Alexander Ritschard and Cristian Garin will play each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
Cristian Garin -> 1.57
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Cristian Garin
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Cristian Garin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 125, Ritschard will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-3 to Trungelliti in the qualifications on the 17th of March.
The Swiss has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 333-223 record. He has a positive 185-97 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-22 | 6-6 | 39-13 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136, Garin will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in the Merida Challenger where he lost 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 to Meligeni in the semifinal on the 22nd of March.
The Chilean has an overall 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Garin’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Merida Challenger.
In terms of his career, Garin has an overall 420-286 record. He has a positive 313-183 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-75 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 5-7 7-65) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-7(5) 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 5-7 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Adam WaltonWalton (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-0) – H2H and prediction