H2H, prediction of Daniil Medvedev vs Emil Ruusuvuori at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 18th January 2024

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

Daniil Medvedev and Emil Ruusuvuori will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.041
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 11

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2023.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs Emil Ruusuvuori – Rome 14-May-2023

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Medvedev

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
8
High
1
LWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-3 1-1 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0
2024 46-21 28-9 11-5 1-5 6-2 0-0
2023 66-18 38-8 10-3 11-4 7-3 0-0
2022 45-19 26-8 3-2 8-6 8-3 0-0
2021 63-13 33-5 5-3 18-3 7-2 0-0

Ranked no. 3, Daniil reached the 2nd round after defeating Terence Atmane 5-7 6-2 6-4 1-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Atmane, the Russian had a free pass after Atmane retired on a 5-7 6-2 6-4 1-0 . scoreline.

Medvedev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (465-187). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Medvedev has an overall 219-69 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Russian has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Medvedev
Australian Open
Medvedev's Record

Emil Ruusuvuori

Emil Ruusuvuori
Emil Ruusuvuori

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
147
High
37
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 53, Ruusuvuori got to the 2nd round after defeating Patrick Kypson 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-64.

In the 1st round against Kypson, Emil recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-64). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 138 points vs Kypson’s 114. Emil was quite aggressive to blast 66 winners.

About the serving games, Ruusuvuori scored 19 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was very efficient on serve to win 86% (66/77) of his 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Finn broke Kypson twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

The Finn’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hong Kong.

Ruusuvuori has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.

Ruusuvuori
Australian Open
Ruusuvuori's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Medvedev
E.Ruusuvuori
2h:37
2h:37
Time on court​
3h:01
3h:01
!
2h:37
2h:37
Last match​
!
3h:01
3h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
42
42
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
112
112
Total points​
138
138
112
112
Avg point​
138
138
39
39
Winners
66
66
39
39
Avg Winners​
66
66
35%
35%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
19
19
9
9
Avg Aces
!
19
19
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
5
5
39/54
39/54
1st won total​
66/77
66/77
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
21/36
21/36
2nd won total​
27/46
27/46
58%
58%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
6/19
6/19
BP won
2/6
2/6
6/19
6/19
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
32%
32%
Won
33%
33%
8
8
Conceded
5
5
8
8
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Medvedev Ruusuvuori
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 31 42
Pts 112-99 138-114
Total Points 211 252
Winners 39 66
%Winners 35% 48%

Both Medvedev and Ruusuvuori played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniil Medvedev conceded 1 set, while Emil Ruusuvuori lost 1 set. Medvedev has played 1 set more than Ruusuvuori (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Medvedev played 11 games less than Ruusuvuori. Daniil scored 39 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Ruusuvuori managed to score 66 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Medvedev Ruusuvuori
Aces 9 19
Avg per match 9 19
1st in 54/90 77/123
%1st in 60% 63%
1st pts 39/54 66/77
%1st pts 72% 86%
2nd pts 21/36 27/46
%2nd pts 58% 59%

Medvedev recorded 9 aces . Ruusuvuori bagged 19 aces . Medvedev won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 86% of the points on 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 Medvedev Ruusuvuori
Won 6 2
Converted 6/19 2/6
% Converted 32% 33%
Conceded 8 5
Saved 5 4
% Saved 63% 80%
Times Broken 3 1

Daniil broke his opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Daniil conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Emil broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Medvedev
R1
Atmane
Total
Score 5-7 6-2 6-4 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 31 31
pts 112-99 112-99
Total points 211 211
Winners 39 39
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 54/90 54/90
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 39/54 39/54
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 21/36 21/36
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/19 6/19
Converted % 32% 32%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Ruusuvuori
R1
Kypson
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 42 42
pts 138-114 138-114
Total points 252 252
Winners 66 66
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 19 19
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 77/123 77/123
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 66/77 66/77
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 27/46 27/46
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Medvedev
LWWLWLW
Ruusuvuori
LWL
2025 2024 2023
4 - 3
1 - 2
1-1
Hard
1-2
3-2
I Hard
0-0

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