H2H, prediction of Alexander Ritschard vs Mate Valkusz in Oeiras 4 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 17th May 2023

PREVIEW. Oeiras 4 Challenger. Ritschard and Valkusz will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 4 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 17th of May

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Mate Valkusz

Alexander Ritschard and Mate Valkusz will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.49
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Mate Valkusz

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

Alexander Ritschard

Alexander Ritschard
Alexander Ritschard

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Rank
175
High
152
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-14 7-3 16-6 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
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Ranked no. 191, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Martin Landaluce 7-5 6-1.

In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Landaluce (7-5 6-1). During the match, Ritschard scored 84 points vs Landaluce’s 67. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ritschard bagged 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Landaluce 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (217-139). 7-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has a compiled 107-57 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Alexander has an aggregate 12-13 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Ritschard
Oeiras 4 Challenger
Ritschard's Record

Mate Valkusz

Mate Valkusz
Mate Valkusz

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Rank
425
High
204
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-6 3-2 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-24 5-2 23-14 5-7 0-0 0-1
2022 33-14 5-5 27-6 1-2 0-1 0-0
2021 31-9 4-2 27-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 279, the Hungarian got to the 2nd round after beating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-2, Benjamin Hassan 5-7 6-3 6-1 and Emilio Gomez 6-0 6-1.

In the 1st round, Mate had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-0 6-1). During the match Valkusz scored 60 points vs Gomez’s 33. Mate was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Talking about serving, Valkusz scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mate Valkusz lost the serve once. Furthermore, Valkusz put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (15/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Gomez 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

The Hungarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Ostrava Challenger.

The Hungarian has an overall 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Valkusz
Oeiras 4 Challenger
Valkusz's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Ritschard
M.Valkusz
1h:52
1h:52
Time on court​
!
4h:08
4h:08
1h:52
1h:52
Last match​
1h:02
1h:02
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
19
19
Games Played​
57
57
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
84
84
Total points​
226
226
84
84
Avg point​
75.3
75.3
28
28
Winners
73
73
28
28
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
33%
33%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
2
2
Avg Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
7
7
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
28/42
28/42
1st won total​
73/104
73/104
67%
67%
1st won %
70%
70%
16/33
16/33
2nd won total​
35/61
35/61
48%
48%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
19/41
19/41
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
6.3/13.7
6.3/13.7
50%
50%
Won
46%
46%
10
10
Conceded
10
10
10
10
Avg Conceded
3.3
3.3
2
2
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
8
8
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ritschard Valkusz
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 19 57
Pts 84-67 226-154
Total Points 151 380
Winners 28 73
%Winners 33% 32%

Ritschard played 1 match while Valkusz competed in 3 matches. Valkusz started his run from the qualifications while Ritschard had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mate Valkusz surrendered 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ritschard has played 5 set(s) less than Valkusz (2 vs 7). Therefore, Ritschard played 38 games less than Valkusz. The Swiss scored 28 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Mate struck 73 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ritschard Valkusz
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 2 2
1st in 42/75 104/165
%1st in 56% 63%
1st pts 28/42 73/104
%1st pts 67% 70%
2nd pts 16/33 35/61
%2nd pts 48% 57%

Ritschard managed to score 2 aces . Valkusz fired 6 aces (2 per match). Ritschard won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 70% of the points behind 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 Valkusz
Won 5 19
Converted 5/10 19/41
% Converted 50% 46%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8 4
% Saved 80% 40%
Times Broken 2 6

Alexander broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. Mate conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
R1
Landaluce		 Total
Score 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 84-67 84-67
Total points 151 151
Winners 28 28
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 42/75 42/75
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 28/42 28/42
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 16/33 16/33
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2
Valkusz
Q1
Langmo		 Q3
Hassan		 R1
Gomez		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 16 28 13 57
pts 64-42 102-79 60-33 226-154
Total points 106 181 93 380
Winners 25 33 15 73
%Winners 39% 32% 25% 32%
SERVE
Aces 4 0 2 6
Double Faults 2 4 1 7
1st in 33/46 48/79 23/40 104/165
% 1st in 72% 61% 58% 63%
1st pts 25/33 33/48 15/23 73/104
% 1st pts 76% 69% 65% 70%
2nd pts 10/13 15/31 10/17 35/61
% 2nd pts 77% 48% 59% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 8 7 19
Converted 4/12 8/16 7/13 19/41
Converted % 33% 50% 54% 46%
Conceded 1 8 1 10
Saved 1/1 3/8 0/1 4
Saved % 100% 38% 0% 138%
Times Broken 0 5 1 6

Head 2 Head

Alexander Ritschard
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 5Minor
Mate Valkusz
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 1Chall
  • 13Minor

Alexander
Ritschard

1:0

Mate
Valkusz

Rank

175

High

152

1Clay0

Rank

425

High

204

Win Loss
Ritschard
LWLLWWWWLW
Valkusz
LLLLLWWWL
2024 2023 2022
29 - 14
3 - 5
7-3
Hard
3-2
5-4
I Hard
0-0
16-6
Clay
0-3
1-1
Grass
0-0

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