Grigor Dimitrov and Emil Ruusuvuori will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.65
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Dimitrov won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in London back in June 2023.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Emil Ruusuvuori – London 20-June-2023

Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov

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Rank
44
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-11 9-6 5-4 1-0 3-1 0-0
2024 46-18 21-7 8-4 13-5 4-2 0-0
2023 43-21 16-10 10-5 10-4 7-2 0-0
2022 26-22 10-11 10-5 5-4 1-2 0-0
2021 24-18 18-10 3-5 2-2 1-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 20, the Bulgarian reached the 3rd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-66 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (7-66 6-2). During the match, Dimitrov scored 67 points vs Mcdonald’s 52. Grigor was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dimitrov managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was quite effective on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mcdonald twice.

Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (314-189). 5-4 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has an overall 152-91 match record in the last years on hard.

Grigor’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Geneva.

The Bulgarian has an aggregate 26-13 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Washington
Dimitrov's Record

Emil Ruusuvuori

Emil Ruusuvuori

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Rank
547
High
37
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-17 1-5 2-2 8-10 0-0 0-0
2024 17-16 8-6 2-5 4-2 3-3 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
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Ranked no. 55, Ruusuvuori reached the 3rd round after beating Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-4 and Yoshihito Nishioka 6-75 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Nishioka, Emil recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-2). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 95 points vs Nishioka’s 78. The Finn was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Ruusuvuori managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Finn broke Nishioka 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Emil has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Ruusuvuori’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hertogenbosch.

Ruusuvuori has a compiled 23-21 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.

Washington
Ruusuvuori's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Dimitrov
E.Ruusuvuori
1h:29
1h:29
Time on court​
!
3h:33
3h:33
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
21
21
Games Played​
51
51
2
2
Set played​​
5
5
67
67
Total points​
158
158
67
67
Avg point​
79
79
32
32
Winners
75
75
32
32
Avg Winners​
37.5
37.5
48%
48%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
16
16
2
2
Avg Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
32/37
32/37
1st won total​
75/98
75/98
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
12/20
12/20
2nd won total​
30/50
30/50
60%
60%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
2/2
2/2
BP won
7/10
7/10
2/2
2/2
Avg BP won
3.5/5
3.5/5
!
100%
100%
Won
!
70%
70%
0
0
Conceded
3
3
0
0
Avg Conceded
1.5
1.5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dimitrov Ruusuvuori
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 21 51
Pts 67-52 158-131
Total Points 119 289
Winners 32 75
%Winners 48% 47%

Dimitrov played 1 match while Ruusuvuori competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Emil Ruusuvuori surrendered 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dimitrov has played 3 set(s) less than Ruusuvuori (2 vs 5). Therefore, Dimitrov played 30 games less than Ruusuvuori. Dimitrov scored 32 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Emil made 75 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dimitrov Ruusuvuori
Aces 2 16
Avg per match 2 8
1st in 37/57 98/148
%1st in 65% 66%
1st pts 32/37 75/98
%1st pts 86% 77%
2nd pts 12/20 30/50
%2nd pts 60% 60%

Dimitrov scored 2 aces . Ruusuvuori struck 16 aces (8 per match). Dimitrov won 86% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dimitrov Ruusuvuori
Won 2 7
Converted 2/2 7/10
% Converted 100% 70%
Conceded 0 3
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 33%
Times Broken 0 2

The Bulgarian broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Grigor quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Emil broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
R2
Mcdonald		 Total
Score 7-66 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 67-52 67-52
Total points 119 119
Winners 32 32
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 37/57 37/57
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 32/37 32/37
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 12/20 12/20
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/2
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Ruusuvuori
R1
Lestienne		 R2
Nishioka		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-75 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 31 51
pts 63-53 95-78 158-131
Total points 116 173 289
Winners 34 41 75
%Winners 54% 43% 47%
SERVE
Aces 7 9 16
Double Faults 0 3 3
1st in 46/62 52/86 98/148
% 1st in 74% 60% 66%
1st pts 34/46 41/52 75/98
% 1st pts 74% 79% 77%
2nd pts 11/16 19/34 30/50
% 2nd pts 69% 56% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 5 7
Converted 2/4 5/6 7/10
Converted % 50% 83% 70%
Conceded 1 2 3
Saved 1/1 0/2 1
Saved % 100% 0% 100%
Times Broken 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Washington

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