Emil Ruusuvuori and Viktor Troicki will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.727
Viktor Troicki -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Viktor Troicki
This will be the 4th time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Viktor Troicki fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Troicki won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Sultan 2 Challenger back in March 2021.
Emil Ruusuvuori
Ranked no. 87, the Finn got to the qualifications after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-64 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ruusuvuori defeated Kuzmanov (7-64 4-6 6-1). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 106 points vs Kuzmanov’s 86. Ruusuvuori was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruusuvuori scored 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Kuzmanov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Ruusuvuori has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (165-78). 4-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruusuvuori has a 66-24 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ruusuvuori has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Viktor Troicki
Ranked no. 196, the Serbian reached the qualifications after beating Marc Polmans 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Polmans (7-5 6-0). During the match Troicki scored 70 points vs Polmans’s 52. Viktor was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Troicki struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Viktor Troicki was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Troicki broke Polmans 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Serbian has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2010. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 106-86 | 70-52 |
| Total Points | 192 | 122 |
| Winners | 37 | 24 |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% |
Both Ruusuvuori and Troicki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Emil Ruusuvuori dropped 1 set while Viktor Troicki hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruusuvuori has played 1 set more than Troicki (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ruusuvuori played 12 games more than Troicki. The Finn scored 37 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Viktor fired 24 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8 |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 33/51 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 61% |
Ruusuvuori bagged 10 aces . Troicki recorded 8 aces . Ruusuvuori won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Troicki won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 45% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Emil broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Emil conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Troicki conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| Q1 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 106-86 | 106-86 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 53/88 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Troicki | |||
| Q1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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