Alexander Ritschard and Keegan Smith will face off in the 1st round of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.43
Keegan Smith -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Keegan Smith
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Keegan Smith 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 | 42-18 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 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 will start his run in the Fairfield Challenger after he played his last match in the Tiburon Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 to Galarneau in the quarter on the 6th of October.
Ritschard has an aggregate 21-27 win-loss record in 2023, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ritschard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Ritschard has an overall 280-193 record. He has a positive 68-46 record on hard.
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 28-16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 624, the American reached the 1st round after defeating Kris Van Wyk 6-4 6-2 and Edward Winter 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Winter (6-4 6-0). During the match Smith scored 61 points vs Winter’s 42. Smith was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Smith made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Keegan Smith conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the 2nd serve. Smith was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Winter 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Rancho Santa Fe,M15 San Diego and M15 Albuquerque.
The American has an overall 30-18 win-loss record in 2023, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Alfredo PerezPerez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Keegan SmithSmith (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Brandon HoltHolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan DostanicDostanic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
