28 aces (14 per match). Stephan Stricker won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Van Rijthoven won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Stephan Stricker broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Stephan Stricker surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Dutch was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
| Stephan Stricker | ||||
| R1 Sugita | R2 Kovacevic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 71-62 | 147-122 | |
| Total points | 136 | 133 | 269 | |
| Winners | 31 | 29 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 40/68 | 85/142 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 29/40 | 60/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 17/28 | 35/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Van Rijthoven | ||||
| R1 Kravchenko | R2 Karlovskiy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 86-79 | 70-53 | 156-132 | |
| Total points | 165 | 123 | 288 | |
| Winners | 46 | 42 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 60% | 56% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 15 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/90 | 50/68 | 113/158 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 74% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 46/63 | 42/50 | 88/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 6/18 | 21/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 33% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 5/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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