H2H, PREDICTION Casper Ruud vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 14. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 5 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.53
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.65

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ruud won 3-4(2) 4-3(2) 4-2 3-4(2) 4-1 in the R in Next gen atp finals back in 2019.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 16 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the 3rd round after defeating Benoit Paire 5-7 6-2 6-1 7-64 and Kamil Majchrzak 6-3 6-2 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (6-3 6-2 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 98 points vs Majchrzak’s 73. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud struck 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (47/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Majchrzak 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

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 this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (230-137). 17-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has an aggregate154-79 record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title in in Geneva where he defeated Denis Shapovalov in the final 7-6(6) 6-4.

The Norwegian has an aggregate 22-6 win-loss record in 2021, 17-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.

Ruud
French Open
Ruud's Record

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Ranked no. 46, the Spaniard got to the 3rd round after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 6-4 6-3 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 6-4 5-7 2-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Davidovich Fokina had a tough win against Van De Zandschulp to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 6-4 5-7 2-6 6-4). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 161 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 157. Alejandro was quite aggressive to blast 67 winners.

Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina blasted 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (67/100) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (28/54) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Van De Zandschulp 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alejandro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Davidovich Fokina’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Estoril.

The Spaniard has a composed 20-12 win-loss record in 2021, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.

Davidovich Fokina
French Open
Davidovich Fokina's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ruud
A.Davidovich Fokina
4h:53
4h:53
Time on court​
5h:39
5h:39
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
!
3h:42
3h:42
2
2
Match played
2
2
67
67
Games Played​
79
79
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
238
238
Total points​
258
258
119
119
Avg point​
129
129
99
99
Winners
102
102
49.5
49.5
Avg Winners​
51
51
42%
42%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
11
11
4
4
Avg Aces
5.5
5.5
9
9
Double Faults
8
8
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
99/137
99/137
1st won total​
102/147
102/147
!
72%
72%
1st won %
69%
69%
46/85
46/85
2nd won total​
44/82
44/82
54%
54%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
12/24
12/24
BP won
12/34
12/34
6/12
6/12
Avg BP won
6/17
6/17
50%
50%
Won
35%
35%
15
15
Conceded
19
19
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
9.5
9.5
5
5
Broken
8
8
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
4
4
10
10
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Davidovich Fokina
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 67 79
Pts 238-193 258-235
Total Points 431 493
Winners 99 102
%Winners 42% 40%

Both Ruud and Davidovich Fokina played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud lost 1 set, while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina surrendered 2 sets. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (7 vs 8). Therefore, Ruud played 12 games less than Davidovich Fokina. The Norwegian scored 99 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 102 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Davidovich Fokina
Aces 8 11
Avg per match 4 5.5
1st in 137/222 147/229
%1st in 62% 64%
1st pts 99/137 102/147
%1st pts 72% 69%
2nd pts 46/85 44/82
%2nd pts 54% 54%

Ruud struck 8 aces (4 per match). Davidovich Fokina made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Ruud won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ruud Davidovich Fokina
Won 12 12
Converted 12/24 12/34
% Converted 50% 35%
Conceded 15 19
Saved 10 11
% Saved 67% 58%
Times Broken 5 8

The Norwegian broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Norwegian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Paire
R2
Majchrzak
Total
Score 5-7 6-2 6-1 7-64 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 4 3 7
Tot Games 40 27 67
pts 140-120 98-73 238-193
Total points 260 171 431
Winners 52 47 99
%Winners 37% 48% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 8
Double Faults 3 6 9
1st in 79/135 58/87 137/222
% 1st in 59% 67% 62%
1st pts 52/79 47/58 99/137
% 1st pts 66% 81% 72%
2nd pts 35/56 11/29 46/85
% 2nd pts 63% 38% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/14 6/10 12/24
Converted % 43% 60% 50%
Conceded 7 8 15
Saved 4/7 6/8 10
Saved % 57% 75% 66%
Times Broken 3 2 5
Davidovich Fokina
R1
Kukushkin
R2
Van De Zandschulp
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 5-7 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 5 8
Tot Games 29 50 79
pts 97-78 161-157 258-235
Total points 175 318 493
Winners 35 67 102
%Winners 36% 42% 40%
SERVE
Aces 8 3 11
Double Faults 3 5 8
1st in 47/75 100/154 147/229
% 1st in 63% 65% 64%
1st pts 35/47 67/100 102/147
% 1st pts 74% 67% 69%
2nd pts 16/28 28/54 44/82
% 2nd pts 57% 52% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/15 6/19 12/34
Converted % 40% 32% 35%
Conceded 2 17 19
Saved 0/2 11/17 11
Saved % 0% 65% 33%
Times Broken 2 6 8

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ruud
LLLWLLLWLL
Davidovich Fokina
WWLLWLWLWL
2024 2023 2022
47 - 21
20 - 22
21-9
Hard
13-12
1-4
I Hard
5-4
24-7
Clay
2-5
1-1
Grass
0-1

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