Fernando Verdasco and Alexander Ritschard will clash against each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 14. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.76
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Alexander Ritschard

There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Fernando Verdasco

Ranked no. 109, Fernando reached the qualifications after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-2 5-7 6-1.

In the qualifications, Fernando defeated Dzumhur (6-2 5-7 6-1). During the match, Verdasco scored 110 points vs Dzumhur’s 88. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Verdasco couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 67% of his first serves in, winning 57% (37/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the 2nd serve. Verdasco broke Dzumhur 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

Verdasco has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (233-217). 12-11 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has an overall 97-80 record in the last years on clay.

Fernando’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.

Fernando has a composed 21-14 win-loss record in 2022, 12-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 204 (career-high), the Swiss got to the qualifications after beating Laurent Lokoli 2-6 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications against Lokoli, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 95 points vs Lokoli’s 91. Ritschard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Ritschard managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Lokoli twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Alexander’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.

Ritschard has an aggregate 18-11 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Verdasco	Ritschard
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	28
Pts	110-88	95-91
Total Points	198	186
Winners	37	35
%Winners	34%	37%

Both Verdasco and Ritschard played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Fernando Verdasco conceded 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Ritschard have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Verdasco played 1 game less than Ritschard. Verdasco scored 37 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard bagged 35 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Verdasco	Ritschard
Aces	0	4
Avg per match	0	4
1st in	65/97	52/93
%1st in	67%	56%
1st pts	37/65	35/52
%1st pts	57%	67%
2nd pts	21/32	26/41
%2nd pts	66%	63%

Verdasco didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ritschard recorded 4 aces . Verdasco won 57% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Verdasco	Ritschard
Won	6	2
Converted	6/18	2/6
% Converted	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4	5
% Saved	57%	71%
Times Broken	3	2

Verdasco broke his opponent 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Fernando dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Verdasco
	Q1 Dzumhur	Total
Score	6-2 5-7 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	110-88	110-88
Total points	198	198
Winners	37	37
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	65/97	65/97
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	37/65	37/65
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	21/32	21/32
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/18	6/18
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Ritschard
	Q1 Lokoli	Total
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	95-91	95-91
Total points	186	186
Winners	35	35
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/93	52/93
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	35/52	35/52
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	26/41	26/41
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

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