Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Court SIMONNE-MATHIEU. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.149
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruud won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2024.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-10 | 17-5 | 21-5 | 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. 7,he will start his run at the French Open after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he overcame 6-3 6-4 6-3 to Meligeni in the 1st round on the 28th of May.
The Norwegian has an overall 36-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Barcelona where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 7-5 6-3 and in Geneva where he overcame Tomas Machac in the final 7-5 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Ruud has an overall 389-202 record. He has a positive 230-99 record on clay.
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
10 - 11win/loss
36
21
LLWLLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-13 | 6-5 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Alejandro got to the 2nd round after defeating Valentin Vacherot 4-6 6-2 6-2 7-62.
In the 1st round against Vacherot, Davidovich Fokina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2 7-62). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 124 points vs Vacherot’s 106. Davidovich Fokina was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.
About the serving games, Davidovich Fokina blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (59/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (26/37) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro broke Vacherot 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Davidovich Fokina has an aggregate 10-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 39 |
| Pts | 94-68 | 124-106 |
| Total Points | 162 | 230 |
| Winners | 51 | 59 |
| %Winners | 54% | 48% |
Both Ruud and Davidovich Fokina played 1 match. At the moment, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina conceded 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (3 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 11 games less than Davidovich Fokina. Casper scored 51 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro made 59 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 64/72 | 88/125 |
| %1st in | 89% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 51/64 | 59/88 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 7/8 | 26/37 |
| %2nd pts | 88% | 70% |
Ruud made 1 ace . Davidovich Fokina also blasted 7 aces . Ruud won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 88% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 36% | 56% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Casper broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ruud pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 124-106 | 124-106 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 88/125 | 88/125 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 59/88 | 59/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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