Alexander Ritschard and Ignacio Buse will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Salzburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ignacio Buse who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ignacio Buse is the pick to win this match.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.86
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Ignacio Buse

There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Ignacio Buse since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alexander Ritschard

Alexander Ritschard

32 - 14win/loss

Hard
7-3
I Hard
5-4
Clay
19-6
Grass
1-1
Rank
118
High
99
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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
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Ranked no. 175, the Swiss reached the semifinal after defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2 6-4, Jerome Kym 6-0 6-4, Federico Coria 6-4 4-6 6-1 and Ignacio Buse .

In the quarter, Alexander defeated Coria (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match, Ritschard scored 115 points vs Coria’s 101. Ritschard was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ritschard struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 54% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (15/42) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Coria 6 times after converting 29% of his break points (6/21).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss has dropped 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Ritschard has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (252-164). 19-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has an aggregate 124-66 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Savannah Challenger where he overcame Andres Andrade in the final 6-2 6-4.

Ritschard has an aggregate 32-14 win-loss record in 2024, 19-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salzburg Challenger

Salzburg Challenger
Ritschard's Record

Ignacio Buse

Ignacio Buse

33 - 16win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
30-13
Rank
225
High
209
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-28 3-3 44-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 35-19 7-3 28-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 13-8 4-2 9-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-4 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 312 (career-high), the Peruvian reached the semifinal after defeating Gerard Campana Lee 6-4 6-2, Vit Kopriva 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Hamad Medjedovic 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Medjedovic, The Peruvian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match Buse scored 108 points vs Medjedovic’s 94. Ignacio was very aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Talking about serving, Buse bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ignacio Buse lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Buse put 75% of his first serves in, winning 71% (55/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Ignacio broke Medjedovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ignacio has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Peruvian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona and M25 Vic.

Ignacio has a compiled 33-16 win-loss record in 2024, 30-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salzburg Challenger

Ignacio has never competed in this tournament before.

Salzburg Challenger
Buse's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Ritschard
I.Buse
5h:29
5h:29
Time on court​
7h:15
7h:15
!
2h:34
2h:34
Last match​
!
2h:36
2h:36
3
3
Match played
3
3
61
61
Games Played​
78
78
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
257
257
Total points​
292
292
85.7
85.7
Avg point​
97.3
97.3
84
84
Winners
106
106
28
28
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
33%
33%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
10
10
2
2
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
12
12
Double Faults
10
10
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
84/110
84/110
1st won total​
106/156
106/156
!
76%
76%
1st won %
68%
68%
45/102
45/102
2nd won total​
42/88
42/88
44%
44%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
16/40
16/40
BP won
17/40
17/40
5.3/13.3
5.3/13.3
Avg BP won
5.7/13.3
5.7/13.3
40%
40%
Won
43%
43%
19
19
Conceded
26
26
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
8.7
8.7
6
6
Broken
10
10
2
2
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
13
13
Saved
16
16
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ritschard Buse
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 61 78
Pts 257-207 292-256
Total Points 464 548
Winners 84 106
%Winners 33% 36%

Both Ritschard and Buse played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Ritschard conceded 1 set, while Ignacio Buse lost 2 sets. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Buse (7 vs 8). Therefore, Ritschard played 17 games less than Buse. The Swiss scored 84 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Buse managed to score 106 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ritschard Buse
Aces 6 10
Avg per match 2 3.3
1st in 110/212 156/244
%1st in 52% 64%
1st pts 84/110 106/156
%1st pts 76% 68%
2nd pts 45/102 42/88
%2nd pts 44% 48%

Ritschard fired 6 aces (2 per match). Buse fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Ritschard won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ritschard Buse
Won 16 17
Converted 16/40 17/40
% Converted 40% 43%
Conceded 19 26
Saved 13 16
% Saved 68% 62%
Times Broken 6 10

Ritschard broke his opponents 16 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alexander lost his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ignacio conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
R1
Zapata Miralles		 R2
Kym		 1/4
Coria		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 18 16 27 61
pts 77-62 65-44 115-101 257-207
Total points 139 109 216 464
Winners 30 13 41 84
%Winners 39% 20% 36% 33%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 2 6
Double Faults 5 3 4 12
1st in 44/78 16/42 50/92 110/212
% 1st in 56% 38% 54% 52%
1st pts 30/44 13/16 41/50 84/110
% 1st pts 68% 81% 82% 76%
2nd pts 14/34 16/26 15/42 45/102
% 2nd pts 41% 62% 36% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5 6 16
Converted 5/10 5/9 6/21 16/40
Converted % 50% 56% 29% 40%
Conceded 9 2 8 19
Saved 7/9 1/2 5/8 13
Saved % 78% 50% 63% 64%
Times Broken 2 1 3 6
Buse
R1
Campana		 R2
Kopriva		 1/4
Medjedovic		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 18 28 32 78
pts 66-54 118-108 108-94 292-256
Total points 120 226 202 548
Winners 20 31 55 106
%Winners 30% 26% 51% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 3 3 10
Double Faults 3 5 2 10
1st in 29/51 49/89 78/104 156/244
% 1st in 57% 55% 75% 64%
1st pts 20/29 31/49 55/78 106/156
% 1st pts 69% 63% 71% 68%
2nd pts 10/22 20/40 12/26 42/88
% 2nd pts 45% 50% 46% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 6 5 17
Converted 6/11 6/21 5/8 17/40
Converted % 55% 29% 63% 43%
Conceded 6 9 11 26
Saved 3/6 5/9 8/11 16
Saved % 50% 56% 73% 60%
Times Broken 3 4 3 10

Tennis Scores in Salzburg Challenger

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