H2H, prediction of Casper Ruud vs Francisco Cerundolo in Barcelona with odds, preview, pick | 20th April 2023

PREVIEW. Barcelona. Ruud and Cerundolo will square off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 20th of April

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo

Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo will face off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on Pista Rafa Nadal. 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 Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.33
Francisco Cerundolo -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo

This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Cerundolo won 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Bastad back in 2022.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs Casper Ruud – Bastad 13-July-2022

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud

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Rank
9
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-19 21-9 24-7 2-2 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
2020 22-13 4-5 17-6 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 3, the Norwegian got to the 3rd round after defeating Ben Shelton 6-2 7-61.

In the 2nd round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Shelton (6-2 7-61). During the match, Ruud scored 77 points vs Shelton’s 61. Ruud was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 74% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Shelton 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (327-177). 6-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a composed196-88 record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Estoril where he beat Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-2 7-6(3).

The Norwegian has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

Ruud
Barcelona
Ruud's Record

Francisco Cerundolo

Francisco Cerundolo
Francisco Cerundolo

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Rank
31
High
19
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-27 5-10 21-13 3-1 0-3 0-0
2023 39-26 10-10 19-12 4-2 6-2 0-0
2022 36-28 7-8 25-10 3-7 1-3 0-0
2021 44-24 3-2 39-21 0-0 2-1 0-0
2020 36-11 5-0 31-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 32, Francisco got to the 3rd round after beating Francesco Passaro 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-2 6-2). During the match Cerundolo scored 65 points vs Passaro’s 45. Cerundolo was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Cerundolo was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 73% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Passaro 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Francisco has an overall 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

Cerundolo has never competed in this tournament before.

Cerundolo
Barcelona
Cerundolo's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ruud
F.Cerundolo
1h:39
1h:39
Time on court​
1h:11
1h:11
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
77
77
Total points​
65
65
77
77
Avg point​
65
65
39
39
Winners
32
32
39
39
Avg Winners​
32
32
51%
51%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
39/51
39/51
1st won total​
32/38
32/38
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
8/18
8/18
2nd won total​
5/14
5/14
44%
44%
2nd won %
!
36%
36%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
4/9
4/9
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
38%
38%
Won
44%
44%
5
5
Conceded
3
3
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Cerundolo
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 16
Pts 77-61 65-45
Total Points 138 110
Winners 39 32
%Winners 51% 49%

Both Ruud and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ruud and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ruud played 5 games more than Cerundolo. Casper scored 39 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco fired 32 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Cerundolo
Aces 0 0
Avg per match 0 0
1st in 51/69 38/52
%1st in 74% 73%
1st pts 39/51 32/38
%1st pts 76% 84%
2nd pts 8/18 5/14
%2nd pts 44% 36%

Ruud didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cerundolo also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ruud won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ruud Cerundolo
Won 3 4
Converted 3/8 4/9
% Converted 38% 44%
Conceded 5 3
Saved 4 3
% Saved 80% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Casper broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Casper surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Francisco broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francisco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Ruud
R2
Shelton		 Total
Score 6-2 7-61
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 77-61 77-61
Total points 138 138
Winners 39 39
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 51/69 51/69
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 39/51 39/51
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 8/18 8/18
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Cerundolo
R2
Passaro		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 65-45 65-45
Total points 110 110
Winners 32 32
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 38/52 38/52
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 32/38 32/38
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 5/14 5/14
% 2nd pts 36% 36%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Casper Ruud
  • 0Slam
  • 12Main
  • 1Chall
  • 2Minor
Francisco Cerundolo
  • 0Slam
  • 3Main
  • 5Chall
  • 8Minor

Casper
Ruud

3:4

Francisco
Cerundolo

Rank

9

High

2

1Hard0

2Clay2

0I.hard2

Rank

31

High

19

Win Loss
Ruud
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Cerundolo
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2024 2023 2022
46 - 18
26 - 25
21-9
Hard
5-10
0-1
I Hard
1-0
24-7
Clay
20-12
1-1
Grass
0-3

Tennis Scores in Barcelona

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Upcoming matches in the draw

Ruud
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Cerundolo Francisco Cerundolo