H2H, prediction of Casper Ruud vs Max Purcell at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 18th January 2024

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Ruud and Purcell will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 18th of January

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Max Purcell

Casper Ruud and Max Purcell will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. 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 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.31
Max Purcell -> 3.46

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Max Purcell

This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Max Purcell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Purcell (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Purcell won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2023.

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud

4 - 0win/loss

Hard
4-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
7
High
2
LWLLLLWLLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 50-24 21-9 24-7 4-7 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
2020 22-13 4-5 17-6 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 11, the Norwegian reached the 2nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1). During the match, Ruud scored 99 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 60. Ruud was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud bagged 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Casper Ruud was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Ramos-Vinolas 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (357-193). 4-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a compiled 89-61 match record in the last years on hard.

The Norwegian has a compiled 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Ruud
Australian Open
Ruud's Record

Max Purcell

Max Purcell
Max Purcell

2 - 2win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
103
High
40
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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
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Ranked no. 45, Purcell got to the 2nd round after beating Mate Valkusz 3-6 7-62 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round against Valkusz, Max recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 6-4 7-5). During the match Purcell scored 139 points vs Valkusz’s 132. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 61 winners.

Talking about serving, Purcell struck 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was very efficient on serve to win 75% (61/81) of his 1st serve and 55% (30/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Australian broke Valkusz 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Purcell has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020 and 2023. See his history.

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

C.Ruud
M.Purcell
2h:06
2h:06
Time on court​
2h:52
2h:52
!
2h:06
2h:06
Last match​
!
2h:52
2h:52
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
44
44
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
99
99
Total points​
139
139
99
99
Avg point​
139
139
34
34
Winners
61
61
34
34
Avg Winners​
61
61
34%
34%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
17
17
!
11
11
Avg Aces
!
17
17
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
5
5
Avg Double Faults
3
3
34/41
34/41
1st won total​
61/81
61/81
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
20/35
20/35
2nd won total​
30/55
30/55
57%
57%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
BP won
5/13
5/13
6/12
6/12
Avg BP won
5/13
5/13
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
4
4
Conceded
10
10
4
4
Avg Conceded
10
10
0
0
Broken
4
4
!
0
0
Avg Broken
4
4
4
4
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Purcell
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 23 44
Pts 99-60 139-132
Total Points 159 271
Winners 34 61
%Winners 34% 44%

Both Ruud and Purcell played 1 match. At the moment, Max Purcell conceded 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Purcell (3 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 21 games less than Purcell. Casper scored 34 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 61 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Purcell
Aces 11 17
Avg per match 11 17
1st in 41/76 81/136
%1st in 54% 60%
1st pts 34/41 61/81
%1st pts 83% 75%
2nd pts 20/35 30/55
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Ruud recorded 11 aces . Purcell bagged 17 aces . Ruud won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 75% of the points on 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 Ruud Purcell
Won 6 5
Converted 6/12 5/13
% Converted 50% 38%
Conceded 4 10
Saved 4 6
% Saved 100% 60%
Times Broken 0 4

Casper broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ruud pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Purcell broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Ramos-Vinolas		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 23 23
pts 99-60 99-60
Total points 159 159
Winners 34 34
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 41/76 41/76
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 34/41 34/41
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 20/35 20/35
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/12 6/12
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 4/4 4
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Purcell
R1
Valkusz		 Total
Score 3-6 7-62 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 44 44
pts 139-132 139-132
Total points 271 271
Winners 61 61
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 17 17
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 81/136 81/136
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 61/81 61/81
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 30/55 30/55
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Casper Ruud
  • 0Slam
  • 12Main
  • 1Chall
  • 2Minor
Max Purcell
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 5Chall
  • 4Minor

Casper
Ruud

2:1

Max
Purcell

Rank

7

High

2

2Hard1

Rank

103

High

40

Win Loss
Ruud
LWLLLLWLLL
Purcell
LWLWLLLWWL
2024 2023 2022
48 - 23
21 - 24
21-9
Hard
10-16
2-6
I Hard
1-1
24-7
Clay
2-3
1-1
Grass
8-4

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Purcell Max Purcell