Jan-Lennard Struff upsets Ruud at the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Rublev in the following round. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS

MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS - MONTE-CARLO DRAW AND RESULTS. Struff stuns Ruud to face Andrey Rublev in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Casper Ruud

Jan-Lennard Struff shocks Casper Ruud 6-1 7-6(6) in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Struff will seek to keep on going in this event against Andrey Rublev in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Struff
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Struff's Record

Jan-Lennard added to his prize money € 67,620 after winning this match. He has already won € 145,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 121,150 to his earnings to get in total € 266,530 in total.

Highlights Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Casper Ruud Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Struff
Ruud
Jan-Lennard Struff
6-1 7-66
1h:43
Casper Ruud
81
81
Total points
63
63
30
30
Winners
28
28
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
57%
57%
1st in
58%
58%
79%
79%
1st won
62%
62%
30/38
30/38
1st won
28/45
28/45
52%
52%
2nd won
41%
41%
15/29
15/29
2nd won
13/32
13/32
-- Break Points --
4/14
4/14
Total
2/7
2/7
29%
29%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Struff scored 81 points vs. Ruud’s 63.

Struff

The German served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (15/29) on his second serve. Jan-Lennard won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Ruud

On the other side, Casper was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Struff and Ruud is 3-0 for Jan-Lennard.

Draw and next match H2H: Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Struff will square off with Rublev in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Andrey Rublev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Struff and Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Rublev won 6-4 7-65 in the 1st round in Irving Challenger back in 2017.

Jan-Lennard Struff Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Struff 6-1
StruffRuud
6
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
StruffRuud
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
StruffRuud
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
StruffRuud
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
StruffRuud
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
StruffRuud
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
StruffRuud
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
StruffRuud
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Struff had a strong start of this set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Struff extended his lead after breaking Casper in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Casper was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.

The German was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Jan-Lennard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Struff won 8 more points than Casper (26-18). The German dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Ruud conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

2nd Set -
Struff 7-6
StruffRuud
7
6
R
1
0
S
1
1
S
2
1
R
2
2
R
3
2
S
3
3
S
4
3
R
4
4
R
4
5
S
5
5
S
6
5
R
6
6
R
7
6
S
8
6
StruffRuud
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
StruffRuud
5
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
StruffRuud
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
StruffRuud
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
StruffRuud
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
StruffRuud
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
StruffRuud
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StruffRuud
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
StruffRuud
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
StruffRuud
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
StruffRuud
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

The German won the set after he broke Casper in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. The Norwegian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Struff stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.

Jan-Lennard failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

Certainly, a key moment was when Jan-Lennard won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2. Nonetheless also the Norwegian won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5

Tiebreak

Jan-Lennard won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Casper won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

The German converted 16% of his break points (2/12). He had 12 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The German saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Furthermore, on the other side, Ruud converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 8th (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 100 points. The German won 10 more points than Casper (55-45). Jan-Lennard dropped 15 points on serve (27-15). On the losing side, Casper conceded 28 points on serve (30-28).

1st
Struff
Ruud
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Struff
Ruud
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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