Fabio Fognini and Casper Ruud will clash against each other in the quarter in Monte-Carlo for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT RAINIER III. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.83
Fabio Fognini -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Casper Ruud
This will be the 3rd time that Fabio Fognini and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Hamburg back in 2020.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Fabio Fognini – Hamburg 24-September-2020
Fabio Fognini
Ranked no. 18, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 7-5, Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-3 and Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-61.
In the 3rd round, Fognini had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-2 7-61). During the match Fognini scored 71 points vs Krajinovic’s 54. Fabio was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fognini scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Fabio Fognini was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Krajinovic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fognini started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Fognini has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (295-214). 3-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fognini has a 153-89 match record in the last years on clay.
Fabio has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 27, Casper reached the quarter after beating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-2 6-1, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 6-3 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-64 5-7 7-5.
In the 3rd round, The Norwegian defeated Carreno-Busta (7-64 5-7 7-5). During the match Ruud scored 117 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 111. Ruud was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 66% of his first serves in, winning 77% (54/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Carreno-Busta 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
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 the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Ruud has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 70 |
| Pts | 196-153 | 227-180 |
| Total Points | 349 | 407 |
| Winners | 74 | 93 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Fognini and Ruud played 3 matches. At the moment, Casper Ruud dropped 1 set while Fabio Fognini hasn’t lost a set so far. Fognini has played 1 set(s) less than Ruud (6 vs 7). Therefore, Fognini played 11 games less than Ruud. Fabio scored 74 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian fired 93 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 106/168 | 119/198 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 74/106 | 93/119 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 35/62 | 47/79 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Fognini struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Ruud bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Fognini won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 11 |
| Converted | 14/29 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 48% | 52% |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Fabio broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Fabio conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Casper broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | |||||
| R1 Kecmanovic |
R2 Thompson |
R3 Krajinovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 59-45 | 71-54 | 196-153 | |
| Total points | 120 | 104 | 125 | 349 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 25 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 38/54 | 31/58 | 106/168 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 70% | 53% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 27/38 | 25/31 | 74/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 71% | 81% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/16 | 17/27 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 56% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 14/29 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 50% | 38% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Ruud | |||||
| R1 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
R2 Schwartzman |
R3 Carreno-Busta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-64 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 37 | 70 | |
| pts | 57-32 | 53-37 | 117-111 | 227-180 | |
| Total points | 89 | 90 | 228 | 407 | |
| Winners | 15 | 24 | 54 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 45% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 20/44 | 29/48 | 70/106 | 119/198 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 60% | 66% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 24/29 | 54/70 | 93/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 83% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 13/19 | 18/36 | 47/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 68% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/4 | 3/11 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 27% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 2/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 40% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Lucas PouillePouille (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-64 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-62 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-6(2) 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6(4) 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – David GoffinGoffin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Rafael NadalNadal (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-0) – H2H and prediction
