Alexander Ritschard and Nicolas Alvarez will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Salinas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 3. 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 Alexander Ritschard who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.33
Nicolas Alvarez -> 3.25

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Nicolas Alvarez

There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Nicolas Alvarez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 235, Ritschard reached the 2^nd round after beating Brandon Holt 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-2 6-2). During the match, Ritschard scored 66 points vs Holt’s 46. Ritschard was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ritschard was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Alexander was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Holt 5 times.

Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (224-132). 1-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has an overall 59-34 record in the last years on hard.

The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.

The Swiss has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salinas Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Nicolas Alvarez

Ranked no. 357, Nicolas reached the 2^nd round after beating Nick Hardt 6-7² 7-6³ 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Hardt, Alvarez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 7-6³ 6-1). During the match Alvarez scored 120 points vs Hardt’s 110. The Peruvian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Alvarez scored 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (23/46) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Hardt 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Nicolas’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Campos do Jordao.

Alvarez has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salinas Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ritschard	Alvarez
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	33
Pts	66-46	120-110
Total Points	112	230
Winners	27	48
%Winners	41%	40%

Both Ritschard and Alvarez played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Alvarez dropped 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Alvarez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ritschard played 17 games less than Alvarez. The Swiss scored 27 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian made 48 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ritschard	Alvarez
Aces	0	2
Avg per match	0	2
1st in	36/58	72/118
%1st in	62%	61%
1st pts	27/36	48/72
%1st pts	75%	67%
2nd pts	9/22	23/46
%2nd pts	41%	50%

Ritschard didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alvarez made 2 aces . Ritschard won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ritschard	Alvarez
Won	5	6
Converted	5/5	6/8
% Converted	100%	75%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	5	7
% Saved	83%	70%
Times Broken	1	3

Ritschard broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Alvarez broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
	R1 Holt	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	66-46	66-46
Total points	112	112
Winners	27	27
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/58	36/58
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	9/22	9/22
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Alvarez
	R1 Hardt	Total
Score	6-72 7-63 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	120-110	120-110
Total points	230	230
Winners	48	48
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	72/118	72/118
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	48/72	48/72
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	23/46	23/46
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Salinas Challenger

• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Brandon HoltHolt (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jc AragoneAragone – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (4-6 6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Blu BakerBaker (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Nick HardtHardt (6-7² 7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Cayetano MarchMarch (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Akira SantillanSantillan – Skander MansouriMansouri (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Facundo JuarezJuarez (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Emilio GomezGomez – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yunseong ChungChung – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-0) – H2H and prediction