Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 3^rd round of the National Bank Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.71
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

This will be the 3^rd time that Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Davidovich Fokina won 7-6(3) 2-6 7-6(6) 0-6 7-5 in the 3^rd round in at the French Open back in 2021.

Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Casper Ruud – French Open 04-June-2021

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 5, the Norwegian reached the 3^rd round after defeating Jiri Lehecka 7-6⁶ 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 79 points vs Lehecka’s 67. Casper was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud recorded 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Casper Ruud was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ruud broke Lehecka once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (345-185). 6-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a composed79-55 record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Casper has a composed 29-15 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Ranked no. 37, the Spaniard got to the 3^rd round after defeating Jeff Wolf 6-0 6-2 and Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Davidovich Fokina had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-1 6-2). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 55 points vs Zverev’s 26. Davidovich Fokina was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Davidovich Fokina made 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zverev 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alejandro hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 66% of the points he played.

Davidovich Fokina has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ruud	Davidovich Fokina
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	23	29
Pts	79-67	112-58
Total Points	146	170
Winners	34	42
%Winners	43%	38%

Ruud played 1 match while Davidovich Fokina competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Ruud has played 2 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (2 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 6 games less than Davidovich Fokina. Ruud scored 34 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina blasted 42 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ruud	Davidovich Fokina
Aces	5	6
Avg per match	5	3
1st in	41/69	55/87
%1st in	59%	63%
1st pts	34/41	42/55
%1st pts	83%	76%
2nd pts	17/28	19/32
%2nd pts	61%	59%

Ruud fired 5 aces . Davidovich Fokina managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Ruud won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ruud	Davidovich Fokina
Won	1	10
Converted	1/5	10/16
% Converted	20%	63%
Conceded	3	2
Saved	3	1
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	1

Ruud broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Casper was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Alejandro broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Davidovich Fokina conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
	R2 Lehecka	Total
Score	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	79-67	79-67
Total points	146	146
Winners	34	34
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	41/69	41/69
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	34/41	34/41
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	17/28	17/28
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Davidovich Fokina
	R1 Wolf	R2 Zverev	Total
Score	6-0 6-2	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	15	29
pts	57-32	55-26	112-58
Total points	89	81	170
Winners	23	19	42
%Winners	40%	35%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	30/42	25/45	55/87
% 1st in	71%	56%	63%
1st pts	23/30	19/25	42/55
% 1st pts	77%	76%	76%
2nd pts	5/12	14/20	19/32
% 2nd pts	42%	70%	59%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/12	4/4	10/16
Converted %	50%	100%	63%
Conceded	2	0	2
Saved	1/2	0/0	1
Saved %	50%	–	50%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Toronto

• Marcos GironGiron – Holger RuneRune (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6² 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Max PurcellPurcell (7-6² 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-6⁷ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert Hurkacz/Mate PavicHurkacz/Mate Pavic – Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski (6-7² 7-6² 10-5) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Fabrice Martin/Andreas MiesMartin/Andreas Mies (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6(2) 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Holger RuneRune (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 4-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Max PurcellPurcell (7-6(2) 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andy MurrayMurray – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Milos RaonicRaonic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-4) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Marcos GironGiron (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H and prediction