Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.1
Casper Ruud -> 8.2
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the R in Nitto atp finals back in 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Casper Ruud – Nitto atp finals 15-November-2021
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-6 | 8-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the semifinal after beating Aslan Karatsev 6-3 6-2, Stan Wawrinka 6-2 6-2 and Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 7-61.
In the quarter, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (7-5 7-61). During the match, Djokovic scored 82 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 68. Novak was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Novak broke Auger-Aliassime 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a fantastic match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (530-80). 8-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has an aggregate 136-27 record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Belgrade.
Djokovic has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-10 | 17-5 | 21-5 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 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. 10, Casper got to the semifinal after defeating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-74 6-2 6-4, Jenson Brooksby 6-3 6-4 and Denis Shapovalov 7-67 7-5.
In the quarter, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Shapovalov (7-67 7-5). During the match Ruud scored 97 points vs Shapovalov’s 88. Casper was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Casper Ruud was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (45/58) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Shapovalov once after converting 7% of his break points (1/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Buenos Aires where he defeated Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Ruud has an aggregate 20-8 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 75 |
| Pts | 213-156 | 270-233 |
| Total Points | 369 | 503 |
| Winners | 88 | 135 |
| %Winners | 41% | 50% |
Both Djokovic and Ruud played 3 matches. At the moment, Casper Ruud conceded 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Ruud (6 vs 7). Therefore, Djokovic played 17 games less than Ruud. Djokovic scored 88 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Casper made 135 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 118/174 | 169/239 |
| %1st in | 68% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 88/118 | 135/169 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 34/56 | 38/70 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 54% |
Djokovic bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Ruud made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Djokovic won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 80% 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 | Djokovic | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 7 |
| Converted | 12/25 | 7/34 |
| % Converted | 48% | 21% |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 64% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Novak broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Djokovic lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Ruud broke his opponents 7 times with a 21% conversion rate. Ruud conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R2 Karatsev |
R3 Wawrinka |
1/4 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 64-41 | 82-68 | 213-156 | |
| Total points | 114 | 105 | 150 | 369 | |
| Winners | 19 | 27 | 42 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 42% | 51% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/51 | 36/48 | 57/75 | 118/174 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 75% | 76% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 27/36 | 42/57 | 88/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 75% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 6/12 | 11/18 | 34/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/7 | 3/8 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 71% | 38% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 60% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ruud | |||||
| R2 Van De Zandschulp |
R3 Brooksby |
1/4 Shapovalov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-67 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 | 25 | 75 | |
| pts | 102-88 | 71-57 | 97-88 | 270-233 | |
| Total points | 190 | 128 | 185 | 503 | |
| Winners | 54 | 36 | 45 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 51% | 46% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 69/94 | 42/64 | 58/81 | 169/239 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 66% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 54/69 | 36/42 | 45/58 | 135/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 86% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 10/22 | 15/23 | 38/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 45% | 65% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/6 | 1/15 | 7/34 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 33% | 7% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 100% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- John Isner/Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanIsner/Diego Sebastian Schwartzman – Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cristian GarinGarin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-5 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Casper RuudRuud (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-4) – H2H and prediction
