Mikael Ymer and Tim Van Rijthoven will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Firenze Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 Mikael Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.75
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
This will be the 2nd time that Mikael Ymer and Tim Van Rijthoven square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Van Rijthoven (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Van Rijthoven won 6-7(1) 7-6(6) 6-2 in the Rubber 5 in 5 back in 2016.
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Ymer got to the 1st round after defeating Andreas Seppi 7-5 6-3 and Borna Gojo 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Gojo, The Swede recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Ymer scored 89 points vs Gojo’s 81. The Swede was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ymer blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikael Ymer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Ymer broke Gojo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ymer started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ymer has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (246-146). 9-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ymer has an aggregate86-44 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Swede’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Montpellier and Washington.
Ymer has a compiled 23-22 win-loss record in 2022, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Florence
The Swede has never competed in this tournament before.
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 116, Tim reached the 1st round after beating Aziz Dougaz 6-4 6-4 and Gianmarco Ferrari 6-4 7-62.
In the qualifications, Tim had a good straight sets win against Ferrari (6-4 7-62). During the match Van Rijthoven scored 66 points vs Ferrari’s 49. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Van Rijthoven overwhelmed his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tim Van Rijthoven was very effective on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 86% (19/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ferrari once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tim started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Hertogenbosch where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 6-1.
Van Rijthoven has a composed 34-19 win-loss record in 2022, 21-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 43 |
| Pts | 170-149 | 139-112 |
| Total Points | 319 | 251 |
| Winners | 75 | 67 |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% |
Both Ymer and Van Rijthoven played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mikael Ymer lost 1 set while Tim Van Rijthoven hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ymer has played 1 set more than Van Rijthoven (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ymer played 8 games more than Van Rijthoven. The Swede scored 75 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tim recorded 67 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 17 |
| 1st in | 111/149 | 78/117 |
| %1st in | 74% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 75/111 | 67/78 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 26/39 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 67% |
Ymer blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Van Rijthoven fired 34 aces (17 per match). Ymer won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Van Rijthoven won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 3 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 36% | 25% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 44% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Ymer broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Mikael conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Van Rijthoven broke his opponents 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Tim was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Ymer | ||||
| Q1 Seppi | Q3 Gojo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
| pts | 81-68 | 89-81 | 170-149 | |
| Total points | 149 | 170 | 319 | |
| Winners | 37 | 38 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 57/73 | 54/76 | 111/149 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 71% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 38/54 | 75/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/22 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 59% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 25% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Van Rijthoven | ||||
| Q1 Dougaz | Q3 Ferrari | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 73-63 | 66-49 | 139-112 | |
| Total points | 136 | 115 | 251 | |
| Winners | 38 | 29 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 25 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/62 | 33/55 | 78/117 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 60% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 29/33 | 67/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 88% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 19/22 | 26/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 86% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 1/1 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 100% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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