Casper Ruud and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will face off in the quarter of the EFG Swiss Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on ROY EMERSON ARENA. 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 -> 1.36
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Juan Manuel Cerundolo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Manuel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Manuel won 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Gstaad back in 2025.
Highlights Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Casper Ruud – Gstaad 18-July-2025
Casper Ruud
24 - 13win/loss
18
2
LLWLWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-16 | 8-9 | 17-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 13, Ruud got to the quarter after beating Jaime Faria 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Faria, The Norwegian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-4 6-2). During the match, Ruud scored 105 points vs Faria’s 93. Ruud was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (45/61) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ruud broke Faria 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
ATP Gstaad - Casper Ruud's projected path
Ruud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (398-221). 17-5 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has a composed 215-97 record in the last years on clay.
Casper’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Rome.
The Norwegian has a composed 24-13 win-loss record in 2026, 17-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gstaad
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
26 - 15win/loss
53
42
LLWWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-21 | 7-6 | 23-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-30 | 10-9 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 0-3 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Miomir Kecmanovic 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Kecmanovic, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Manuel scored 94 points vs Kecmanovic’s 90. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was quite effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 60% (27/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Kecmanovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Gstaad - Juan Manuel Cerundolo's projected path
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he overcame Raphael Collignon in the final 5-7 6-1 7-6(4).
Manuel has an aggregate 26-15 win-loss record in 2026, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gstaad
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 59 |
| Pts | 105-93 | 188-176 |
| Total Points | 198 | 364 |
| Winners | 45 | 75 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Ruud played 1 match while Manuel competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud dropped 1 set, while Juan Manuel Cerundolo dropped 2 sets. Ruud has played 3 set(s) less than Manuel (3 vs 6). Therefore, Ruud played 28 games less than Manuel. Casper scored 45 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Manuel struck 75 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 61/92 | 95/187 |
| %1st in | 66% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 75/95 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 55/92 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 60% |
Ruud made 3 aces . Manuel fired 20 aces (10 per match). Ruud won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 29% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 83% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Casper broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Norwegian lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Manuel broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||
| R2 Faria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-93 | 105-93 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/92 | 61/92 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Manuel | ||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 94-90 | 188-176 | |
| Total points | 180 | 184 | 364 | |
| Winners | 36 | 39 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/91 | 51/96 | 95/187 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 53% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 39/51 | 75/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/47 | 27/45 | 55/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/4 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 67% | 153% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Gstaad
- Marcelo Demoliner/Robert GallowayDemoliner/Robert Galloway – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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