Casper Ruud and Jordan Thompson will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.57
Jordan Thompson -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson
This will be the 7th time that Casper Ruud and Jordan Thompson face off. The head to head is 3-3 for Ruud and Thompson (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Ruud won 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Barcelona back in April 2024.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Jordan Thompson – Barcelona 18-April-2024
Casper Ruud
48 - 17win/loss
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2
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 49-20 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 22-13 | 4-5 | 17-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, the Norwegian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Cerundolo in the round robin on the 20th of September.
The Norwegian has an aggregate 48-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Barcelona where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 7-5 6-3 and in Geneva where he defeated Tomas Machac in the final 7-5 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Norwegian has an overall 401-210 record. He has a positive 106-68 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Jordan Thompson
31 - 21win/loss
29
28
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 32-23 | 23-13 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Thompson will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia where he lost 2-6 6-2 7-6(3) to Carreno-Busta in the Rubber 1 on the 15th of September.
Jordan has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Los Cabos where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
In terms of his career, Thompson has an overall 460-305 record. He has a positive 263-168 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-9) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction