Casper Ruud and Cameron Norrie will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.49
Cameron Norrie -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Cameron Norrie

This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Cameron Norrie face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ruud won 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2022.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs Cameron Norrie – Miami 29-March-2022

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud

5 - 0win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
8
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-10 17-5 21-5 1-0 1-0 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 3rd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 6-3 6-1 and Max Purcell 6-3 6-75 6-3 3-6 7-67.

In the 2nd round, Casper had a tough win against Purcell to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-3 6-75 6-3 3-6 7-67). During the match, Ruud scored 173 points vs Purcell’s 162. The Norwegian was extremely aggressive to blast 99 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud overpowered his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (99/126) of his 1st serve and 57% (28/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ruud broke Purcell twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Norwegian has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (358-193). 5-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has an overall 90-61 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Ruud has an aggregate 5-0 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Ruud's Record

Cameron Norrie

Cameron Norrie

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
42
High
8
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-14 7-4 7-7 0-0 1-3 0-0
2023 36-25 14-12 18-7 1-4 3-2 0-0
2022 49-26 26-11 11-5 6-7 6-3 0-0
2021 56-25 25-11 16-5 9-7 6-2 0-0
2020 14-15 9-8 1-3 4-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 22, Norrie reached the 3rd round after beating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-4 6-4 6-2 and Giulio Zeppieri 3-6 6-74 6-2 6-4 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Cameron had a tough win against Zeppieri to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 6-74 6-2 6-4 6-4). During the match Norrie scored 158 points vs Zeppieri’s 147. Norrie was extremely aggressive to blast 80 winners.

About the serving games, Norrie recorded 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Cameron Norrie was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (80/106) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Norrie broke Zeppieri 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Norrie has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Norrie has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
Norrie's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ruud
C.Norrie
5h:56
5h:56
Time on court​
5h:51
5h:51
!
3h:50
3h:50
Last match​
!
3h:36
3h:36
2
2
Match played
2
2
76
76
Games Played​
78
78
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
272
272
Total points​
257
257
136
136
Avg point​
128.5
128.5
133
133
Winners
116
116
66.5
66.5
Avg Winners​
58
58
49%
49%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
33
33
Aces
22
22
!
16.5
16.5
Avg Aces
!
11
11
10
10
Double Faults
7
7
5
5
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
133/167
133/167
1st won total​
116/150
116/150
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
48/84
48/84
2nd won total​
42/76
42/76
57%
57%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
8/22
8/22
BP won
10/24
10/24
4/11
4/11
Avg BP won
5/12
5/12
36%
36%
Won
42%
42%
17
17
Conceded
9
9
8.5
8.5
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
16
16
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Norrie
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 8 8
Tot Games 76 78
Pts 272-222 257-221
Total Points 494 478
Winners 133 116
%Winners 49% 45%

Both Ruud and Norrie played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud lost 2 sets, while Cameron Norrie lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Ruud and Norrie have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Ruud played 2 games less than Norrie. The Norwegian scored 133 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Cameron blasted 116 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Norrie
Aces 33 22
Avg per match 16.5 11
1st in 167/251 150/226
%1st in 67% 66%
1st pts 133/167 116/150
%1st pts 80% 77%
2nd pts 48/84 42/76
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Ruud bagged 33 aces (16.5 per match). Norrie made 22 aces (11 per match). Ruud won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Norrie won 77% 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 Norrie
Won 8 10
Converted 8/22 10/24
% Converted 36% 42%
Conceded 17 9
Saved 16 6
% Saved 94% 67%
Times Broken 1 3

Casper broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Norwegian surrendered his serve once and he saved 94% of the break points that he conceded. Norrie broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Cameron conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Ramos-Vinolas		 R2
Purcell		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-75 6-3 3-6 7-67
Tot Set 3 5 8
Tot Games 23 53 76
pts 99-60 173-162 272-222
Total points 159 335 494
Winners 34 99 133
%Winners 34% 57% 49%
SERVE
Aces 11 22 33
Double Faults 5 5 10
1st in 41/76 126/175 167/251
% 1st in 54% 72% 67%
1st pts 34/41 99/126 133/167
% 1st pts 83% 79% 80%
2nd pts 20/35 28/49 48/84
% 2nd pts 57% 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 2 8
Converted 6/12 2/10 8/22
Converted % 50% 20% 36%
Conceded 4 13 17
Saved 4/4 12/13 16
Saved % 100% 92% 96%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Norrie
R1
Pablo Patino-Samudio		 R2
Zeppieri		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-74 6-2 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 5 8
Tot Games 28 50 78
pts 99-74 158-147 257-221
Total points 173 305 478
Winners 36 80 116
%Winners 36% 51% 45%
SERVE
Aces 6 16 22
Double Faults 3 4 7
1st in 44/81 106/145 150/226
% 1st in 54% 73% 66%
1st pts 36/44 80/106 116/150
% 1st pts 82% 75% 77%
2nd pts 21/37 21/39 42/76
% 2nd pts 57% 54% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/13 5/11 10/24
Converted % 38% 45% 42%
Conceded 4 5 9
Saved 3/4 3/5 6
Saved % 75% 60% 68%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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