Alexander Ritschard and Tiago Torres will square off in the qualifications of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.134
Tiago Torres -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Tiago Torres
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Tiago Torres since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
14 - 14win/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. 332, the Swiss got to the qualifications after defeating Iago Silva 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Silva (6-0 6-0). During the match, Ritschard scored 53 points vs Silva’s 25. Ritschard was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ritschard recorded 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (15/18) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Silva 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Ritschard has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (272-183). 10-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ritschard has a composed 144-77 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Ritschard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Augsburg Challenger.
The Swiss has a compiled 14-13 win-loss record in 2025, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Tiago Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-14 | 15-10 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-6 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 873 (career-high), the Portuguese got to the qualifications after defeating Maxime Chazal 6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(9).
In the qualifications against Chazal, Tiago recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 7-62 7-69).During the match Torres scored less points (2) than Chazal. In fact, the world no. 332 won 125 points vs Chazal’s. That means that Torres was more focused during the important points. Tiago was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Torres made 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Tiago Torres lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Torres put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (55/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (26/59) on the 2nd serve. Torres broke Chazal 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Portuguese has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Torres |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 39 |
| Pts | 53-25 | 125-127 |
| Total Points | 78 | 252 |
| Winners | 15 | 55 |
| %Winners | 28% | 44% |
Both Ritschard and Torres played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tiago Torres dropped 1 set while Alexander Ritschard hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ritschard has played 1 set(s) less than Torres (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ritschard played 27 games less than Torres. The Swiss scored 15 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Tiago recorded 55 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Torres |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 18/42 | 75/134 |
| %1st in | 43% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 55/75 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 26/59 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 44% |
Ritschard bagged 2 aces . Torres made 6 aces . Ritschard won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Torres won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Torres |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 86% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Ritschard broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Alexander was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Torres broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Torres conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ritschard | |||
| Q1 Silva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 53-25 | 53-25 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Torres | |||
| Q1 Chazal | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 7-62 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 125-127 | 125-127 | |
| Total points | 252 | 252 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 75/134 | 75/134 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 55/75 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/59 | 26/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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