Alexander Ritschard and Alexis Galarneau will clash against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.68
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Alexis Galarneau
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Ritschard and Alexis Galarneau square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Galarneau (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Galarneau won 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 in the quarter in the Tiburon Challenger back in 2023.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-15 | 0-1 | 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, the Swiss reached the quarter after defeating Patrick Kypson 7-6(5) 7-5 and Pedro Araujo 6-2 7-5
.In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Araujo (6-2 7-5). During the match, Ritschard scored 74 points vs Araujo’s 58. Ritschard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Araujo 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (262-171). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has an overall 49-44 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ritschard has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-32 | 24-18 | 1-3 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-26 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 12-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, the Canadian got to the quarter after defeating Ignacio Buse 6-3 6-4 and Gastao Elias 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alexis had a good straight sets win against Elias (6-3 6-4). During the match Galarneau scored 75 points vs Elias’s 57. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Galarneau fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Alexis broke Elias 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Canadian has an aggregate 5-2 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 | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 38 |
| Pts | 159-139 | 137-101 |
| Total Points | 298 | 238 |
| Winners | 66 | 57 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Ritschard and Galarneau played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Galarneau have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ritschard played 7 games more than Galarneau. The Swiss scored 66 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Galarneau fired 57 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 99/163 | 85/133 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 66/99 | 57/85 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 30/64 | 26/48 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 54% |
Ritschard bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Galarneau struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ritschard won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 64% | 60% |
| Conceded | 16 | 14 |
| Saved | 11 | 9 |
| % Saved | 69% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Ritschard broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Alexis broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Alexis conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | ||||
| R1 Kypson | R2 Araujo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 85-81 | 74-58 | 159-139 | |
| Total points | 166 | 132 | 298 | |
| Winners | 39 | 27 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 55/89 | 44/74 | 99/163 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 27/44 | 66/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 61% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/30 | 30/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/8 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 7/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 70% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Galarneau | ||||
| R1 Buse | R2 Elias | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 75-57 | 137-101 | |
| Total points | 106 | 132 | 238 | |
| Winners | 28 | 29 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 46/74 | 85/133 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 29/46 | 57/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 63% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 15/28 | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/9 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – (0-2) – H2H and prediction