Alexander Ritschard and Mitchell Krueger will clash against each other in the quarter of the Fairfield Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on EVE ZIMMERMAN COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.82
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Mitchell Krueger
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Mitchell Krueger face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Krueger won 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 in the quarter in the Orlando Challenger back in 2020.
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, Alexander reached the quarter after beating Keegan Smith 7-63 7-64 and Aidan Mayo 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Mayo (7-5 6-3). During the match, Ritschard scored 80 points vs Mayo’s 66. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 55% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (13/34) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Mayo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (228-153). 5-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has a composed 70-46 match record in the last years on hard.
Ritschard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Alexander has an aggregate 23-27 win-loss record in 2023, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 18-7 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, Krueger reached the quarter after beating Alfredo Perez 7-66 6-2 and Learner Tien 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mitchell had a good straight sets win against Tien (6-4 6-3). During the match Krueger scored 69 points vs Tien’s 53. Krueger was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Krueger blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Mitchell broke Tien 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mitchell hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Mitchell’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Dallas.
The American has a composed 26-25 win-loss record in 2023, 15-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 40 |
| Pts | 169-150 | 138-110 |
| Total Points | 319 | 248 |
| Winners | 63 | 63 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Both Ritschard and Krueger played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Krueger have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ritschard played 7 games more than Krueger. Ritschard scored 63 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Krueger managed to score 63 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 81/156 | 82/120 |
| %1st in | 52% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 63/81 | 63/82 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 34/75 | 21/38 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 55% |
Ritschard struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Krueger made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Ritschard won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 44% | 38% |
| Conceded | 12 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Swiss lost his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Krueger broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Smith |
R2 Mayo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-64 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 | 47 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 80-66 | 169-150 | |
| Total points | 173 | 146 | 319 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 39/80 | 42/76 | 81/156 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 55% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 32/42 | 63/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 13/34 | 34/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 38% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/9 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 2/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 40% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Perez |
R2 Tien |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-53 | 138-110 | |
| Total points | 126 | 122 | 248 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 36/57 | 82/120 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 63% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 28/36 | 63/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 10/21 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/12 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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