Casper Ruud and Christopher Eubanks will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.46
Christopher Eubanks -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Christopher Eubanks

This will be the 3^rd time that Casper Ruud and Christopher Eubanks face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Eubanks (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Indian wells back in 2022.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 9, Casper reached the 3^rd round after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (7-5 6-0). During the match, Ruud scored 64 points vs Nishioka’s 35. The Norwegian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud managed to score 9 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (3/5) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Casper broke Nishioka 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Ruud has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (350-189). 10-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has an aggregate83-59 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Casper has an aggregate 34-19 win-loss record in 2023, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Ruud has never competed in this tournament before.

Christopher Eubanks

Ranked no. 32, the American reached the 3^rd round after beating Yannick Hanfmann 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Hanfmann, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Eubanks scored 91 points vs Hanfmann’s 85. Christopher was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Eubanks managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher Eubanks lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Eubanks put 78% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Hanfmann 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Mallorca where he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the final 6-1 6-4.

Christopher has an overall 39-22 win-loss record in 2023, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ruud	Eubanks
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	27
Pts	64-35	91-85
Total Points	99	176
Winners	29	43
%Winners	45%	47%

Both Ruud and Eubanks played 1 match. At the moment, Christopher Eubanks dropped 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Eubanks (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ruud played 9 games less than Eubanks. Casper scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher struck 43 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ruud	Eubanks
Aces	9	14
Avg per match	9	14
1st in	34/39	66/85
%1st in	87%	78%
1st pts	29/34	43/66
%1st pts	85%	65%
2nd pts	3/5	12/19
%2nd pts	60%	63%

Ruud bagged 9 aces . Eubanks struck 14 aces . Ruud won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Eubanks won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ruud	Eubanks
Won	5	4
Converted	5/9	4/11
% Converted	56%	36%
Conceded	1	3
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

Ruud broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Ruud surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
	R2 Nishioka	Total
Score	7-5 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-35	64-35
Total points	99	99
Winners	29	29
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	34/39	34/39
% 1st in	87%	87%
1st pts	29/34	29/34
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	3/5	3/5
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Eubanks
	R2 Hanfmann	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	91-85	91-85
Total points	176	176
Winners	43	43
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	66/85	66/85
% 1st in	78%	78%
1st pts	43/66	43/66
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Nicolas JarryJarry – Terence Atmane
  Atmane (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6² 6-7⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-6³ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction