H2H, prediction of Alexander Ritschard vs Alexander Blockx in Nottingham Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th February 2024

PREVIEW. Nottingham Challenger. Ritschard and Blockx will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 7th of February

Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Alexander Blockx

Alexander Ritschard and Alexander Blockx will play each other in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.67
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Ritschard

Alexander Ritschard
Alexander Ritschard

8 - 3win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
2-2
Rank
152
High
152
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-13 7-3 16-6 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. 183, Ritschard got to the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-4 6-3). During the match, Ritschard scored 67 points vs Giustino’s 52. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ritschard scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Giustino 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Ritschard has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (228-152). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has an overall 42-37 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Swiss has an aggregate 8-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham Challenger

Ritschard has never competed in this tournament before.

Ritschard
Nottingham Challenger
Ritschard's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx
Alexander Blockx

3 - 4win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
3-2
Rank
300
High
289
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-12 0-5 0-0 9-7 0-0 0-0
2023 39-15 4-3 11-7 24-5 0-0 0-0
2022 4-7 2-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 338 (career-high), Blockx reached the 2nd round after defeating Valentin Royer 6-77 6-3 7-64.

In the 1st round against Royer, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-3 7-64). During the match Blockx scored 112 points vs Royer’s 100. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 62 winners.

Talking about serving, Blockx submerged his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Blockx was very efficient on serve to win 78% (62/79) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blockx broke Royer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

The Belgian has an aggregate 2-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Blockx
Nottingham Challenger
Blockx's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Ritschard
A.Blockx
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
35
35
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
67
67
Total points​
112
112
67
67
Avg point​
112
112
22
22
Winners
62
62
22
22
Avg Winners​
62
62
33%
33%
Ratio winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
21
21
1
1
Avg Aces
!
21
21
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2
2
22/36
22/36
1st won total​
62/79
62/79
61%
61%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
15/25
15/25
2nd won total​
22/38
22/38
60%
60%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
2/4
2/4
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
2/4
2/4
!
71%
71%
Won
50%
50%
6
6
Conceded
9
9
6
6
Avg Conceded
9
9
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ritschard Blockx
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 35
Pts 67-52 112-100
Total Points 119 212
Winners 22 62
%Winners 33% 55%

Both Ritschard and Blockx played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Blockx dropped 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Blockx (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ritschard played 16 games less than Blockx. The Swiss scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander made 62 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ritschard Blockx
Aces 1 21
Avg per match 1 21
1st in 36/61 79/117
%1st in 59% 68%
1st pts 22/36 62/79
%1st pts 61% 78%
2nd pts 15/25 22/38
%2nd pts 60% 58%

Ritschard fired 1 ace . Blockx also bagged 21 aces . Ritschard won 61% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ritschard Blockx
Won 5 2
Converted 5/7 2/4
% Converted 71% 50%
Conceded 6 9
Saved 4 8
% Saved 67% 89%
Times Broken 2 1

The Swiss broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
R1
Giustino
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 67-52 67-52
Total points 119 119
Winners 22 22
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 36/61 36/61
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 22/36 22/36
% 1st pts 61% 61%
2nd pts 15/25 15/25
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2
Blockx
R1
Royer
Total
Score 6-77 6-3 7-64
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 112-100 112-100
Total points 212 212
Winners 62 62
%Winners 55% 55%
SERVE
Aces 21 21
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 79/117 79/117
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 62/79 62/79
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 22/38 22/38
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 8/9 8
Saved % 89% 89%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ritschard
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Blockx
LLLLWWWLWL
2024 2023 2022
28 - 13
9 - 12
7-3
Hard
0-5
5-4
I Hard
9-7
16-6
Clay
0-0

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