Sebastian Ofner and Emil Ruusuvuori will face off in the semifinal of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.5
Sebastian Ofner -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Ruusuvuori won 6-3 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in 3 back in 2019.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 43 (career-high), the Austrian reached the semifinal after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-1 6-2, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-74 7-65 7-62 and Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (6-4 6-4). During the match, Ofner scored 67 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 58. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ofner overpowered his opponent with 21 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Ofner conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 75% of his first serves in, win 81% (35/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Ofner broke Bautista-Agut twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has lost 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (300-213). 3-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ofner has a compiled92-56 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Sebastian has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 69, the Finn reached the semifinal after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-75 6-2 6-1, Karen Khachanov 7-62 2-6 6-2 and Pavel Kotov 6-3 7-64.
In the quarter, Ruusuvuori had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-3 7-64). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 75 points vs Kotov’s 64. Ruusuvuori was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Ruusuvuori recorded 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ruusuvuori broke Kotov twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ruusuvuori has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Emil has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 79 |
| Pts | 250-219 | 290-255 |
| Total Points | 469 | 545 |
| Winners | 110 | 107 |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% |
Both Ofner and Ruusuvuori played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner lost 1 set, while Emil Ruusuvuori surrendered 2 sets. Ofner has played 1 set(s) less than Ruusuvuori (7 vs 8). Therefore, Ofner played 5 games less than Ruusuvuori. Sebastian scored 110 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ruusuvuori blasted 107 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 43 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 14.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 140/224 | 153/270 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 110/140 | 107/153 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 44/84 | 64/117 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Ofner fired 43 aces (14.3 per match). Ruusuvuori blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Ofner won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 13/36 |
| % Converted | 36% | 36% |
| Conceded | 7 | 21 |
| Saved | 4 | 14 |
| % Saved | 57% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ofner dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 13 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ruusuvuori conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | |||||
| R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Struff |
1/4 Bautista-Agut |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-74 7-65 7-62 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 39 | 20 | 74 | |
| pts | 53-37 | 130-124 | 67-58 | 250-219 | |
| Total points | 90 | 254 | 125 | 469 | |
| Winners | 20 | 55 | 35 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 52% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 16 | 21 | 43 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 70/123 | 43/57 | 140/224 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 57% | 75% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 55/70 | 35/43 | 110/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 79% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 29/53 | 7/14 | 44/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 55% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/12 | 2/6 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 17% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ruusuvuori | |||||
| R1 Bonzi |
R2 Khachanov |
1/4 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-1 | 7-62 2-6 6-2 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 29 | 22 | 79 | |
| pts | 114-97 | 101-94 | 75-64 | 290-255 | |
| Total points | 211 | 195 | 139 | 545 | |
| Winners | 33 | 41 | 33 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 41% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/98 | 58/96 | 44/76 | 153/270 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 60% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 41/58 | 33/44 | 107/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 71% | 75% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 20/38 | 19/32 | 64/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 59% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/25 | 3/8 | 2/3 | 13/36 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 38% | 67% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 5/8 | 5/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 63% | 83% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Juncheng ShangShang – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Julian Cash/Robert GallowayCash/Robert Galloway – Mackenzie McDonald/Botic van de ZandschulpMcDonald/Botic van de Zandschulp (w/o) – See score progression
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Pedro Cachin/Francisco CerundoloCachin/Francisco Cerundolo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
