Alexander Ritschard and Bernabe Zapata Miralles will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. 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 -> 1.55
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexander Ritschard and Bernabe Zapata Miralles face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Zapata Miralles won 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Rovereto Challenger back in 2024.

Alexander Ritschard

Ranked no. 121, Alexander got to the 2^nd round after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-4 6-4). During the match, Ritschard scored 65 points vs Fanselow’s 48. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ritschard scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 49% of his first serves in, winning 85% (22/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Ritschard has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (259-170). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has an aggregate 46-43 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Ritschard has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger

Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Ranked no. 273, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alexey Zakharov 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Zapata Miralles had a good straight sets win against Zakharov (6-3 6-4). During the match Zapata Miralles scored 74 points vs Zakharov’s 65. Zapata Miralles was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Zapata Miralles wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Bernabe broke Zakharov 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Zapata Miralles has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ritschard	Zapata Miralles
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	19
Pts	65-48	74-65
Total Points	113	139
Winners	22	36
%Winners	34%	49%

Both Ritschard and Zapata Miralles played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Zapata Miralles have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ritschard played 1 game more than Zapata Miralles. Alexander scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 36 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ritschard	Zapata Miralles
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	26/53	53/78
%1st in	49%	68%
1st pts	22/26	36/53
%1st pts	85%	68%
2nd pts	13/27	10/25
%2nd pts	48%	40%

Ritschard bagged 2 aces . Zapata Miralles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ritschard won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zapata Miralles won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ritschard	Zapata Miralles
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/10
% Converted	67%	40%
Conceded	4	9
Saved	2	7
% Saved	50%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ritschard surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Ritschard
	R1 Fanselow	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	65-48	65-48
Total points	113	113
Winners	22	22
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	26/53	26/53
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	22/26	22/26
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	13/27	13/27
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Zapata Miralles
	R1 Zakharov	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	74-65	74-65
Total points	139	139
Winners	36	36
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	53/78	53/78
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	36/53	36/53
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	10/25	10/25
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Oeiras 1 Challenger

• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Pedro AraujoAraujo (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-7⁶ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Duarte ValeVale – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (1-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Matej DodigDodig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Jeff WolfWolf (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Duarte ValeVale – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (2-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Duarte ValeVale – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Karue SellSell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Micah BraswellBraswell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction