Dominic Stephan Stricker and Alexander Ritschard will face off in the quarter of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE 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 -> 1.66
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 172, Dominic reached the quarter after beating Jozef Kovalik 5-7 6-2 6-4 and Harold Mayot 6-3 4-5 ret..
In the 2nd round, Dominic defeated Mayot (6-3 4-5 ret.). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 61 points vs Mayot’s 55. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was very efficient on serve to win 95% (20/21) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dominic broke Mayot twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Stephan Stricker has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (56-42). 5-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Stephan Stricker has an aggregate16-17 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Swiss’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.
The Swiss has an overall 23-17 win-loss record in 2022, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Stephan Stricker has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 7-3 | 17-6 | 5-4 | 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 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 178 (career-high), Alexander reached the quarter after defeating Kilian Feldbausch 6-0 5-7 6-2 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Agustin Tirante (7-66 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 72 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 63. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was very efficient on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ritschard broke Agustin Tirante once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Ritschard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.
Ritschard has an overall 26-18 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 49 |
| Pts | 151-137 | 160-128 |
| Total Points | 288 | 288 |
| Winners | 62 | 64 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Ritschard played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominic Stephan Stricker lost 2 sets, while Alexander Ritschard conceded 1 set. Stephan Stricker has played 1 set more than Ritschard (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Stephan Stricker played 1 game less than Ritschard. Stephan Stricker scored 62 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard fired 64 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 72/137 | 83/135 |
| %1st in | 53% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 62/72 | 64/83 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 35/65 | 31/52 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 60% |
Stephan Stricker struck 21 aces (10.5 per match). Ritschard bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Stephan Stricker won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Dominic broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Stephan Stricker conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stephan Stricker | ||||
| R1 Kovalik |
R2 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 4-5 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 90-82 | 61-55 | 151-137 | |
| Total points | 172 | 116 | 288 | |
| Winners | 42 | 20 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/87 | 21/50 | 72/137 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 42% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 20/21 | 62/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 95% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 16/29 | 35/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 55% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/6 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Feldbausch |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 5-7 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
| pts | 88-65 | 72-63 | 160-128 | |
| Total points | 153 | 135 | 288 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 38/60 | 83/135 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/38 | 64/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 84% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 16/22 | 31/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 73% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 1/4 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 25% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Karol Drzewiecki/Patrik Niklas-SalminenDrzewiecki/Patrik Niklas-Salminen – Maximilian Marterer/Mats MoraingMarterer/Mats Moraing (2-6 6-3 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
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