Alexander Ritschard and Salvatore Caruso will clash against each other in the quarter of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court SOPRA STERIA. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.56
Salvatore Caruso -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Salvatore Caruso
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Salvatore Caruso since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
| 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 |
Ranked no. 195, Alexander got to the quarter after defeating Harold Mayot 6-71 6-2 6-2 and Jules Marie 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Marie (6-3 6-2). During the match, Ritschard scored 76 points vs Marie’s 54. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Marie 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (220-141). 10-7 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has a compiled 110-59 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Alexander has a composed 15-15 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Salvatore Caruso
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 8-9 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 6-6 | 32-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 10-6 | 10-13 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-25 | 9-9 | 7-11 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-20 | 7-8 | 8-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288, Caruso reached the quarter after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-0 and Terence Atmane 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Atmane, Caruso recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Caruso scored 100 points vs Atmane’s 87. Caruso was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Caruso made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Salvatore Caruso was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Caruso broke Atmane 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Salvatore has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Salvatore’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Manama Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2023, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Salvatore has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 43 |
| Pts | 170-126 | 164-126 |
| Total Points | 296 | 290 |
| Winners | 67 | 61 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Ritschard and Caruso played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set, while Salvatore Caruso surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Caruso have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ritschard played 3 games more than Caruso. The Swiss scored 67 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Salvatore struck 61 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 87/134 | 86/141 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 67/87 | 61/86 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 30/47 | 34/55 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 62% |
Ritschard bagged 18 aces (9 per match). Caruso managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ritschard won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 40% | 47% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Swiss broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ritschard lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Mayot |
R2 Marie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 | 46 | |
| pts | 94-72 | 76-54 | 170-126 | |
| Total points | 166 | 130 | 296 | |
| Winners | 39 | 28 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 38/60 | 87/134 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 28/38 | 67/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/22 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 68% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/9 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Caruso | ||||
| R1 Hsin |
R2 Atmane |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 | 43 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 100-87 | 164-126 | |
| Total points | 103 | 187 | 290 | |
| Winners | 22 | 39 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 55/90 | 86/141 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 39/55 | 61/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 21/35 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 60% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 5/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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