Casper Ruud and Roberto Carballes Baena will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Nordea Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm 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 Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.165
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Roberto Carballes Baena clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Buenos Aires back in 2020.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 16, the Norwegian reached the semifinal after beating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-0 6-2 and Henri Laaksonen w/o.
In the quarter, The Norwegian defeated Laaksonen (w/o). During the match, Ruud and Laaksonen scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 16 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about the service games, Ruud couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Casper Ruud conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
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. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has a composed155-80 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the 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 aggregate 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.
Roberto Carballes Baena
Ranked no. 97, Carballes Baena got to the semifinal after beating Facundo Bagnis 6-2 6-4, Fabio Fognini 6-3 1-6 6-4 and Norbert Gombos 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-4 6-2). During the match Carballes Baena scored 70 points vs Gombos’s 54. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Carballes Baena struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 69% of his first serves in, winning 60% (28/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Gombos 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roberto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Roberto’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Belgrade Challenger.
Roberto has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2021, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 62 |
| Pts | 61-29 | 215-185 |
| Total Points | 90 | 400 |
| Winners | 26 | 83 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Ruud played 1 match while Carballes Baena competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Roberto Carballes Baena dropped 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 5 set(s) less than Carballes Baena (2 vs 7). Therefore, Ruud played 48 games less than Carballes Baena. Casper scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Carballes Baena recorded 83 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 131/206 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 83/131 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 38/75 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 51% |
Ruud made 6 aces . Carballes Baena made 6 aces (2 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, Carballes Baena won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 14/25 |
| % Converted | 83% | 56% |
| Conceded | 3 | 20 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
The Norwegian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Casper pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Roberto broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||||
| R2 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
1/4 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | w/o | ||
| 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% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Carballes Baena | |||||
| R1 Bagnis |
R2 Fognini |
1/4 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 18 | 62 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 80-75 | 70-54 | 215-185 | |
| Total points | 121 | 155 | 124 | 400 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 28 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 31% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 41/77 | 47/68 | 131/206 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 53% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 25/41 | 28/47 | 83/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 61% | 60% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 20/36 | 12/21 | 38/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 56% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/6 | 5/9 | 14/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | 60% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Federico CoriaCoria – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (w/o) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (w/o) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Federico CoriaCoria (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (3-1) – H2H and prediction
