Max Houkes and Alexander Ritschard will play each other in the qualifications of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT LISBOA. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.59
Max Houkes -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Max Houkes and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-31 | 1-2 | 44-27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 294, the Dutch reached the qualifications after beating Aristotelis Thanos 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Max defeated Thanos (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match, Houkes scored 86 points vs Thanos’s 66. Max was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Houkes bagged 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 71% of his first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. Houkes broke Thanos 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Houkes has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (285-153). 36-23 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Houkes has a compiled271-134 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Max’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Ueberlingen and M25 Meerbusch.
The Dutch has an aggregate 36-25 win-loss record in 2025, 36-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
11 - 12win/loss
530
99
| 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. 330, Ritschard reached the qualifications after defeating Stefan Latinovic 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Latinovic (6-2 6-2). During the match Ritschard scored 60 points vs Latinovic’s 35. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Latinovic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Augsburg Challenger.
Ritschard has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Houkes | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 |
| Pts | 86-66 | 60-35 |
| Total Points | 152 | 95 |
| Winners | 31 | 22 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Houkes and Ritschard played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Houkes surrendered 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t lost a set so far. Houkes has played 1 set more than Ritschard (3 vs 2). Therefore, Houkes played 11 games more than Ritschard. Houkes scored 31 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Houkes | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 50/70 | 27/45 |
| %1st in | 71% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 22/27 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 72% |
Houkes blasted 4 aces . Ritschard bagged 3 aces . Houkes won 62% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Houkes | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 40% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Houkes broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Max lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ritschard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Houkes | |||
| Q1 Thanos | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 86-66 | 86-66 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/70 | 50/70 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ritschard | |||
| Q1 Latinovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 60-35 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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