Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud will square off in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.194
Casper Ruud -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud
There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 7, the German got to the quarter after defeating Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-3 6-1 and Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zverev had a good straight sets win against Djere (6-4 6-3). During the match Zverev scored 72 points vs Djere’s 60. The German was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 74% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Djere 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Zverev has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (343-182). 7-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a 132-71 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Zverev has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 25, Ruud reached the quarter after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-1 and Tallon Griekspoor 4-6 6-3 7-63.
In the 2nd round against Griekspoor, Ruud recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-63). During the match Ruud scored 99 points vs Griekspoor’s 93. Ruud was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud struck 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Casper Ruud was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (52/65) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Casper broke Griekspoor once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Norwegian has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Casper has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 49 |
| Pts | 138-104 | 158-129 |
| Total Points | 242 | 287 |
| Winners | 51 | 75 |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% |
Both Zverev and Ruud played 2 matches. At the moment, Casper Ruud dropped 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set(s) less than Ruud (4 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 14 games less than Ruud. Alexander scored 51 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian fired 75 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 71/105 | 90/145 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 51/71 | 75/90 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 14/34 | 33/55 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 60% |
Zverev recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Ruud fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Zverev won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 83% of the points on 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 | Zverev | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 4 |
| Converted | 11/26 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 42% | 44% |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 64% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Zverev broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Norwegian broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | ||||
| R1 Alcaraz |
R2 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 72-60 | 138-104 | |
| Total points | 110 | 132 | 242 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 42/57 | 71/105 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 26/42 | 51/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 62% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 6/15 | 14/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/12 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R2 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 | 49 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 99-93 | 158-129 | |
| Total points | 95 | 192 | 287 | |
| Winners | 23 | 52 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 65/97 | 90/145 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 52/65 | 75/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 18/32 | 33/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/5 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 20% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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