Casper Ruud and Jannik Sinner will square off in the quarter of the Erste Bank Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.444
Casper Ruud -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Jannik Sinner
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Jannik Sinner play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Sinner won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 1st round in Vienna back in 2020.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Casper Ruud – Vienna 28-October-2020
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Ruud got to the quarter after beating Lloyd Harris 7-5 7-62 and Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Norwegian defeated Sonego (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 100 points vs Sonego’s 89. Casper was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruud blasted 6 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Norwegian broke Sonego 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Casper started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (259-144). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has an aggregate37-19 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Geneva where he beat Denis Shapovalov in the final 7-6(6) 6-4 and in in Bastad where he defeated Federico Coria in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Gstaad where he overcame Hugo Gaston in the final 6-3 6-2 and in in Kitzbuhel where he defeated Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-1 4-6 6-3 and in in San Diego where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-0 6-2.
The Norwegian has an overall 51-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), the Italian reached the quarter after beating Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-2 and Dennis Novak 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-4 6-2). During the match Sinner scored 58 points vs Novak’s 48. Sinner was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Sinner struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jannik Sinner was quite effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sinner broke Novak 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jannik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where he defeated Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4 and in in Washington where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 7-5 4-6 7-5 and in in Sofia where he overcame Gael Monfils in the final 6-3 6-4 and in in Antwerp where he defeated Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-2 6-2.
The Italian has a compiled 44-18 win-loss record in 2021, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Sinner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 36 |
| Pts | 177-157 | 114-84 |
| Total Points | 334 | 198 |
| Winners | 83 | 55 |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% |
Both Ruud and Sinner played 2 matches. At the moment, Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set more than Sinner (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 21 games more than Sinner. The Norwegian scored 83 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sinner bagged 55 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Sinner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 106/162 | 66/101 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 83/106 | 55/66 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 34/56 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 60% |
Ruud made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sinner managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ruud won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Sinner won 83% of the points behind 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 | Sinner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Ruud broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Casper surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Jannik broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jannik was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Lloyd |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-62 | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 32 | 57 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 100-89 | 177-157 | |
| Total points | 145 | 189 | 334 | |
| Winners | 41 | 42 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 42% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/75 | 55/87 | 106/162 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/51 | 42/55 | 83/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 20/32 | 34/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 3/9 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sinner | ||||
| R1 Opelka |
R2 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 58-48 | 114-84 | |
| Total points | 92 | 106 | 198 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/42 | 37/59 | 66/101 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 28/37 | 55/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 76% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 12/22 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/5 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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