Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.27
Casper Ruud -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Casper Ruud
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(2) in the final in Italy F10 back in 2016.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), Stefanos reached the 3rd round after beating Benoit Paire 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-1 6-2). During the match Tsitsipas scored 56 points vs Paire’s 31. Stefanos was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Paire 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Tsitsipas has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (304-142). 10-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 115-37 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Carlo where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Greek has a 27-6 win-loss record in 2021, 10-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 22 (career high), the Norwegian got to the 3rd round after defeating Felix Auger Aliassime 6-1 6-4 and Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-1 6-2). During the match Ruud scored 55 points vs Nishioka’s 29. Ruud was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud made 8 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Casper Ruud was very efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Casper broke Nishioka 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Ruud’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Carlo and Munich.
Casper has a 14-5 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 |
| Pts | 56-31 | 125-79 |
| Total Points | 87 | 204 |
| Winners | 24 | 59 |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% |
Tsitsipas played 1 match while Ruud competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Tsitsipas has played 2 set(s) less than Ruud (2 vs 4). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 17 games less than Ruud. The Greek scored 24 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Casper bagged 59 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 32/45 | 75/96 |
| %1st in | 71% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 59/75 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Tsitsipas made 4 aces . Ruud made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Stefanos lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ruud broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ruud was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-31 | 56-31 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Auger-Aliassime |
R2 Nishioka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 55-29 | 125-79 | |
| Total points | 120 | 84 | 204 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/52 | 34/44 | 75/96 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 77% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 27/34 | 59/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 6/10 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/5 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 80% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Rafael NadalNadal – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – John MillmanMillman (6-75 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 6-74 7-66) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Marcos GironGiron (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John IsnerIsner – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
