Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.4
Holger Rune -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Holger Rune
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zverev and Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Zverev won 4-6 6-1 5-7 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 4th round in at the French Open back in June 2024.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Holger Rune – French Open 03-June-2024
Alexander Zverev
48 - 14win/loss
4
2
WLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-14 | 19-6 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Alexander reached the 3rd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-1 6-1). During the match, Zverev scored 52 points vs Thompson’s 25. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Zverev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 94% (16/17) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Thompson 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zverev hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 68% of the points he played.
Zverev has a tremendous match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (462-195). 19-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has an aggregate 182-81 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he defeated Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.
Alexander has an aggregate 48-14 win-loss record in 2024, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Holger Rune
29 - 15win/loss
17
4
WWLWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-15 | 12-5 | 11-6 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 32-16 | 1-3 | 28-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, Rune reached the 3rd round after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 3-6 6-2 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Rune had a good straight sets win against Carreno-Busta (6-1 6-3). During the match Rune scored 60 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 41. The Dane was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Rune blasted 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Holger Rune was very efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rune broke Carreno-Busta 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rune has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Holger’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Brisbane.
Holger has a compiled 29-15 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 41 |
| Pts | 52-25 | 151-124 |
| Total Points | 77 | 275 |
| Winners | 16 | 50 |
| %Winners | 31% | 33% |
Zverev played 1 match while Rune competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Holger Rune surrendered 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than Rune (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 27 games less than Rune. Zverev scored 16 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Holger recorded 50 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 17/36 | 67/127 |
| %1st in | 47% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 16/17 | 50/67 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 37/60 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 62% |
Zverev fired 6 aces . Rune managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Zverev won 94% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Rune won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 71% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Zverev broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The German quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Rune broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | ||||
| R2 Thompson |
R2 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | 28 | |
| pts | 52-25 | 52-25 | 104-50 | |
| Total points | 77 | 77 | 154 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 17/36 | 17/36 | 34/72 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 16/17 | 16/17 | 32/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | 24/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rune | ||||
| R1 Bautista-Agut |
R2 Carreno-Busta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
| pts | 91-83 | 60-41 | 151-124 | |
| Total points | 174 | 101 | 275 | |
| Winners | 31 | 19 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/84 | 25/43 | 67/127 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 58% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 19/25 | 50/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 14/18 | 37/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 78% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Tommy PaulPaul (6-2 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Lloyd Glasspool/Nikola MekticGlasspool/Nikola Mektic (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski – Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden (4-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Neal Skupski/Michael VenusSkupski/Michael Venus (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
