Emil Ruusuvuori and Joao Sousa will face off in the final of the Tata Open Maharashtra for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.21
Joao Sousa -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 3rd time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Joao Sousa clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Ruusuvuori won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in Stuttgart back in 2021.
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-16 | 8-6 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 13-11 | 6-7 | 9-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 15-12 | 10-9 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 21-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 87, Ruusuvuori got to the final after beating Egor Gerasimov 6-0 7-611, Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-3, Jiri Vesely 6-3 6-4 and Kamil Majchrzak 6-3 7-60.
In the semifinal, Ruusuvuori had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (6-3 7-60). During the match, Ruusuvuori scored 88 points vs Majchrzak’s 72. The Finn was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruusuvuori made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Emil broke Majchrzak twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emil hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ruusuvuori has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (197-101). 7-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruusuvuori has a compiled90-35 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Emil’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne and Pune.
The Finn has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Pune
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Sousa got to the final after defeating Arjun Kadhe 6-75 7-64 6-2, Gianluca Mager 4-6 6-3 7-64, Daniel Altmaier 6-2 6-3 and Elias Ymer 5-7 7-64 7-5.
In the semifinal against Ymer, Sousa recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-64 7-5).During the match Sousa scored less points (8) than Ymer. In fact, the world no. 87 won 120 points vs Ymer’s. That means that Sousa was more focused during the important points. Sousa was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joao Sousa lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 50% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (34/69) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Ymer 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sousa has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Joao’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Pune.
Joao has an overall 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 78 | 120 |
| Pts | 288-219 | 399-364 |
| Total Points | 507 | 763 |
| Winners | 124 | 157 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Ruusuvuori and Sousa played 4 matches. At the moment, Joao Sousa conceded 3 sets while Emil Ruusuvuori hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruusuvuori has played 3 set(s) less than Sousa (8 vs 11). Therefore, Ruusuvuori played 42 games less than Sousa. Emil scored 124 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Joao scored 157 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 163/243 | 212/386 |
| %1st in | 67% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 124/163 | 157/212 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 52/80 | 100/174 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 57% |
Ruusuvuori made 26 aces (6.5 per match). Sousa blasted 29 aces (7.3 per match). Ruusuvuori won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 13/33 |
| % Converted | 50% | 39% |
| Conceded | 10 | 18 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 70% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
Emil broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ruusuvuori lost his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Joao broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | ||||||
| R1 Gerasimov |
R2 Kopriva |
1/4 Vesely |
1/2 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-611 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 78 | |
| pts | 81-59 | 60-45 | 59-43 | 88-72 | 288-219 | |
| Total points | 140 | 105 | 102 | 160 | 507 | |
| Winners | 35 | 25 | 27 | 37 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 46% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 36/57 | 32/48 | 49/70 | 163/243 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 67% | 70% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 25/36 | 27/32 | 37/49 | 124/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 69% | 84% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 12/21 | 13/16 | 13/21 | 52/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 57% | 81% | 62% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 71% | 40% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 75% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sousa | ||||||
| R1 Kadhe |
R2 Mager |
1/4 Altmaier |
1/2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 7-64 6-2 | 4-6 6-3 7-64 | 6-2 6-3 | 5-7 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 32 | 17 | 37 | 120 | |
| pts | 122-100 | 98-94 | 59-42 | 120-128 | 399-364 | |
| Total points | 222 | 192 | 101 | 248 | 763 | |
| Winners | 45 | 44 | 22 | 46 | 157 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% | 37% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 62/105 | 28/52 | 69/138 | 212/386 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 59% | 54% | 50% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 45/53 | 44/62 | 22/28 | 46/69 | 157/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 71% | 79% | 67% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 30/43 | 16/24 | 34/69 | 100/174 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 70% | 67% | 49% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/6 | 3/6 | 5/11 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 17% | 50% | 45% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 8/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 100% | 62% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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