Frances Tiafoe and Emil Ruusuvuori will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on PISTA ANDRES GIMENO. 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.72
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruusuvuori won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Stockholm back in 2022.
Highlights Emil Ruusuvuori vs Frances Tiafoe – Stockholm 21-October-2022
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 6-6 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, the American will start his run in Barcelona after he won the title in Houston after beating 7-6(1) 7-6(6) Martin in the final.
The American has a composed 19-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret. and in Houston where he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6).
Talking about his overall career, Francis has an overall 320-217 record. He has a positive 100-55 record on clay.
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-14 | 7-5 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Ruusuvuori got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Bublik 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ruusuvuori had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-0 6-3). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 54 points vs Bublik’s 31. Ruusuvuori was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Ruusuvuori was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emil Ruusuvuori was very efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) 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 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Finn has a compiled 14-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLWLLL Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-75 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander BublikBublik (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski (2-6 7-65 10-0) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Attila BalazsBalazs (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio GomezGomez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Feliciano LopezLopez (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
