Casper Ruud and Emil Ruusuvuori will face off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on PISTA 2. 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 Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.16
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 5.00
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Emil Ruusuvuori 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 clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 6-4 6-3 3-2 ret. in the 2nd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.
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. 7 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the 3rd round after defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (6-3 6-2). During the match, Ruud scored 69 points vs Nakashima’s 55. The Norwegian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruud struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Nakashima 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (280-153). 6-1 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has an overall171-81 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Buenos Aires where he defeated Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Ruud has a composed 15-5 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-17 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 73, the Finn reached the 3rd round after beating Feliciano Lopez 6-0 6-1 and Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-3 6-1). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 63 points vs Bublik’s 38. The Finn was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruusuvuori made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emil Ruusuvuori was very efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ruusuvuori broke Bublik 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emil hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 65% of the points he played.
Ruusuvuori’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Pune.
Ruusuvuori has an overall 17-9 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 117-64 |
| Total Points | 124 | 181 |
| Winners | 30 | 45 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Ruud played 1 match while Ruusuvuori competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Ruud has played 2 set(s) less than Ruusuvuori (2 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 12 games less than Ruusuvuori. Ruud scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Emil bagged 45 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 55/78 |
| %1st in | 57% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 45/55 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 70% |
Ruud made 7 aces . Ruusuvuori scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ruud won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 67% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Norwegian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Norwegian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Emil was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ruud | |||
| R2 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ruusuvuori | ||||
| R1 Lopez |
R2 Bublik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 16 | 29 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 63-38 | 117-64 | |
| Total points | 80 | 101 | 181 | |
| Winners | 21 | 24 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 31/41 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 76% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 24/31 | 45/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 77% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/10 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 80% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/7 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 57% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Federico CoriaCoria (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hugo DellienDellien (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-1 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (1-1) – H2H and prediction
