Alexander Ritschard and Tennys Sandgren will square off in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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
Tennys Sandgren -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Tennys Sandgren
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Ritschard and Tennys Sandgren clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Ritschard and Sandgren (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ritschard won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in the Sarasota Challenger back in 2022.
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. 229, Alexander reached the quarter after defeating Juncheng Shang 3-6 7-69 6-2 and Mitchell Krueger 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ritschard scored 63 points vs Krueger’s 49. Ritschard was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Ritschard was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Krueger 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (233-155). 9-8 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has an overall 43-37 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Alexander has an overall 28-29 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Tennys Sandgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 20-19 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 19-11 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 5-12 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, Sandgren reached the quarter after beating Ethan Quinn 4-6 7-66 7-63 and Brandon Holt 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Tennys had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-3 7-5). During the match Sandgren scored 80 points vs Holt’s 60. Tennys was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren blasted 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tennys Sandgren was very effective on serve to win 94% (34/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sandgren broke Holt twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tennys has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger,the Bloomfield Hills Challenger and the Lexington Challenger.
Tennys has an aggregate 26-24 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 57 |
| Pts | 165-155 | 196-170 |
| Total Points | 320 | 366 |
| Winners | 69 | 85 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Ritschard and Sandgren played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set, while Tennys Sandgren lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Sandgren have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ritschard played 9 games less than Sandgren. Ritschard scored 69 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Sandgren recorded 85 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13.5 |
| 1st in | 108/164 | 99/162 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 69/108 | 85/99 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 34/56 | 31/63 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 49% |
Ritschard scored 10 aces (5 per match). Sandgren fired 27 aces (13.5 per match). Ritschard won 64% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/20 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Ritschard broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 20% conversion rate. Tennys conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Shang |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-69 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 102-106 | 63-49 | 165-155 | |
| Total points | 208 | 112 | 320 | |
| Winners | 42 | 27 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 70/103 | 38/61 | 108/164 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 42/70 | 27/38 | 69/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 71% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 15/23 | 34/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 65% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/4 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 75% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sandgren | ||||
| R1 Quinn |
R2 Holt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 7-63 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 21 | 57 | |
| pts | 116-110 | 80-60 | 196-170 | |
| Total points | 226 | 140 | 366 | |
| Winners | 51 | 34 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 36/61 | 99/162 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 51/63 | 34/36 | 85/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 94% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 13/25 | 31/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 52% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/11 | 4/20 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 18% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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