Radu Albot and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.87
Radu Albot -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 3rd time that Radu Albot and Alexander Ritschard play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Albot and Ritschard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Ritschard won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2022.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, the Moldovan reached the 2nd round after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Radu had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-4 6-3). During the match, Albot scored 64 points vs Huesler’s 52. Albot was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Radu Albot lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 69% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Huesler 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Albot has positive record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (319-272). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has a compiled 67-59 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Albot has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-18 | 7-5 | 24-8 | 5-4 | 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. 198, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after beating Ricardas Berankis 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Berankis, Ritschard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 104 points vs Berankis’s 91. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 66% of his first serves in, winning 78% (49/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Berankis 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Ritschard has an aggregate 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 64-52 | 104-91 |
| Total Points | 116 | 195 |
| Winners | 32 | 49 |
| %Winners | 50% | 47% |
Both Albot and Ritschard played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set while Radu Albot hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Albot has played 1 set(s) less than Ritschard (2 vs 3). Therefore, Albot played 8 games less than Ritschard. Radu scored 32 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander bagged 49 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 63/95 |
| %1st in | 69% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 49/63 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 13/32 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 41% |
Albot struck 3 aces . Ritschard blasted 4 aces . Albot won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 23% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Albot broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Albot surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 64-52 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 104-91 | 104-91 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/95 | 63/95 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/63 | 49/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger
- Henri SquireSquire – Mika BrunoldBrunold (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-77 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Mika BrunoldBrunold (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-7(7) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Johan NiklesNikles (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Henri SquireSquire (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
