Casper Ruud and Dusan Lajovic will play each other in the 3rd round of the Rogers Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on ROGERS 5G GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.47
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Dusan Lajovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Ruud won 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Buenos Aires back in 2020.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs Dusan Lajovic – Buenos Aires 14-February-2020

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 12 (career-high), Ruud reached the 3rd round after defeating Marin Cilic 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Casper defeated Cilic (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Ruud scored 81 points vs Cilic’s 75. Ruud was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Casper Ruud was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (40/46) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Casper broke Cilic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (244-140). 6-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a compiled45-37 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Geneva where he defeated Denis Shapovalov in the final 7-6(6) 6-4 and in in Bastad where he beat Federico Coria in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Gstaad where he overcame Hugo Gaston in the final 6-3 6-2 and in in Kitzbuhel where he defeated Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-1 4-6 6-3.

Casper has a compiled 36-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Ruud has never competed in this tournament before.

Toronto
Ruud's Record

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 44, Lajovic got to the 3rd round after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-3 6-3 and Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (7-5 6-4). During the match Lajovic scored 70 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 60. Lajovic was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Lajovic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Auger-Aliassime twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Dusan has a composed 14-19 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Toronto
Lajovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ruud
D.Lajovic
2h:03
2h:03
Time on court​
!
3h:45
3h:45
!
2h:03
2h:03
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
27
27
Games Played​
49
49
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
81
81
Total points​
160
160
81
81
Avg point​
80
80
40
40
Winners
70
70
40
40
Avg Winners​
35
35
49%
49%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
5
5
Avg Aces
0.5
0.5
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
40/46
40/46
1st won total​
70/104
70/104
!
87%
87%
1st won %
67%
67%
16/30
16/30
2nd won total​
31/57
31/57
53%
53%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
8/15
8/15
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
4/7.5
4/7.5
40%
40%
Won
!
53%
53%
3
3
Conceded
13
13
3
3
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
1
1
Broken
5
5
1
1
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
2
2
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Lajovic
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 27 49
Pts 81-75 160-146
Total Points 156 306
Winners 40 70
%Winners 49% 44%

Ruud played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud lost 1 set, while Dusan Lajovic conceded 1 set. Ruud has played 2 set(s) less than Lajovic (3 vs 5). Therefore, Ruud played 22 games less than Lajovic. The Norwegian scored 40 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Dusan recorded 70 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Lajovic
Aces 5 1
Avg per match 5 0.5
1st in 46/76 104/161
%1st in 61% 65%
1st pts 40/46 70/104
%1st pts 87% 67%
2nd pts 16/30 31/57
%2nd pts 53% 54%

Ruud blasted 5 aces . Lajovic managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Ruud won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 67% 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 Lajovic
Won 2 8
Converted 2/5 8/15
% Converted 40% 53%
Conceded 3 13
Saved 2 8
% Saved 67% 62%
Times Broken 1 5

The Norwegian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Norwegian surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Lajovic broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R2
Cilic		 Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 81-75 81-75
Total points 156 156
Winners 40 40
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 46/76 46/76
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 40/46 40/46
% 1st pts 87% 87%
2nd pts 16/30 16/30
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Lajovic
R1
Ruusuvuori		 R2
Auger-Aliassime		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 27 22 49
pts 90-86 70-60 160-146
Total points 176 130 306
Winners 36 34 70
%Winners 40% 49% 44%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 5 1 6
1st in 60/96 44/65 104/161
% 1st in 63% 68% 65%
1st pts 36/60 34/44 70/104
% 1st pts 60% 77% 67%
2nd pts 17/36 14/21 31/57
% 2nd pts 47% 67% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 2 8
Converted 6/10 2/5 8/15
Converted % 60% 40% 53%
Conceded 11 2 13
Saved 6/11 2/2 8
Saved % 55% 100% 155%
Times Broken 5 0 5

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