Eduardo Ribeiro and Tim Handel will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eduardo Ribeiro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Eduardo Ribeiro is the pick to win this match.
Eduardo Ribeiro -> 1.68
Tim Handel -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Eduardo Ribeiro vs. Tim Handel
There is no head to head record between Eduardo Ribeiro and Tim Handel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Eduardo Ribeiro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-28 | 0-2 | 26-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-23 | 0-1 | 52-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-11 | 1-1 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316 (career-high), Ribeiro reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Kobelt 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ribeiro had a good straight sets win against Kobelt (6-3 6-2). During the match, Ribeiro scored 60 points vs Kobelt’s 42. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ribeiro made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eduardo Ribeiro was quite effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Eduardo broke Kobelt 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Ribeiro has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (152-106). 17-16 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ribeiro has a composed127-84 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Anapoima,the Florianopolis Challenger and the Medellin Challenger.
Eduardo has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2023, 17-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tim Handel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 2-2 | 8-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-30 | 2-3 | 41-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 5-2 | 22-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 9-9 | 31-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 490 (career-high), Tim reached the qualifications after beating Karl Friberg 6-4 4-6 7-62.
In the qualifications, The German defeated Friberg (6-4 4-6 7-62). During the match Handel scored 96 points vs Friberg’s 95. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Handel made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tim Handel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Handel put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Handel broke Friberg 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Tim’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Warmbad Villach and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
Handel has a compiled 25-16 win-loss record in 2023, 20-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ribeiro | Handel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 |
| Pts | 60-42 | 96-95 |
| Total Points | 102 | 191 |
| Winners | 27 | 38 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Ribeiro and Handel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tim Handel conceded 1 set while Eduardo Ribeiro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ribeiro has played 1 set(s) less than Handel (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ribeiro played 16 games less than Handel. Eduardo scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 38 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ribeiro | Handel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 35/53 | 54/97 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 38/54 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 23/43 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 53% |
Ribeiro managed to score 5 aces . Handel managed to score 4 aces . Ribeiro won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Handel won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ribeiro | Handel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 40% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Ribeiro broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ribeiro had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Handel broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Tim conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ribeiro | |||
| Q1 Kobelt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/53 | 35/53 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Handel | |||
| Q1 Friberg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 96-95 | 96-95 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/97 | 54/97 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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