Alexander Ritschard and Tomas Barrios Vera will fight against each other in the quarter of the Lisbon Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT LISBOA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.63
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Tomas Barrios Vera

This will be the 4^th time that Alexander Ritschard and Tomas Barrios Vera square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ritschard (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Ritschard won 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Heilbronn Challenger back in June 2024.

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Ritschard got to the quarter after beating Arthur Gea 7-5 4-6 6-4 and Luka Pavlovic 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Pavlovic (6-1 6-1). During the match, Ritschard scored 53 points vs Pavlovic’s 28. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ritschard recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Ritschard was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Pavlovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ritschard has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (259-168). 26-8 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has a composed 131-68 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Andres Andrade in the final 6-2 6-4 and the Salzburg Challenger where he beat Kyrian Jacquet in the final 6-4 6-2.

Ritschard has a compiled 39-18 win-loss record in 2024, 26-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lisbon Challenger

The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 159, Tomas Barrios Vera reached the quarter after beating Daniel Altmaier 4-6 6-4 7-6(5)

and Clement Tabur 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Tabur (6-3 6-2). During the match Tomas Barrios Vera scored 58 points vs Tabur’s 40. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tomas Barrios Vera was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tomas Barrios Vera broke Tabur 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marcelo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Amersfoort Challenger where he overcame Alexey Zakharov in the final 6-2 6-1.

The Chilean has a compiled 23-20 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ritschard	Tomas Barrios Vera
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	46	50
Pts	161-130	170-154
Total Points	291	324
Winners	73	68
%Winners	45%	40%

Both Ritschard and Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Ritschard surrendered 1 set, while Tomas Barrios Vera lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Tomas Barrios Vera have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ritschard played 4 games less than Tomas Barrios Vera. Ritschard scored 73 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Chilean fired 68 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ritschard	Tomas Barrios Vera
Aces	4	6
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	104/140	97/155
%1st in	74%	63%
1st pts	73/104	68/97
%1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	18/36	33/58
%2nd pts	50%	57%

Ritschard bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera fired 6 aces (3 per match). Ritschard won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ritschard	Tomas Barrios Vera
Won	10	7
Converted	10/20	7/13
% Converted	50%	54%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9	9
% Saved	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

Ritschard broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Marcelo broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
	R1 Gea	R2 Pavlovic	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	14	46
pts	108-102	53-28	161-130
Total points	210	81	291
Winners	50	23	73
%Winners	46%	43%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	6	1	7
1st in	74/100	30/40	104/140
% 1st in	74%	75%	74%
1st pts	50/74	23/30	73/104
% 1st pts	68%	77%	70%
2nd pts	12/26	6/10	18/36
% 2nd pts	46%	60%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/12	5/8	10/20
Converted %	42%	63%	50%
Conceded	10	3	13
Saved	6/10	3/3	9
Saved %	60%	100%	80%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Altmaier	R2 Tabur	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 7-65	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	33	17	50
pts	112-114	58-40	170-154
Total points	226	98	324
Winners	45	23	68
%Winners	40%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	66/105	31/50	97/155
% 1st in	63%	62%	63%
1st pts	45/66	23/31	68/97
% 1st pts	68%	74%	70%
2nd pts	21/39	12/19	33/58
% 2nd pts	54%	63%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/5	4/8	7/13
Converted %	60%	50%	54%
Conceded	8	5	13
Saved	5/8	4/5	9
Saved %	63%	80%	72%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger

• George Goldhoff/Fernando RomboliGoldhoff/Fernando Romboli – Francisco Cabral/Andrea PellegrinoCabral/Andrea Pellegrino (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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