Damir Dzumhur and Alexander Ritschard will play each other in the 2nd round of the Canberra Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.71
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 2nd time that Damir Dzumhur and Alexander Ritschard fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dzumhur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Dzumhur won 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in the Mallorca Challenger back in 2023.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 11-13 | 22-6 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154, Damir reached the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Dzumhur defeated Rinderknech (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Dzumhur scored 81 points vs Rinderknech’s 72. Damir was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dzumhur managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Damir Dzumhur was quite effective on serve to win 85% (44/52) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Damir broke Rinderknech twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Dzumhur has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (313-258). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dzumhur has a composed 89-81 record in the last years on hard.
The Bosnian has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Canberra Challenger
Damir has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-22 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 5-8 | 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. 221, Ritschard got to the 2nd round after defeating Thomas Nicholas Gadecki 6-2 6-2, Daniel Rincon 6-3 7-63 and Jiri Vesely 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Vesely (6-3 7-5). During the match Ritschard scored 69 points vs Vesely’s 59. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 49% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Vesely 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Swiss has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 59 |
| Pts | 81-72 | 201-154 |
| Total Points | 153 | 355 |
| Winners | 44 | 71 |
| %Winners | 54% | 35% |
Dzumhur played 1 match while Ritschard competed in 3 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Dzumhur had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur conceded 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dzumhur has played 3 set(s) less than Ritschard (3 vs 6). Therefore, Dzumhur played 31 games less than Ritschard. The Bosnian scored 44 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander fired 71 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 87/165 |
| %1st in | 72% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 44/52 | 71/87 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 46/78 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 59% |
Dzumhur scored 6 aces . Ritschard bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Dzumhur won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 12 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Bosnian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Damir conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | |||
| R1 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 81-72 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 52/72 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 44/52 | 44/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ritschard | |||||
| Q1 Nicholas |
Q3 Rincon |
R1 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 7-63 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 75-65 | 69-59 | 201-154 | |
| Total points | 87 | 140 | 128 | 355 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 22 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 31/59 | 32/65 | 87/165 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 53% | 49% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 27/31 | 22/32 | 71/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 87% | 69% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 16/28 | 18/33 | 46/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 57% | 55% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/14 | 5/11 | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 21% | 45% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 25% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Canberra Challenger
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Emilio NavaNava (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-74 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Casey HooleHoole (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Sumit NagalNagal (6-71 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alex MolcanMolcan (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Pavle MarinkovMarinkov – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alexandre MullerMuller (5-7 7-67 7-65) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Andrew Harris/Matthew Christopher RomiosHarris/Matthew Christopher Romios – Anirudh Chandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthChandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (4-6 6-4 10-8) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
