Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz will face off in the Round Robin of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 9:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.9
Casper Ruud -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Taylor Fritz

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 4, Ruud reached the Round Robin after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6⁴ 6-4.

In the previous match, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 66 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 60. The Norwegian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Casper Ruud was very effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Auger-Aliassime once.

Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (314-168). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has an overall48-26 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he beat Diego Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3 and in Geneva where he defeated Joao Sousa in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(1) and in Gstaad where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2.

Casper has an overall 49-20 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 9, Fritz got to the Round Robin after beating Rafael Nadal 7-6³ 6-1.

In the previous match, The American had a good straight sets win against Nadal (7-6³ 6-1). During the match Fritz scored 70 points vs Nadal’s 57. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Fritz made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taylor Fritz was very effective on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taylor broke Nadal twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Indian Wells where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) and in Tokyo where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

Taylor has an overall 44-19 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals

Taylor has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ruud	Fritz
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	20
Pts	66-60	70-57
Total Points	126	127
Winners	33	32
%Winners	50%	46%

Both Ruud and Fritz played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ruud and Fritz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ruud played 3 games more than Fritz. Casper scored 33 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 32 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ruud	Fritz
Aces	5	8
Avg per match	5	8
1st in	44/67	40/58
%1st in	66%	69%
1st pts	33/44	32/40
%1st pts	75%	80%
2nd pts	18/23	14/18
%2nd pts	78%	78%

Ruud bagged 5 aces . Fritz bagged 8 aces . Ruud won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ruud	Fritz
Won	1	2
Converted	1/1	2/9
% Converted	100%	22%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

The Norwegian broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Norwegian extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Taylor broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Taylor was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Ruud
	Round Robin Auger-Aliassime	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	66-60	66-60
Total points	126	126
Winners	33	33
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	44/67	44/67
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	33/44	33/44
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	18/23	18/23
% 2nd pts	78%	78%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/1	1/1
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Fritz
	Round Robin Nadal	Total
Score	7-63 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	70-57	70-57
Total points	127	127
Winners	32	32
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/58	40/58
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	32/40	32/40
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	14/18	14/18
% 2nd pts	78%	78%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski – Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick KyrgiosKokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios (6-7³ 6-4 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey RublevRublev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek (6-4 3-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien RojerArevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer (7-5 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor FritzFritz – Rafael NadalNadal (7-6³ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos (6-3 6-7⁸ 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Rafael NadalNadal – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-7) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (3-7) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction