Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on ESTADIO MEXTENIS. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.909
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Casper Ruud

This will be the 4^th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Toronto back in 2021.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Casper Ruud – Toronto 13-August-2021

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 11, the Greek reached the semifinal after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-0 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6¹ 6-3.

In the quarter, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-6¹ 6-3). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 71 points vs Kovacevic’s 56. Stefanos was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty efficient on serve to win 87% (34/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stefanos broke Kovacevic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tsitsipas hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (451-205). 6-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has a composed 174-87 record in the last years on hard.

The Greek has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Los Cabos

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 12, Ruud got to the semifinal after defeating Marcos Giron 6-1 6-0 and Nuno Borges 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-3 6-2). During the match Ruud scored 56 points vs Borges’s 35. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Ruud made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Casper Ruud was quite effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Borges 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Norwegian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.

Casper has a compiled 8-1 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Los Cabos

The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tsitsipas	Ruud
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	37	30
Pts	128-92	117-66
Total Points	220	183
Winners	56	47
%Winners	44%	40%

Both Tsitsipas and Ruud played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Ruud have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Tsitsipas played 7 games more than Ruud. Tsitsipas scored 56 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian recorded 47 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tsitsipas	Ruud
Aces	12	7
Avg per match	6	3.5
1st in	68/114	62/97
%1st in	60%	64%
1st pts	56/68	47/62
%1st pts	82%	76%
2nd pts	27/46	20/35
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Tsitsipas managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Ruud struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tsitsipas	Ruud
Won	6	9
Converted	6/17	9/14
% Converted	35%	64%
Conceded	8	5
Saved	7	4
% Saved	88%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

The Greek broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Tsitsipas dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Norwegian broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
	R2 Vukic	1/4 Kovacevic	Total
Score	6-3 6-0	7-61 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	22	37
pts	57-36	71-56	128-92
Total points	93	127	220
Winners	22	34	56
%Winners	39%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	12
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	29/48	39/66	68/114
% 1st in	60%	59%	60%
1st pts	22/29	34/39	56/68
% 1st pts	76%	87%	82%
2nd pts	13/19	14/27	27/46
% 2nd pts	68%	52%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/11	2/6	6/17
Converted %	36%	33%	35%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	3/3	4/5	7
Saved %	100%	80%	90%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Ruud
	R2 Giron	1/4 Borges	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	13	17	30
pts	61-31	56-35	117-66
Total points	92	91	183
Winners	19	28	47
%Winners	31%	50%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	26/45	36/52	62/97
% 1st in	58%	69%	64%
1st pts	19/26	28/36	47/62
% 1st pts	73%	78%	76%
2nd pts	10/19	10/16	20/35
% 2nd pts	53%	63%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/11	3/3	9/14
Converted %	55%	100%	64%
Conceded	3	2	5
Saved	2/3	2/2	4
Saved %	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Los Cabos

• Casper RuudRuud – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-6¹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-6(1) 7-5) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction