Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud will play each other in the quarter of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.35
Casper Ruud -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zverev won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Paris back in 2021.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Casper Ruud – Paris 05-November-2021
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55-25 | 24-9 | 18-7 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Zverev reached the quarter after beating Borna Coric 6-4 3-6 6-3, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-2 6-2 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-4.
In the 4th round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 69 points vs Kokkinakis’s 54. Zverev was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Zverev was very effective on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zverev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (391-191). 9-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 151-73 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Zverev’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Montpellier.
Zverev has an overall 14-4 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the quarter after beating Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2 and Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4.
In the 4th round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-3 6-4). During the match Ruud scored 65 points vs Norrie’s 56. Casper was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruud fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Casper Ruud lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 57% of his first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (10/29) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Norrie 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ruud hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Buenos Aires where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Ruud has an aggregate 11-3 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 51 |
| Pts | 215-173 | 175-119 |
| Total Points | 388 | 294 |
| Winners | 103 | 86 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Both Zverev and Ruud played 3 matches. At the moment, Alexander Zverev surrendered 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set more than Ruud (7 vs 6). Therefore, Zverev played 13 games more than Ruud. Alexander scored 103 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Casper struck 86 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 8.7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 127/175 | 101/153 |
| %1st in | 73% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 103/127 | 86/101 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 25/52 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
Zverev bagged 26 aces (8.7 per match). Ruud bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Zverev won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Ruud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 42% | 48% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Zverev surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ruud broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||||
| R2 Coric | R3 Mcdonald | R4 Kokkinakis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 | 20 | 64 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 65-47 | 69-54 | 215-173 | |
| Total points | 153 | 112 | 123 | 388 | |
| Winners | 45 | 27 | 31 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 42% | 45% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 10 | 4 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/75 | 37/50 | 35/50 | 127/175 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 74% | 70% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 27/37 | 31/35 | 103/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 73% | 89% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 9/13 | 9/15 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 69% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/8 | 2/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 25% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ruud | |||||
| R2 Laaksonen | R3 Bublik | R4 Norrie | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 52-25 | 58-38 | 65-56 | 175-119 | |
| Total points | 77 | 96 | 121 | 294 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 33 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/39 | 33/46 | 39/68 | 101/153 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 72% | 57% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 28/33 | 33/39 | 86/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 85% | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 8/13 | 10/29 | 25/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 62% | 34% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 38% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 67% | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Simone Bolelli/Fabio FogniniBolelli/Fabio Fognini – Federico Delbonis/Maximo GonzalezDelbonis/Maximo Gonzalez (4-6 6-3 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski – Rohan Bopanna/Denis ShapovalovBopanna/Denis Shapovalov (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction