Casper Ruud and Zhizhen Zhang will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Court Suzanne-LENGLEN. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.151
Zhizhen Zhang -> 5.45
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Zhizhen Zhang
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-11 | 17-5 | 21-5 | 1-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 4, Casper reached the 3rd round after defeating Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3 6-2 and Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5). During the match, Ruud scored 130 points vs Zeppieri’s 110. Casper was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (40/54) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Zeppieri 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
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Overall Performance in this tournament
Casper has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (334-181). 13-5 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has an overall203-92 win-loss 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 compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 4-7 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 71, the Chinese reached the 3rd round after beating Dusan Lajovic 6-1 4-1 ret. and Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-63 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Agustin Tirante (7-63 6-3 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 107 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 91. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zhizhen Zhang was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (48/68) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zhang broke Agustin Tirante 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Zhang has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 44 |
| Pts | 221-179 | 158-126 |
| Total Points | 400 | 284 |
| Winners | 74 | 68 |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% |
Both Ruud and Zhang played 2 matches. At the moment, Casper Ruud lost 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set more than Zhang (7 vs 6). Therefore, Ruud played 22 games more than Zhang. Ruud scored 74 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese managed to score 68 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 110/191 | 96/151 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 74/110 | 68/96 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 54/81 | 28/55 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Ruud struck 6 aces (3 per match). Zhang recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Ruud won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/29 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 45% | 53% |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 55% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Norwegian broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Casper dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Zhizhen broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Zhizhen conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 39 | 66 | |
| pts | 91-69 | 130-110 | 221-179 | |
| Total points | 160 | 240 | 400 | |
| Winners | 31 | 43 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 66/120 | 110/191 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 43/66 | 74/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 40/54 | 54/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 74% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/13 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Lajovic |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-1 ret. | 7-63 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 32 | 44 | |
| pts | 51-35 | 107-91 | 158-126 | |
| Total points | 86 | 198 | 284 | |
| Winners | 20 | 48 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 68/105 | 96/151 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 48/68 | 68/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 21/37 | 28/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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