Alexander Ritschard and Pedro Araujo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:55 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.144
Pedro Araujo -> 5
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Pedro Araujo
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Pedro Araujo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-15 | 1-1 | 11-11 | 4-3 | 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. 118, Ritschard reached the 2nd round after defeating Patrick Kypson 7-6(5) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Kypson (7-65 7-5). During the match, Ritschard scored 85 points vs Kypson’s 81. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Kypson 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (261-171). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has a compiled 48-44 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ritschard has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Pedro Araujo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-29 | 18-18 | 1-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-31 | 43-20 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-31 | 15-21 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-21 | 16-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-27 | 12-15 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 419, the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after defeating Gianluca Mager 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Mager, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Araujo scored 97 points vs Mager’s 88. The Portuguese was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Araujo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pedro Araujo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Araujo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 61% (39/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Mager 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Pedro has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023, 2023, 2023, 2023, 2024 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Araujo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 29 |
| Pts | 85-81 | 97-88 |
| Total Points | 166 | 185 |
| Winners | 39 | 39 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Ritschard and Araujo played 1 match. At the moment, Pedro Araujo dropped 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t lost a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Araujo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ritschard played 4 games less than Araujo. Alexander scored 39 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Araujo scored 39 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Araujo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/89 | 64/98 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/64 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 59% |
Ritschard made 5 aces . Araujo managed to score 1 ace . Ritschard won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Araujo won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Araujo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Kypson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-81 | 85-81 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/89 | 55/89 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Araujo | |||
| R1 Mager | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-88 | 97-88 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/98 | 64/98 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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- Zsombor PirosPiros – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Edas ButvilasButvilas (7-5 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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