Casper Ruud and Radu Albot will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1 pm on Arena 1573. 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 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.32
Radu Albot -> 3.65

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This will be the 2^nd time that Casper Ruud and Radu Albot square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Ruud won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Barcelona back in 2017.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 28, the Norwegian got to the 1^st round after beating Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-3 2-1 ret. and Tommy Paul 3-6 6-2 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Paul, The Norwegian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4 7-5). During the match Ruud scored 131 points vs Paul’s 117. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (59/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (26/43) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Paul 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Ruud has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (216-137). 2-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a 43-37 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Casper has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Casper had to surrender in the 1^st round to Egor Gerasimov.

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 85, Albot got to the 1^st round after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7¹ 6-0 6-4 7-6⁵ and Christopher O Connell 6-2 7-5 7-6⁸.

In the 2^nd round, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-2 7-5 7-6⁸). During the match Albot scored 113 points vs O Connell’s 94. The Moldovan was very aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about serving, Albot made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Radu Albot was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (58/76) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Radu broke O Connell 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Moldovan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Albot has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Moldovan didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2020.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Ruud played 1 match while Albot competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set, while Radu Albot surrendered 1 set. Ruud has played 3 set(s) less than Albot (4 vs 7). Therefore, Ruud played 36 games less than Albot. Ruud scored 59 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Moldovan blasted 117 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Ruud fired 11 aces . Albot struck 16 aces (8 per match). Ruud won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Ruud broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Casper lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Albot broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Moldovan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 14Main
• 1Chall
• 2Minor

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 9Chall
• 14Minor

Casper
Ruud

2:0

Radu
Albot

Rank

12

High

2

1Hard0

1Clay0

Rank

435

High

39

Win Loss

Ruud

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Albot

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37 - 16

26 - 34

12-8

Hard

15-14

11-3

I Hard

0-4

14-5

Clay

11-16

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Ruud

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Albot