Alexis Galarneau and Alexander Ritschard will square off in the quarter of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.54
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Alexis got to the quarter after defeating Patrick Kypson 7-65 6-4 and Aziz Dougaz 7-65 1-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Alexis defeated Dougaz (7-65 1-6 7-5).During the match, Galarneau scored less points (6) than Dougaz. In fact, the world no. 174 won 95 points vs Dougaz’s. That means that Galarneau was more focused during the important points. Galarneau was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Galarneau made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 56% of his first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Dougaz twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexis has lost 1 set in this event to win 50% of the points he played.
Galarneau has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (139-113). 19-16 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Galarneau has an aggregate81-61 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Granby Challenger where he defeated Philip Sekulic in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Galarneau has an aggregate 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
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. 209, the Swiss got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-2 7-5 and Johannus Monday 6-3 6-75 7-62.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss defeated Monday (6-3 6-75 7-62). During the match Ritschard scored 107 points vs Monday’s 99. Ritschard was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Ritschard scored 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 57% (26/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Ritschard broke Monday 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Ritschard has an aggregate 21-26 win-loss record in 2023, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 55 |
| Pts | 173-172 | 182-160 |
| Total Points | 345 | 342 |
| Winners | 79 | 72 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Galarneau and Ritschard played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexis Galarneau dropped 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Galarneau and Ritschard have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (55). Galarneau scored 79 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard fired 72 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 100/172 | 97/169 |
| %1st in | 58% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 79/100 | 72/97 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 30/72 | 39/72 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 54% |
Galarneau blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Ritschard fired 16 aces (8 per match). Galarneau won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 40% | 45% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 54% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
The Canadian broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Canadian lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | ||||
| R1 Kypson |
R2 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 7-65 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 32 | 55 | |
| pts | 78-71 | 95-101 | 173-172 | |
| Total points | 149 | 196 | 345 | |
| Winners | 35 | 44 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 54/96 | 100/172 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 44/54 | 79/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 19/42 | 30/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 45% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/9 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 22% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 6/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 67% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
R2 Monday |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-75 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 | 55 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 107-99 | 182-160 | |
| Total points | 136 | 206 | 342 | |
| Winners | 26 | 46 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 62/108 | 97/169 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 46/62 | 72/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 26/46 | 39/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/6 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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