Matteo Arnaldi and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 12. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.59
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.29

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexander Ritschard

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

Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi

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Rank
63
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-26 11-14 7-6 5-4 0-2 0-0
2024 29-26 17-13 10-9 1-2 1-2 0-0
2023 51-26 21-15 23-7 4-3 3-1 0-0
2022 50-35 9-3 37-20 4-11 0-1 0-0
2021 56-24 2-1 51-18 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 134, Arnaldi will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-1 to Fucsovics in the 2nd round on the 4th of January.

Arnaldi has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Arnaldi has an overall 137-83 record. He has a positive 37-14 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Arnaldi's Record

Alexander Ritschard

Alexander Ritschard

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Rank
530
High
99
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-15 0-1 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. 169, Ritschard will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 6-3 to Karlovskiy in the 1st round on the 15th of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, Ritschard has an overall 259-166 record. He has a positive 65-39 record on hard.

Australian Open
Ritschard's Record

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