Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas will play each other in the final of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:00 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.72
Casper Ruud -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
This will be the 6th time that Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-4 in the final in Monte carlo back in April 2024.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Casper Ruud – Monte carlo 14-April-2024
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-8 | 17-5 | 13-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 6, Casper got to the final after beating Alexandre Muller 6-3 6-4, Jordan Thompson 6-1 6-4, Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 6-3 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-66 6-4.
In the semifinal, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (7-66 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 70 points vs Etcheverry’s 65. Casper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Casper Ruud was very efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ruud broke Etcheverry 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (381-200). 10-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a compiled 222-97 match record in the last years on clay.
Ruud’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Los Cabos, Acapulco and Carlo.
Ruud has a compiled 28-7 win-loss record in 2024, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Stefanos Tsitsipas
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LLWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-8 | 10-6 | 10-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, the Greek got to the final after beating Sebastian Ofner 6-4 7-5, Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-3, Facundo Diaz Acosta 4-6 6-3 7-68 and Dusan Lajovic 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal against Lajovic, The Greek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match Tsitsipas scored 97 points vs Lajovic’s 80. Stefanos was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Tsitsipas recorded 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was very effective on serve to win 82% (41/50) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Lajovic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tsitsipas has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Carlo where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Greek has a compiled 21-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018, 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 78 | 105 |
| Pts | 267-207 | 339-311 |
| Total Points | 474 | 650 |
| Winners | 111 | 160 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Both Ruud and Tsitsipas played 4 matches. At the moment, Stefanos Tsitsipas surrendered 2 sets while Casper Ruud hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ruud has played 2 set(s) less than Tsitsipas (8 vs 10). Therefore, Ruud played 27 games less than Tsitsipas. Ruud scored 111 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Stefanos made 160 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 154/239 | 217/343 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 111/154 | 160/217 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 50/85 | 64/126 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 51% |
Ruud managed to score 7 aces (1.8 per match). Tsitsipas struck 18 aces (4.5 per match). Ruud won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 15 |
| Converted | 16/34 | 15/30 |
| % Converted | 47% | 50% |
| Conceded | 22 | 25 |
| Saved | 15 | 16 |
| % Saved | 68% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
Ruud broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ruud lost his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Stefanos broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||||||
| R2 Muller |
R3 Thompson |
1/4 Arnaldi |
1/2 Etcheverry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 78 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 59-36 | 67-51 | 70-65 | 267-207 | |
| Total points | 126 | 95 | 118 | 135 | 474 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 32/45 | 50/67 | 42/71 | 154/239 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 71% | 75% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 26/32 | 30/50 | 33/42 | 111/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 60% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 11/13 | 12/17 | 15/29 | 50/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 85% | 71% | 52% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 16/34 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/2 | 6/8 | 2/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 75% | 50% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tsitsipas | ||||||
| R2 Ofner |
R3 Carballes Baena |
1/4 Diaz |
1/2 Lajovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 7-68 | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 32 | 30 | 105 | |
| pts | 71-66 | 78-69 | 93-96 | 97-80 | 339-311 | |
| Total points | 137 | 147 | 189 | 177 | 650 | |
| Winners | 36 | 34 | 49 | 41 | 160 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 44% | 53% | 42% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 48/80 | 67/104 | 50/87 | 217/343 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 60% | 64% | 57% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 34/48 | 49/67 | 41/50 | 160/217 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 73% | 82% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 18/32 | 17/37 | 22/37 | 64/126 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 56% | 46% | 59% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/11 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 15/30 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 27% | 57% | 75% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5/6 | 4/8 | 2/3 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 83% | 50% | 67% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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