H2H, prediction of Casper Ruud vs Dusan Lajovic in Acapulco with odds, preview, pick | 28th February 2024

PREVIEW. Acapulco. Ruud and Lajovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 28th of February

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Dusan Lajovic

Casper Ruud and Dusan Lajovic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.23
Dusan Lajovic -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Dusan Lajovic fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Lajovic won 7-6(7) 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in 2022.

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud

11 - 2win/loss

Hard
10-2
I Hard
1-0
Rank
9
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-19 21-9 24-7 2-2 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 got to the 2nd round after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-75 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Norwegian defeated Eubanks (6-4 6-75 6-3). During the match, Ruud scored 98 points vs Eubanks’s 87. Ruud was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud was very effective on serve to win 85% (47/55) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Eubanks twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (363-195). 9-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a compiled 94-63 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Norwegian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Los Cabos.

The Norwegian has an overall 10-2 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Ruud
Acapulco
Ruud's Record

Dusan Lajovic

Dusan Lajovic
Dusan Lajovic

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-3
Rank
68
High
23
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-20 3-7 13-11 0-1 0-1 0-0
2023 30-28 9-9 18-13 3-5 0-1 0-0
2022 30-30 4-11 24-15 1-2 1-2 0-0
2021 18-28 8-10 5-9 4-7 1-2 0-0
2020 14-16 7-6 7-7 0-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 55, Dusan reached the 2nd round after defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (6-2 6-2). During the match Lajovic scored 53 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 33. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajovic scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 72% of his first serves in, win 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Pacheco Mendez 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

The Serbian has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015, 2020 and 2022. See his history.

Lajovic
Acapulco
Lajovic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Ruud
D.Lajovic
!
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
1h:01
1h:01
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:01
1h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
16
16
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
98
98
Total points​
53
53
98
98
Avg point​
53
53
47
47
Winners
26
26
47
47
Avg Winners​
26
26
48%
48%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
6
6
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
47/55
47/55
1st won total​
26/31
26/31
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
22/35
22/35
2nd won total​
6/12
6/12
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
BP won
4/5
4/5
2/4
2/4
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
50%
50%
Won
!
80%
80%
0
0
Conceded
0
0
0
0
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Lajovic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 32 16
Pts 98-87 53-33
Total Points 185 86
Winners 47 26
%Winners 48% 49%

Both Ruud and Lajovic played 1 match. At the moment, Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set more than Lajovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ruud played 16 games more than Lajovic. Ruud scored 47 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Dusan managed to score 26 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Lajovic
Aces 6 3
Avg per match 6 3
1st in 55/90 31/43
%1st in 61% 72%
1st pts 47/55 26/31
%1st pts 85% 84%
2nd pts 22/35 6/12
%2nd pts 63% 50%

Ruud managed to score 6 aces . Lajovic scored 3 aces . Ruud won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ruud Lajovic
Won 2 4
Converted 2/4 4/5
% Converted 50% 80%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0 0
% Saved 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 0

The Norwegian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Ruud had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Dusan broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Serbian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Ruud
R1
Eubanks		 Total
Score 6-4 6-75 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 98-87 98-87
Total points 185 185
Winners 47 47
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 55/90 55/90
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 47/55 47/55
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 22/35 22/35
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Lajovic
R1
Pacheco		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 53-33 53-33
Total points 86 86
Winners 26 26
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 31/43 31/43
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 26/31 26/31
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 6/12 6/12
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Casper Ruud
  • 0Slam
  • 12Main
  • 1Chall
  • 2Minor
Dusan Lajovic
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 7Chall
  • 5Minor

Casper
Ruud

4:1

Dusan
Lajovic

Rank

9

High

2

3Hard0

1Clay1

Rank

68

High

23

Win Loss
Ruud
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Lajovic
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2024 2023 2022
46 - 18
16 - 18
21-9
Hard
3-7
24-7
Clay
13-10
1-1
Grass
0-1

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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