Alexander Ritschard and Marc-Andrea Huesler will square off in the 2nd round of the Ottignies for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am 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 Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc-Andrea Huesler is the pick to win this match.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.49
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Marc-Andrea Huesler fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Huesler (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Huesler won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Switzerland F2 (Bellevue) back in 2018.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-10 | 7-3 | 8-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 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. 197, Ritschard got to the 2nd round after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-0 6-4). During the match, Ritschard scored 62 points vs Brancaccio’s 44. Ritschard was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) 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. Alexander broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (227-151). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has an overall 41-36 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss has a composed 7-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 4-3 | 9-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 200, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after defeating Jurij Rodionov 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (6-2 6-3). During the match Huesler scored 63 points vs Rodionov’s 35. Marc-Andrea was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Huesler managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marc-Andrea Huesler was quite efficient on serve to win 100% (21/21) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Huesler broke Rodionov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Huesler has an overall 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
| Pts | 62-44 | 63-35 |
| Total Points | 106 | 98 |
| Winners | 18 | 21 |
| %Winners | 29% | 33% |
Both Ritschard and Huesler played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Huesler have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ritschard played 1 game less than Huesler. Ritschard scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Huesler struck 21 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 21/41 |
| %1st in | 50% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 21/21 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 100% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/20 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 75% |
Ritschard struck 2 aces . Huesler scored 6 aces . Ritschard won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 100% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 29% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Ritschard broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Swiss had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Marc-Andrea broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Marc-Andrea was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 62-44 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 18/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Huesler | |||
| R1 Rodionov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-35 | 63-35 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 21/21 | 21/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Louvain
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-64 6-77 6-0) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-74 6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Zizou BergsBergs (6-75 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-6(4) 6-7(7) 6-0) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-7(4) 6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Zsombor PirosPiros (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
