H2H, prediction of Casper Ruud vs Jordan Thompson in Barcelona with odds, preview, pick | 18th April 2024

PREVIEW. Barcelona. Ruud and Thompson will face off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 18th of April

Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson

Casper Ruud and Jordan Thompson will face off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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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 -> 1.2
Jordan Thompson -> 4.6

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson

This will be the 6th time that Casper Ruud and Jordan Thompson fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), but Ruud has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Thompson won 6-3 7-6(4) in the final in Los cabos back in February 2024.

Highlights Jordan Thompson vs Casper Ruud – Los cabos 24-February-2024

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud

25 - 7win/loss

Hard
17-5
I Hard
1-0
Clay
7-2
Rank
6
High
2
LWLWLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 51-25 21-9 24-7 5-8 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

Ranked no. 6, the Norwegian reached the 3rd round after beating Alexandre Muller 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-3 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 71 points vs Muller’s 55. Casper was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 54% of his first serves in, winning 73% (22/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Muller 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (378-200). 7-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has an overall 219-97 match record in the last years on clay.

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

The Norwegian has an aggregate 25-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

Ruud
Barcelona
Ruud's Record

Jordan Thompson

Jordan Thompson
Jordan Thompson

16 - 9win/loss

Hard
11-7
I Hard
2-1
Clay
3-1
Rank
26
High
26
LWWWLLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-24 23-13 3-5 5-3 4-3 0-0
2023 41-28 22-15 0-3 7-4 12-6 0-0
2022 40-26 18-14 2-6 8-1 12-5 0-0
2021 23-25 10-11 2-6 0-1 9-5 2-2
2020 12-13 6-6 1-2 5-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 33, Thompson reached the 3rd round after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Jordan defeated Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Thompson scored less points (6) than Munar Clar. In fact, the world no. 6 won 103 points vs Munar Clar’s. That means that Thompson was more focused during the important points. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Thompson wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jordan Thompson lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 56% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Munar Clar 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Los Cabos where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Thompson has an aggregate 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

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

Thompson
Barcelona
Thompson's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ruud
J.Thompson
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
!
3h:10
3h:10
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
!
3h:10
3h:10
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
28
28
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
71
71
Total points​
103
103
71
71
Avg point​
103
103
22
22
Winners
37
37
22
22
Avg Winners​
37
37
31%
31%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
22/30
22/30
1st won total​
37/60
37/60
!
73%
73%
1st won %
62%
62%
12/26
12/26
2nd won total​
26/47
26/47
46%
46%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
6/16
6/16
BP won
3/10
3/10
6/16
6/16
Avg BP won
3/10
3/10
38%
38%
Won
30%
30%
8
8
Conceded
16
16
8
8
Avg Conceded
16
16
3
3
Broken
3
3
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Thompson
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 28
Pts 71-55 103-109
Total Points 126 212
Winners 22 37
%Winners 31% 36%

Both Ruud and Thompson played 1 match. At the moment, Jordan Thompson lost 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Thompson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ruud played 9 games less than Thompson. Ruud scored 22 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Thompson scored 37 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Thompson
Aces 3 0
Avg per match 3 0
1st in 30/56 60/107
%1st in 54% 56%
1st pts 22/30 37/60
%1st pts 73% 62%
2nd pts 12/26 26/47
%2nd pts 46% 55%

Ruud scored 3 aces . Thompson didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ruud won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 62% of the points behind 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 Thompson
Won 6 3
Converted 6/16 3/10
% Converted 38% 30%
Conceded 8 16
Saved 5 13
% Saved 63% 81%
Times Broken 3 3

Ruud broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ruud surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Jordan broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Jordan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R2
Muller
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 71-55 71-55
Total points 126 126
Winners 22 22
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 30/56 30/56
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 22/30 22/30
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 12/26 12/26
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/16 6/16
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Thompson
R2
Munar Clar
Total
Score 6-4 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 103-109 103-109
Total points 212 212
Winners 37 37
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 60/107 60/107
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 37/60 37/60
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 26/47 26/47
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 16 16
Saved 13/16 13
Saved % 81% 81%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ruud
LWLWLLLLWL
Thompson
LWWWLLWLLW
2024 2023 2022
49 - 24
35 - 23
21-9
Hard
23-13
3-7
I Hard
5-2
24-7
Clay
3-5
1-1
Grass
4-3

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