Casper Ruud and Juan Ignacio Londero will face off in the semifinal of the Argentina Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT GUILLERMO VILAS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 3 sets.
Casper Ruud -> 1.53
Juan Ignacio Londero -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Juan Ignacio Londero
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Juan Ignacio Londero fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ruud won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in the Lima Challenger back in 2016.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 45 (career high), Casper reached the 1st round after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-2 6-3, Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1 6-0 and Dusan Lajovic 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (7-5 6-1). During the match Ruud scored 69 points vs Lajovic’s 53. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Casper Ruud lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ruud hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Ruud has a negative record in the last 6 years having won 40% of his matches (323-219). 3-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a 136-106 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Casper has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Buenos Aires
Casper didn’t play in Buenos Aires in 2019.
Juan Ignacio Londero
Ranked no. 69, Juan got to the 1st round after defeating Filip Horansky 6-4 4-6 6-2, Laslo Djere 6-73 6-2 6-1 and Guido Pella 6-4 7-64.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Pella (6-4 7-64). During the match Londero scored 84 points vs Pella’s 69. Londero was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Londero blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Juan Ignacio Londero was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Pella 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Londero has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Londero has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (1161-669). 5-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Londero has a 238-172 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Juan has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Buenos Aires
Juan didn’t play in Buenos Aires in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Londero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 79 |
| Pts | 181-120 | 266-214 |
| Total Points | 301 | 480 |
| Winners | 79 | 95 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Both Ruud and Londero played 3 matches. At the moment, Juan Ignacio Londero dropped 2 sets while Casper Ruud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruud has played 2 sets less than Londero (6 vs 8). Therefore, Ruud played 30 games less than Londero. Casper scored 79 winners (44% on total points). On the other side, Juan blasted 95 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Londero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 106/154 | 127/218 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 79/106 | 95/127 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 62/91 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 68% |
Ruud blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Londero blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Ruud won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Londero won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Londero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/21 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 57% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Norwegian broke his opponents 12 times with 57% conversion rate. The Norwegian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Londero broke his opponents 13 times with 43% conversion rate. Londero conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||||
| R1 Andujar | R2 Carballes Baena | 1/4 Lajovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 13 | 19 | 49 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 52-25 | 69-53 | 181-120 | |
| Total points | 102 | 77 | 122 | 301 | |
| Winners | 30 | 21 | 28 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 40% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 28/38 | 40/61 | 106/154 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 74% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 21/28 | 28/40 | 79/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 7/10 | 13/21 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 70% | 62% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 71% | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 80% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | -67 | |
| Londero | |||||
| R1 Horansky | R2 Djere | 1/4 Pella | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 6-73 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | 23 | 79 | |
| pts | 91-75 | 91-70 | 84-69 | 266-214 | |
| Total points | 166 | 161 | 153 | 480 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | 29 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 42/76 | 41/68 | 127/218 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 55% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/42 | 29/41 | 95/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 79% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 24/34 | 20/27 | 62/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 71% | 74% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/9 | 3/11 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 27% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 67 | |
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires
- Casper RuudRuud – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Pablo CuevasCuevas (5-7 7-611 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Guido PellaPella (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Pablo CuevasCuevas (5-7 7-6(11) 7-5) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Guido PellaPella (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Pedro SousaSousa (1-0) – See H2H details
- Casper RuudRuud – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (1-0) – See H2H details