Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Miami Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.23
Francisco Cerundolo -> 4.6

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 8 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the semifinal after defeating Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2, Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 1-6 6-3.

In the quarter, The Norwegian defeated Zverev (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match, Ruud scored 66 points vs Zverev’s 63. Ruud was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud fired 6 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ruud broke Zverev twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ruud has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (277-151). 7-2 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a composed62-43 record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Buenos Aires where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.

Casper has an aggregate 12-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 103, Cerundolo reached the semifinal after beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 4-6 6-3, Reilly Opelka 6-1 3-1 ret., Gael Monfils 6-2 6-3, Frances Tiafoe 6-7² 7-6³ 6-2 and Jannik Sinner 4-1 ret..

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Sinner (4-1 ret.). During the match Cerundolo scored 20 points vs Sinner’s 13. Francisco was pretty aggressive to blast 11 winners.

About the serving games, Cerundolo struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (11/15) of his 1st serve and 60% (3/5) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cerundolo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sinner once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cerundolo has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Francisco’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.

The Argentine has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ruud	Cerundolo
Match played	4	5
Tot Set	9	13
Tot Games	76	98
Pts	241-182	334-272
Total Points	423	606
Winners	123	144
%Winners	51%	43%

Ruud played 4 matches while Cerundolo competed in 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set, while Francisco Cerundolo lost 2 sets. Ruud has played 4 set(s) less than Cerundolo (9 vs 13). Therefore, Ruud played 22 games less than Cerundolo. Ruud scored 123 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco fired 144 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ruud	Cerundolo
Aces	21	17
Avg per match	5.3	3.4
1st in	148/216	201/293
%1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	123/148	144/201
%1st pts	83%	72%
2nd pts	35/68	53/92
%2nd pts	51%	58%

Ruud bagged 21 aces (5.3 per match). Cerundolo recorded 17 aces (3.4 per match). Ruud won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ruud	Cerundolo
Won	12	18
Converted	12/26	18/37
% Converted	46%	49%
Conceded	7	24
Saved	4	19
% Saved	57%	79%
Times Broken	3	5

The Norwegian broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Norwegian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Francisco broke his opponents 18 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
	R2 Laaksonen	R3 Bublik	R4 Norrie	1/4 Zverev	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-3 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	15	17	19	25	76
pts	52-25	58-38	65-56	66-63	241-182
Total points	77	96	121	129	423
Winners	25	28	33	37	123
%Winners	48%	48%	51%	56%	51%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	7	6	21
Double Faults	1	0	1	0	2
1st in	29/39	33/46	39/68	47/63	148/216
% 1st in	74%	72%	57%	75%	69%
1st pts	25/29	28/33	33/39	37/47	123/148
% 1st pts	86%	85%	85%	79%	83%
2nd pts	7/10	8/13	10/29	10/16	35/68
% 2nd pts	70%	62%	34%	63%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	2	12
Converted	4/6	3/7	3/8	2/5	12/26
Converted %	67%	43%	38%	40%	46%
Conceded	0	0	3	4	7
Saved	0/0	0/0	2/3	2/4	4
Saved %	–	–	67%	50%	29%
Times Broken	0	0	1	2	3

Cerundolo
	R1 Griekspoor	R2 Opelka	R3 Monfils	R4 Tiafoe	1/4 Sinner	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3	6-1 3-1 ret.	6-2 6-3	6-72 7-63 6-2	4-1 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	1	11
Tot Games	31	11	17	34	5	98
pts	104-98	41-24	59-41	110-96	20-13	334-272
Total points	202	65	100	206	33	606
Winners	43	14	27	49	11	144
%Winners	41%	34%	46%	45%	55%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	2	0	5	3	17
Double Faults	7	0	3	3	2	15
1st in	62/100	18/27	36/52	70/94	15/20	201/293
% 1st in	62%	67%	69%	74%	75%	69%
1st pts	43/62	14/18	27/36	49/70	11/15	144/201
% 1st pts	69%	78%	75%	70%	73%	72%
2nd pts	20/38	7/9	10/16	13/24	3/5	53/92
% 2nd pts	53%	78%	63%	54%	60%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	5	1	18
Converted	4/11	4/7	4/6	5/12	1/1	18/37
Converted %	36%	57%	67%	42%	100%	49%
Conceded	9	2	5	7	1	24
Saved	7/9	2/2	5/5	4/7	1/1	19
Saved %	78%	100%	100%	57%	100%	109%
Times Broken	2	0	0	3	0	5

Tennis Scores in Miami

• Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski – Simone Bolelli/Fabio FogniniBolelli/Fabio Fognini (6-1 3-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction