Alexander Ritschard and Miljan Zekic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.45
Miljan Zekic -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Miljan Zekic
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Miljan Zekic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-16 | 2-2 | 11-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 213, Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Radu Albot 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-3 6-3). During the match, Ritschard scored 68 points vs Albot’s 57. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard made 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 49% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Albot 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (229-135). 4-4 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has a composed 128-61 record in the last years on clay.
Alexander’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.
Ritschard has a composed 16-10 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265, Miljan got to the 2nd round after beating Thomas Fancutt 6-0 6-3 and Sumit Nagal 3-6 5-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Nagal, Zekic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 5-1 ret.). During the match Zekic scored 53 points vs Nagal’s 48. Zekic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Miljan broke Nagal 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Miljan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Barletta Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The Serbian has a composed 25-12 win-loss record in 2022, 25-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 |
| Pts | 68-57 | 108-74 |
| Total Points | 125 | 182 |
| Winners | 21 | 39 |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% |
Ritschard played 1 match while Zekic competed in 2 matches. Zekic started his run from the qualifications while Ritschard had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Miljan Zekic conceded 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ritschard has played 3 set(s) less than Zekic (2 vs 5). Therefore, Ritschard played 12 games less than Zekic. The Swiss scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Zekic fired 39 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 53/93 |
| %1st in | 49% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 39/53 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 21/40 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 53% |
Ritschard made 5 aces . Zekic scored 6 aces (3 per match). Ritschard won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 8/11 |
| % Converted | 46% | 73% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Alexander broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zekic broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 68-57 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 32/65 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Zekic | |||||
| Q1 Fancutt |
Q3 Molleker |
R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 7-64 | 3-6 5-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 15 | 52 | |
| pts | 55-26 | – | 53-48 | 108-74 | |
| Total points | 81 | 0 | 101 | 182 | |
| Winners | 16 | 23 | 39 | ||
| %Winners | 29% | 0% | 43% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 19/38 | / | 34/55 | 53/93 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 0% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | / | 23/34 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 0% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | / | 7/21 | 21/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 0% | 33% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 3/5 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 0% | 60% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/ | 1/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 25% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LLLLL Tennis Scores in Heilbronn Challenger
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (7-64 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Facundo MenaMena (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-1 6-75 7-64) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Sumit NagalNagal (3-6 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Zizou BergsBergs (7-64 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (3-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Marius CopilCopil (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benjamin HassanHassan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
