Alexander Ritschard and Jelle Sels will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Troisdorf Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on SATURN CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.54
Jelle Sels -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Jelle Sels

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Jelle Sels fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ritschard (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ritschard won 7-6(8) 6-4 in the qualifications in the Forli 5 Challenger back in February 2022.

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 202 (career-high), Ritschard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tomas Barrios Vera 7-5 7-6⁴.

In the 1^st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (7-5 7-6⁴). During the match, Ritschard scored 85 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 75. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ritschard blasted 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 57% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Tomas Barrios Vera 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Ritschard has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (233-137). 8-6 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has a composed 132-63 record in the last years on clay.

Alexander’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.

The Swiss has a compiled 20-12 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Troisdorf Challenger

The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.

Jelle Sels

Ranked no. 260, the Dutch got to the 2^nd round after beating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Sels defeated Pucinelli De Almeida (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Sels scored 105 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 100. Sels was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Sels wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (41/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Pucinelli De Almeida 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Jelle’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.

Sels has an overall 14-16 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ritschard	Sels
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	25	30
Pts	85-75	105-100
Total Points	160	205
Winners	37	41
%Winners	44%	39%

Both Ritschard and Sels played 1 match. At the moment, Jelle Sels surrendered 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Sels (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ritschard played 5 games less than Sels. The Swiss scored 37 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sels made 41 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ritschard	Sels
Aces	7	0
Avg per match	7	0
1st in	47/83	66/101
%1st in	57%	65%
1st pts	37/47	41/66
%1st pts	79%	62%
2nd pts	14/36	20/35
%2nd pts	39%	57%

Ritschard made 7 aces . Sels didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ritschard won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ritschard	Sels
Won	4	5
Converted	4/9	5/13
% Converted	44%	38%
Conceded	8	14
Saved	5	10
% Saved	63%	71%
Times Broken	3	4

The Swiss broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Ritschard dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Jelle conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
	R1 Tomas Barrios Vera	Total
Score	7-5 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	85-75	85-75
Total points	160	160
Winners	37	37
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	47/83	47/83
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	37/47	37/47
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	14/36	14/36
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Sels
	R1 Pucinelli De Almeida	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	105-100	105-100
Total points	205	205
Winners	41	41
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	66/101	66/101
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	41/66	41/66
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	20/35	20/35
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	10/14	10
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Troisdorf Challenger

• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Marko TopoTopo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Remy BertolaBertola (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Aldin SetkicSetkic – Lukas LackoLacko (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Kacper ZukZuk (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Julian LenzLenz – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-0 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey ChepelevChepelev – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Facundo MenaMena (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Steven DiezDiez (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrej MartinMartin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Julian LenzLenz – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Lucas GerchGerch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Aldin SetkicSetkic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey ChepelevChepelev – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction