Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Emil Ruusuvuori will square off in the 2nd round of the Open 13 Provence for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.63
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 4th time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Emil Ruusuvuori square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Davidovich Fokina won 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Barcelona back in 2023.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Emil Ruusuvuori – Barcelona 20-April-2023
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
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LWLWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-21 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Alejandro reached the 2nd round after beating Gregoire Barrere 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Barrere, Alejandro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Davidovich Fokina scored 93 points vs Barrere’s 85. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Davidovich Fokina struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 66% of his first serves in, winning 77% (51/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro broke Barrere 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Davidovich Fokina has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (245-173). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Davidovich Fokina has an overall22-29 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Davidovich Fokina has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marseille
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-16 | 8-6 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 13-11 | 6-7 | 9-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 15-12 | 10-9 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 21-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55, Emil reached the 2nd round after beating Luca Van Assche 7-62 6-4.
In the 1st round, Emil had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (7-62 6-4). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 69 points vs Van Assche’s 54. Ruusuvuori was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Ruusuvuori struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was very efficient on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Finn broke Van Assche twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The Finn’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Hong Kong.
Emil has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Davidovich Fokina | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 23 |
| Pts | 93-85 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 178 | 123 |
| Winners | 51 | 28 |
| %Winners | 55% | 41% |
Both Davidovich Fokina and Ruusuvuori played 1 match. At the moment, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina dropped 1 set while Emil Ruusuvuori hasn’t lost a set so far. Davidovich Fokina has played 1 set more than Ruusuvuori (3 vs 2). Therefore, Davidovich Fokina played 7 games more than Ruusuvuori. The Spaniard scored 51 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Ruusuvuori made 28 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Davidovich Fokina | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 31/57 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 51/66 | 28/31 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 18/26 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 69% |
Davidovich Fokina blasted 4 aces . Ruusuvuori struck 8 aces . Davidovich Fokina won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Davidovich Fokina | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 75% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Emil broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Emil conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Barrere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 93-85 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 66/100 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 51/66 | 51/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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