Casper Ruud and Henri Laaksonen will play each other in the quarter of the Nordea Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.196
Henri Laaksonen -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Henri Laaksonen
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Henri Laaksonen fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Laaksonen won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 16, the Norwegian got to the quarter after defeating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-0 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-0 6-2). During the match, Ruud scored 61 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 29. Casper was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Casper Ruud conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 67% of his first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Vitus Nodskov Rune 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (233-140). 18-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has an overall155-80 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Geneva where he beat Denis Shapovalov in the final 7-6(6) 6-4.
The Norwegian has an overall 25-9 win-loss record in 2021, 18-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Henri Laaksonen
Ranked no. 134, Laaksonen reached the quarter after beating Yosuke Watanuki 6-74 7-5 7-5, Andrej Martin 5-7 6-3 6-4, Lorenzo Musetti 6-2 3-6 6-4 and Elias Ymer 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Henri had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-2 7-5). During the match Laaksonen scored 69 points vs Ymer’s 54. Laaksonen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Laaksonen struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Henri Laaksonen was quite effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Henri broke Ymer 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Henri’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Braunschweig Challenger.
Laaksonen has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2021, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 115 |
| Pts | 61-29 | 409-370 |
| Total Points | 90 | 779 |
| Winners | 26 | 157 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Ruud played 1 match while Laaksonen competed in 4 matches. Laaksonen started his run from the qualifications while Ruud had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Henri Laaksonen conceded 3 sets while Casper Ruud hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 9 set(s) less than Laaksonen (2 vs 11). Therefore, Ruud played 101 games less than Laaksonen. Casper scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Henri recorded 157 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 203/351 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 157/203 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 72/148 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 49% |
Ruud scored 6 aces . Laaksonen fired 22 aces (5.5 per match). Ruud won 87% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Laaksonen won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 17 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 17/65 |
| % Converted | 83% | 26% |
| Conceded | 3 | 29 |
| Saved | 3 | 20 |
| % Saved | 100% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Ruud broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Casper had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Laaksonen broke his opponents 17 times with a 26% conversion rate. Henri conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||
| R2 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-29 | 61-29 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Laaksonen | ||||||
| Q1 Watanuki |
Q3 Martin |
R1 Musetti |
R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 7-5 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 115 | |
| pts | 122-120 | 127-115 | 91-81 | 69-54 | 409-370 | |
| Total points | 242 | 242 | 172 | 123 | 779 | |
| Winners | 49 | 47 | 34 | 27 | 157 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 37% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 61/119 | 66/105 | 44/70 | 32/57 | 203/351 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 63% | 63% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 49/61 | 47/66 | 34/44 | 27/32 | 157/203 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 77% | 84% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/58 | 20/39 | 10/26 | 13/25 | 72/148 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 51% | 38% | 52% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/20 | 6/24 | 4/9 | 17/65 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 20% | 25% | 44% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 29 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 9/12 | 7/11 | 0/1 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 64% | 0% | 219% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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