Alexander Ritschard and Marc-Andrea Huesler will square off in the 2^nd round of the Ottignies for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in Switzerland F2 (Bellevue) back in 2018.

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 197, Ritschard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-0 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 200, the Swiss reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jurij Rodionov 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

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