Alexander Ritschard and Raphael Collignon will square off in the final of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO CIF. 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 Raphael Collignon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.58
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Raphael Collignon

There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Raphael Collignon since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), the Swiss got to the final after defeating Arthur Gea 7-5 4-6 6-4, Luka Pavlovic 6-1 6-1, Tomas Barrios Vera 6-3 4-6 6-2 and Emilio Nava 7-6(3) 6-0.

In the semifinal, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Nava (7-6³ 6-0). During the match, Ritschard scored 67 points vs Nava’s 46. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ritschard couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once. Furthermore, Ritschard put 68% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Nava 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Ritschard has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (261-168). 28-8 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ritschard has an aggregate 133-68 record in the last years on clay.

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

Alexander has an aggregate 41-18 win-loss record in 2024, 28-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lisbon Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Raphael Collignon

Ranked no. 191 (career-high), the Belgian got to the final after defeating Gastao Elias 7-5 6-3, Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-3, Zsombor Piros 6-1 6-0 and Elmer Moller 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal against Moller, Collignon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7²

6-2 6-4). During the match Collignon scored 108 points vs Moller’s 102. Raphael was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Collignon fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Raphael Collignon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Collignon put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (46/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. Raphael broke Moller 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he defeated Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.

Collignon has a compiled 61-17 win-loss record in 2024, 46-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ritschard	Collignon
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	9
Tot Games	92	83
Pts	311-244	292-219
Total Points	555	511
Winners	131	128
%Winners	42%	44%

Both Ritschard and Collignon played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Ritschard surrendered 2 sets, while Raphael Collignon surrendered 1 set. Ritschard has played 1 set more than Collignon (10 vs 9). Therefore, Ritschard played 9 games more than Collignon. Alexander scored 131 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 128 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ritschard	Collignon
Aces	6	19
Avg per match	1.5	4.8
1st in	178/262	168/248
%1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	131/178	128/168
%1st pts	74%	76%
2nd pts	38/84	37/80
%2nd pts	45%	46%

Ritschard blasted 6 aces (1.5 per match). Collignon blasted 19 aces (4.8 per match). Ritschard won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Collignon won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ritschard	Collignon
Won	21	20
Converted	21/33	20/37
% Converted	64%	54%
Conceded	20	24
Saved	11	18
% Saved	55%	75%
Times Broken	9	6

Ritschard broke his opponents 21 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Raphael broke his opponents 20 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
	R1 Gea	R2 Pavlovic	1/4 Tomas Barrios Vera	1/2 Nava	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4	6-1 6-1	6-3 4-6 6-2	7-63 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	3	2	10
Tot Games	32	14	27	19	92
pts	108-102	53-28	83-68	67-46	311-244
Total points	210	81	151	113	555
Winners	50	23	27	31	131
%Winners	46%	43%	33%	46%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	2	0	6
Double Faults	6	1	2	3	12
1st in	74/100	30/40	36/66	38/56	178/262
% 1st in	74%	75%	55%	68%	68%
1st pts	50/74	23/30	27/36	31/38	131/178
% 1st pts	68%	77%	75%	82%	74%
2nd pts	12/26	6/10	14/30	6/18	38/84
% 2nd pts	46%	60%	47%	33%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5	7	4	21
Converted	5/12	5/8	7/7	4/6	21/33
Converted %	42%	63%	100%	67%	64%
Conceded	10	3	6	1	20
Saved	6/10	3/3	2/6	0/1	11
Saved %	60%	100%	33%	0%	48%
Times Broken	4	0	4	1	9

Collignon
	R1 Elias	R2 Kovalik	1/4 Piros	1/2 Moller	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 6-3	6-1 6-0	6-72 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	21	18	13	31	83
pts	67-47	59-41	58-29	108-102	292-219
Total points	114	100	87	210	511
Winners	30	31	21	46	128
%Winners	45%	53%	36%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	4	7	19
Double Faults	5	2	4	4	15
1st in	41/62	37/49	26/39	64/98	168/248
% 1st in	66%	76%	67%	65%	68%
1st pts	30/41	31/37	21/26	46/64	128/168
% 1st pts	73%	84%	81%	72%	76%
2nd pts	11/21	7/12	7/13	12/34	37/80
% 2nd pts	52%	58%	54%	35%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	3	6	6	20
Converted	5/5	3/3	6/10	6/19	20/37
Converted %	100%	100%	60%	32%	54%
Conceded	7	2	5	10	24
Saved	4/7	2/2	5/5	7/10	18
Saved %	57%	100%	100%	70%	82%
Times Broken	3	0	0	3	6

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