Max Purcell and Emil Ruusuvuori will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Winston-Salem for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.61
Max Purcell -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Emil Ruusuvuori play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Ruusuvuori won 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(11) in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.
Highlights Emil Ruusuvuori vs Max Purcell – Australian Open 18-January-2023
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47 (career-high), Purcell got to the 2nd round after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-4 6-1). During the match, Purcell scored 60 points vs Cecchinato’s 40. Max was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (258-177). 42-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an overall192-121 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Australian has a composed 48-18 win-loss record in 2023, 42-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, Emil will start his run in Winston-Salem after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 6-2 1-6 6-3 to Popyrin in the 3rd round on the 17th of August.
Emil has a composed 25-24 win-loss record in 2023, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Finn’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Hertogenbosch.
In terms of his career, Ruusuvuori has an overall 256-155 record. He has a positive 111-56 record on hard.
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
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