Matteo Berrettini and Casper Ruud will face off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1 pm on Court 17. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Berrettini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Berrettini is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Berrettini -> 1.16
Casper Ruud -> 5.00
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Berrettini and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Matteo Berrettini
Ranked no. 8 (career high), Matteo got to the 3rd round after defeating Go Soeda 7-65 6-1 6-4 and Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-4 7-66.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Humbert (6-4 6-4 7-66). During the match Berrettini scored 106 points vs Humbert’s 81. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Berrettini managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matteo Berrettini was quite effective on serve to win 86% (51/59) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Humbert twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Berrettini has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (206-112). 4-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Berrettini has a 94-46 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Italian has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Matteo lost in the Pre-q to .
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 37, the Norwegian got to the 3rd round after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-3 3-2 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-4 6-3 3-2 ret.). During the match Ruud and Ruusuvuori scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 8 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Ruud couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Casper Ruud conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
His best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Buenos Aires where he defeated Pedro Sousa in the final 6-1 6-4.
Ruud has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Norwegian lost in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berrettini | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 47 |
| Pts | 205-148 | 162-154 |
| Total Points | 353 | 316 |
| Winners | 98 | 67 |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% |
Berrettini played 2 matches while Ruud competed in 1 match. At the moment, Casper Ruud dropped 2 sets while Matteo Berrettini hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Berrettini has played 1 set more than Ruud (6 vs 5). Therefore, Berrettini played 16 games more than Ruud. The Italian scored 98 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Ruud blasted 67 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berrettini | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 35 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 17.5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 109/165 | 99/147 |
| %1st in | 66% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 98/109 | 67/99 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 38/56 | 26/48 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 54% |
Berrettini struck 35 aces (17.5 per match). Ruud scored 11 aces . Berrettini won 90% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berrettini | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/24 |
| % Converted | 45% | 25% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Matteo broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Italian pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Ruud broke his opponent 6 times with a 25% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berrettini | ||||
| R1 Soeda |
R2 Humbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 33 | 63 | |
| pts | 99-67 | 106-81 | 205-148 | |
| Total points | 166 | 187 | 353 | |
| Winners | 47 | 51 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/78 | 59/87 | 109/165 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 47/50 | 51/59 | 98/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 86% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | 38/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/6 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 47 | 24 | 71 | |
| pts | 162-154 | – | 162-154 | |
| Total points | 316 | 0 | 316 | |
| Winners | 67 | 67 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | NAN% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 99/147 | / | 99/147 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | NAN% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 67/99 | / | 67/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | NAN% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/48 | / | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | NAN% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 6/24 | / | 6/24 | |
| Converted % | 25% | NAN% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 5/9 | 0/ | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | – | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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