Alexander Ritschard and Liam Draxl will fight against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.84
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Liam Draxl
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Liam Draxl fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ritschard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ritschard won 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Canada F7.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 121, Ritschard got to the quarter after defeating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 6-4 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (7-62 6-4). During the match, Ritschard scored 78 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 72. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was very effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Zapata Miralles 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (260-170). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has an aggregate 47-43 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ritschard has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 21-10 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, the Canadian reached the quarter after defeating Jeff Wolf 5-7 6-2 6-4 and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 3-6 6-1 7-6(7).
In the 2nd round against Vincent Ruggeri, Draxl recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-67). During the match Draxl scored 111 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 103. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Draxl scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 69% of his first serves in, winning 73% (56/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (13/34) on the 2nd serve. Draxl broke Vincent Ruggeri 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Draxl has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 59 |
| Pts | 143-120 | 210-195 |
| Total Points | 263 | 405 |
| Winners | 53 | 100 |
| %Winners | 37% | 48% |
Both Ritschard and Draxl played 2 matches. At the moment, Liam Draxl lost 2 sets while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ritschard has played 2 set(s) less than Draxl (4 vs 6). Therefore, Ritschard played 16 games less than Draxl. Alexander scored 53 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Draxl managed to score 100 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 69/137 | 136/212 |
| %1st in | 50% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 53/69 | 100/136 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 34/68 | 30/76 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 39% |
Ritschard bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Draxl managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Ritschard won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 9/30 |
| % Converted | 64% | 30% |
| Conceded | 14 | 18 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Ritschard broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Ritschard lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Liam broke his opponents 9 times with a 30% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Fanselow |
R2 Zapata Miralles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 78-72 | 143-120 | |
| Total points | 113 | 150 | 263 | |
| Winners | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 43/84 | 69/137 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 51% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 31/43 | 53/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 21/41 | 34/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 8/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Draxl | ||||
| R1 Wolf |
R2 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| pts | 99-92 | 111-103 | 210-195 | |
| Total points | 191 | 214 | 405 | |
| Winners | 44 | 56 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 77/111 | 136/212 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 56/77 | 100/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 13/34 | 30/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 38% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 3/15 | 9/30 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 20% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 7/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 78% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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