Denis Shapovalov and Casper Ruud will face off in the final of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.8
Denis Shapovalov -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Casper Ruud
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Denis Shapovalov
Ranked no. 15, Denis reached the final after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-74 7-5 6-1, Laslo Djere 6-4 6-4 and Pablo Cuevas 6-4 7-5.
In the semifinal, Shapovalov had a good straight sets win against Cuevas (6-4 7-5). During the match, Shapovalov scored 73 points vs Cuevas’s 63. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shapovalov fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Shapovalov broke Cuevas 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Shapovalov has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (213-130). 7-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shapovalov has a compiled63-30 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Canadian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Dubai and Geneva.
Shapovalov has an aggregate 14-10 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 21, Ruud reached the final after beating Tennys Sandgren 7-5 6-2, Dominik Koepfer 2-6 6-1 6-4 and Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Casper had a good straight sets win against Andujar (6-3 6-2). During the match Ruud scored 58 points vs Andujar’s 43. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud recorded 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Casper Ruud was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Casper broke Andujar 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Casper’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Carlo, Munich, Madrid and Geneva.
The Norwegian has a compiled 19-6 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shapovalov | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 62 |
| Pts | 255-215 | 209-171 |
| Total Points | 470 | 380 |
| Winners | 115 | 90 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Shapovalov and Ruud played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Shapovalov dropped 1 set, while Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shapovalov and Ruud have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Shapovalov played 12 games more than Ruud. Shapovalov scored 115 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ruud made 90 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shapovalov | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8.3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 144/237 | 119/179 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 115/144 | 90/119 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 45/93 | 35/60 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Shapovalov made 25 aces (8.3 per match). Ruud struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Shapovalov won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shapovalov | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/25 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 44% | 45% |
| Conceded | 19 | 8 |
| Saved | 15 | 6 |
| % Saved | 79% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Denis broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Canadian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Ruud broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Norwegian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shapovalov | |||||
| R2 Cecchinato |
1/4 Djere |
1/2 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 22 | 74 | |
| pts | 111-90 | 71-62 | 73-63 | 255-215 | |
| Total points | 201 | 133 | 136 | 470 | |
| Winners | 50 | 32 | 33 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 2 | 8 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 42/71 | 44/66 | 144/237 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 59% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 50/58 | 32/42 | 33/44 | 115/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 75% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 14/29 | 10/22 | 45/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 45% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 4/10 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 8/9 | 3/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 89% | 60% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ruud | |||||
| R2 Sandgren |
1/4 Koepfer |
1/2 Andujar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 17 | 62 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 83-79 | 58-43 | 209-171 | |
| Total points | 117 | 162 | 101 | 380 | |
| Winners | 32 | 35 | 23 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% | 40% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 51/79 | 29/42 | 119/179 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 35/51 | 23/29 | 90/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 69% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 14/28 | 9/13 | 35/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 69% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 4/9 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 44% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | – | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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