Casper Ruud and Marin Cilic will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2 pm on Grand Stand Arena. 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.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.74
Marin Cilic -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Marin Cilic
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 34 (career high), Casper reached the 3rd round after beating Karen Khachanov 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-3 6-4). During the match Ruud scored 72 points vs Sonego’s 60. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Norwegian broke Sonego 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (207-130). 10-2 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a 133-73 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he defeated Pedro Sousa in the final 6-1 6-4.
Ruud has a 15-7 win-loss record in 2020, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Norwegian lost in the 3rd round to Juan Martin Del Potro.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 40, the Croatian got to the 3rd round after beating Alexander Bublik 6-74 6-2 6-4 and David Goffin 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-2 6-2). During the match Cilic scored 59 points vs Goffin’s 35. Cilic was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Cilic struck 8 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marin Cilic was quite effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marin broke Goffin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cilic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Cilic has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Croatian lost in the 2nd round to Jan-Lennard Struff.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 47 |
| Pts | 160-137 | 163-122 |
| Total Points | 297 | 285 |
| Winners | 62 | 67 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Ruud and Cilic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud conceded 1 set, while Marin Cilic dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ruud and Cilic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ruud played 3 games less than Cilic. The Norwegian scored 62 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Marin managed to score 67 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 93/136 | 84/140 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 62/93 | 67/84 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 37/56 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 66% |
Ruud struck 6 aces (3 per match). Cilic fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Ruud won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Cilic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/28 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 29% | 58% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Casper broke his opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Croatian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Khachanov |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 44 | |
| pts | 88-77 | 72-60 | 160-137 | |
| Total points | 165 | 132 | 297 | |
| Winners | 32 | 30 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 45/61 | 93/136 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 30/45 | 62/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 8/16 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 4/11 | 8/28 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 36% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Cilic | ||||
| R1 Bublik |
R2 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 16 | 47 | |
| pts | 104-87 | 59-35 | 163-122 | |
| Total points | 191 | 94 | 285 | |
| Winners | 44 | 23 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 26/40 | 84/140 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 23/26 | 67/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 88% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/42 | 9/14 | 37/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 64% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Milos RaonicRaonic (7-63 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – John MillmanMillman (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (7-66 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-79 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Borna CoricCoric (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Federico CoriaCoria (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Rafael NadalNadal (0-2) – H2H and prediction
