Casper Ruud and Tommy Paul will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12.30 pm on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.73
Tommy Paul -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Tommy Paul
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruud won 6-1 1-6 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2020.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 28, Ruud got to the 2nd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-3 2-1 ret..
In the 1st round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-3 6-3 2-1 ret.). During the match Ruud scored 79 points vs Thompson’s 53. The Norwegian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud was quite effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ruud broke Thompson 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (215-137). 1-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a 42-37 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ruud has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Ruud capitulated in the 1st round to Egor Gerasimov.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 53, Tommy reached the 2nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 7-60 6-4.
In the 1st round, Paul had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-4 7-60 6-4). During the match Paul scored 114 points vs Basilashvili’s 94. The American was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul bagged 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Tommy Paul was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (52/73) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Paul broke Basilashvili 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Tommy has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The American lost in the 3rd round to Marton Fucsovics.
Head 2 Head
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- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-5 6-1 4-6 2-6 7-69) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-6 6-3 6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-0 6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Milos RaonicMilos – Corentin MoutetCorentin (6-7(1) 6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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