Tomas Barrios Vera and Alexander Ritschard will square off in the 2nd round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.66
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 3rd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Alexander Ritschard play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ritschard won 7-5 7-6(4) in the 1st round in the Troisdorf Challenger back in 2022.
Tomas Barrios Vera
7 - 10win/loss
196
93
LWLWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 0-1 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Tomas Barrios Vera reached the 2nd round after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-4 6-0). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 61 points vs Hassan’s 36. Tomas Barrios Vera was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marcelo broke Hassan 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (329-192). 7-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate 248-139 match record in the last years on clay.
The Chilean has an aggregate 7-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Marcelo has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
25 - 11win/loss
175
152
LWLLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-14 | 7-3 | 16-6 | 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. 184, Ritschard reached the 2nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-4 7-62). During the match Ritschard scored 85 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 71. Ritschard was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Ritschard bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Ramos-Vinolas twice after converting 14% of his break points (2/14).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Andres Andrade in the final 6-2 6-4.
Ritschard has an overall 25-11 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
| Pts | 61-36 | 85-71 |
| Total Points | 97 | 156 |
| Winners | 22 | 26 |
| %Winners | 36% | 31% |
Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Ritschard played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tomas Barrios Vera and Ritschard have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tomas Barrios Vera played 7 games less than Ritschard. Marcelo scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 26 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 39/66 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 26/39 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 20/27 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 74% |
Tomas Barrios Vera made 1 ace . Ritschard also managed to score 4 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 14% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Marcelo broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marcelo extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alexander broke his opponent twice with a 14% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | |||
| R1 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 61-36 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 85-71 | 85-71 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/14 | 2/14 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Heilbronn Challenger
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marko TopoTopo (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-72 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Peter HellerHeller – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Felix GillGill (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Lasse PoertnerPoertner (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marko TopoTopo (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Lasse PoertnerPoertner (6-1 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Felix GillGill (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Peter HellerHeller – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter HellerHeller – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
