Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.
Casper Ruud -> 1.44
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.79
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Ruud and Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the quarter in Rome back in May 2023.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Francisco Cerundolo – Rome 17-May-2023
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 8, Casper will start his run in Paris after he played his last match in Basel where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-6(1) to Stricker in the 2nd round on the 26th of October.
Casper has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Estoril where he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Casper has an overall 353-192 record. He has a positive 52-29 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-25 | 12-8 | 21-11 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 9-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Cerundolo reached the 2nd round after defeating Gael Monfils 4-6 7-62 7-5.
In the 1st round against Monfils, Francisco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-62 7-5).During the match Cerundolo scored less points (3) than Monfils. In fact, the world no. 8 won 111 points vs Monfils’s. That means that Cerundolo was more focused during the important points. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Cerundolo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 59% (50/85) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Monfils 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Eastbourne where he overcame Tommy Paul in the final 6-4 1-6 6-4.
Cerundolo has an overall 38-25 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Alexander BublikBublik – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Taylor FritzFritz (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (2-6) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (5-3) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-0) – H2H and prediction