Emil Ruusuvuori and Norbert Gombos will play each other in the 2nd round of the Nordea Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.72
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Norbert Gombos
This will be the 3rd time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Norbert Gombos square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gombos won 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3 in the 1st round in Parma back in May 2021.
Emil Ruusuvuori
Ranked no. 80, Ruusuvuori reached the 2nd round after defeating Mikael Ymer 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Ymer, The Finn recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Ruusuvuori and Ymer scored the same amount of points (82). However, the world no. 80 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Emil was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruusuvuori scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Emil broke Ymer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Ruusuvuori has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (173-87). 1-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruusuvuori has an overall29-32 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Emil has a compiled 13-14 win-loss record in 2021, 1-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
Ruusuvuori has never competed in this tournament before.
Norbert Gombos
Ranked no. 99, Gombos reached the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Cuevas 1-6 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round against Cuevas, Gombos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-64 6-2). During the match Gombos scored 87 points vs Cuevas’s 86. Gombos was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. Gombos broke Cuevas 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague Challenger.
The Slovakian has an overall 14-18 win-loss record in 2021, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 |
| Pts | 82-82 | 87-86 |
| Total Points | 164 | 173 |
| Winners | 38 | 40 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Both Ruusuvuori and Gombos played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Emil Ruusuvuori lost 1 set, while Norbert Gombos dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ruusuvuori and Gombos have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ruusuvuori played 2 games less than Gombos. Emil scored 38 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Norbert made 40 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 54/86 | 52/80 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 40/52 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 10/28 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 36% |
Ruusuvuori managed to score 1 ace . Gombos also recorded 2 aces . Ruusuvuori won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 12 | 5 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Ruusuvuori broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Emil lost his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| R1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-82 | 82-82 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/86 | 54/86 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gombos | |||
| R1 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 87-86 | 87-86 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 52/80 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 40/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 10/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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