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.
As 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
| 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.
Alexander Blockx
| 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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LLLLWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Nottingham Challenger
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Henry SearleSearle (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Alastair GrayGray (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hamish StewartStewart – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Remy BertolaBertola (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-77 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
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