Holger Rune and Maxime Cressy will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 3 sets.
Holger Rune -> 1.16
Maxime Cressy -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Maxime Cressy
This will be the 3rd time that Holger Rune and Maxime Cressy square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Rune won 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in Monte carlo back in 2022.
Holger Rune
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-22 | 20-10 | 10-6 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-24 | 21-12 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10 (career-high), Holger reached the 2nd round after beating Filip Krajinovic 6-2 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Rune had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-2 6-3 6-4). During the match, Rune scored 98 points vs Krajinovic’s 79. Holger was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rune struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Holger Rune was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Rune broke Krajinovic 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Rune has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (163-83). 1-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rune has an overall21-21 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Rune has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-15 | 0-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
Ranked no. 41, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-62 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cressy had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (7-62 7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Cressy scored 129 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 115. Cressy was very aggressive to blast 65 winners.
Talking about serving, Cressy buried his opponent with 34 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Maxime Cressy was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (65/77) of his 1st serve and 63% (27/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Ramos-Vinolas twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Cressy has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rune | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 43 |
| Pts | 98-79 | 129-115 |
| Total Points | 177 | 244 |
| Winners | 40 | 65 |
| %Winners | 41% | 50% |
Both Rune and Cressy played 1 match. At the moment, Maxime Cressy dropped 1 set while Holger Rune hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rune has played 1 set(s) less than Cressy (3 vs 4). Therefore, Rune played 16 games less than Cressy. Holger scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Maxime recorded 65 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rune | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 34 |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 77/120 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 65/77 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 27/43 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 63% |
Rune bagged 11 aces . Cressy scored 34 aces . Rune won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cressy won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rune | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 2 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 54% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Dane broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Dane surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Maxime conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rune | |||
| R1 Krajinovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 98-79 | 98-79 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cressy | |||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 43 | 43 | |
| pts | 129-115 | 129-115 | |
| Total points | 244 | 244 | |
| Winners | 65 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 34 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 77/120 | 77/120 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 65/77 | 65/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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