Alexander Ritschard and Jakub Paul will face off in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 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 Alexander Ritschard who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.28
Jakub Paul -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Jakub Paul
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Jakub Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ritschard (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ritschard won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Biel Challenger back in 2021.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-23 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 5-9 | 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 got to the 2nd round after defeating Kenny de Schepper 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against de Schepper, Ritschard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Ritschard scored 89 points vs de Schepper’s 79. Ritschard was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke de Schepper 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (231-156). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has a compiled 44-39 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander has an aggregate 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Jakub Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-26 | 13-8 | 17-11 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 20-4 | 14-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 25-26 | 4-4 | 20-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 549, Jakub reached the 2nd round after beating Mikalai Haliak 7-5 6-4, Vincent Marysko 2-6 6-0 6-1 and Remy Bertola 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Bertola (6-4 6-3). During the match Paul scored 73 points vs Bertola’s 61. Paul was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jakub Paul conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 59% of his first serves in, win 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Bertola 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Paul’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Jakub has a compiled 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 62 |
| Pts | 89-79 | 226-183 |
| Total Points | 168 | 409 |
| Winners | 40 | 93 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Ritschard played 1 match while Paul competed in 3 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Ritschard had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Ritschard lost 1 set, while Jakub Paul lost 1 set. Ritschard has played 4 set(s) less than Paul (3 vs 7). Therefore, Ritschard played 37 games less than Paul. Ritschard scored 40 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Paul bagged 93 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 60/83 | 135/206 |
| %1st in | 72% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 93/135 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 38/71 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Ritschard bagged 3 aces . Paul recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Ritschard won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 14/19 |
| % Converted | 40% | 74% |
| Conceded | 7 | 21 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 86% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ritschard dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 14 times with a 74% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 de Schepper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-79 | 89-79 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/83 | 60/83 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul | |||||
| Q1 Haliak |
Q3 Marysko |
R1 Bertola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 2-6 6-0 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 84-74 | 69-48 | 73-61 | 226-183 | |
| Total points | 158 | 117 | 134 | 409 | |
| Winners | 35 | 33 | 25 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 48% | 34% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 40/57 | 36/61 | 135/206 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 59% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/59 | 33/40 | 25/36 | 93/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 83% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 7/17 | 17/25 | 38/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 41% | 68% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/5 | 3/6 | 14/19 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 50% | 74% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 | 0 | 21 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 67% | – | 140% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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