Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud will clash against each other in the semifinal of the French Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. 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 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.92
Alexander Zverev -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud

This will be the 5^th time that Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Ruud won 6-3 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in at the French Open back in 2023.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs Alexander Zverev – French Open 09-June-2023

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 4, the German got to the semifinal after beating Rafael Nadal 6-3 7-6⁵ 6-3, David Goffin 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2, Tallon Griekspoor 3-6 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-6³, Holger Rune 4-6 6-1 5-7 7-6² 6-2 and Alex De Minaur 6-4 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against De Minaur (6-4 7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 104 points vs De Minaur’s 96. Zverev was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (52/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Zverev broke De Minaur 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German has surrendered 4 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Zverev has a great match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (447-190). 15-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has a composed 149-51 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he defeated Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.

Alexander has an overall 33-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 7, Ruud got to the semifinal after beating Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3 6-4 6-3, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6⁵ 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2, Taylor Fritz 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-4 6-2 and Novak Djokovic w/o.

In the quarter, Casper defeated Djokovic (w/o). During the match Ruud and Djokovic scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 4 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Casper was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Ruud wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Casper Ruud conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ruud has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Barcelona where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 7-5 6-3 and in Geneva where he defeated Tomas Machac in the final 7-5 6-3.

Ruud has a compiled 39-9 win-loss record in 2024, 21-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Ruud
Match played	5	4
Tot Set	19	16
Tot Games	193	149
Pts	646-560	516-453
Total Points	1206	969
Winners	304	223
%Winners	47%	43%

Zverev played 5 matches while Ruud competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Zverev conceded 4 sets, while Casper Ruud surrendered 4 sets. Zverev has played 3 sets more than Ruud (19 vs 16). Therefore, Zverev played 44 games more than Ruud. The German scored 304 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ruud struck 223 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Ruud
Aces	45	29
Avg per match	9	7.3
1st in	418/573	317/464
%1st in	73%	68%
1st pts	304/418	223/317
%1st pts	73%	70%
2nd pts	79/155	77/147
%2nd pts	51%	52%

Zverev blasted 45 aces (9 per match). Ruud struck 29 aces (7.3 per match). Zverev won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Ruud
Won	28	23
Converted	28/75	23/63
% Converted	37%	37%
Conceded	41	45
Saved	26	30
% Saved	63%	67%
Times Broken	15	15

Alexander broke his opponents 28 times with a 37% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Ruud broke his opponents 23 times with a 37% conversion rate. Casper conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R1 Nadal	R2 Goffin	R3 Griekspoor	R4 Rune	1/4 De Minaur	Total
Score	6-3 7-65 6-3	7-64 6-2 6-2	3-6 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-63	4-6 6-1 5-7 7-62 6-2	6-4 7-65 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	5	5	3	19
Tot Games	31	29	50	50	33	193
pts	112-92	103-81	164-150	163-141	104-96	646-560
Total points	204	184	314	304	200	1206
Winners	52	46	80	74	52	304
%Winners	46%	45%	49%	45%	50%	47%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	11	16	2	45
Double Faults	3	3	5	3	5	19
1st in	72/93	59/82	115/153	97/136	75/109	418/573
% 1st in	77%	72%	75%	71%	69%	73%
1st pts	52/72	46/59	80/115	74/97	52/75	304/418
% 1st pts	72%	78%	70%	76%	69%	73%
2nd pts	10/21	15/23	21/38	17/39	16/34	79/155
% 2nd pts	48%	65%	55%	44%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	4	5	8	5	28
Converted	6/18	4/10	5/18	8/23	5/6	28/75
Converted %	33%	40%	28%	35%	83%	37%
Conceded	11	2	10	10	8	41
Saved	9/11	2/2	6/10	4/10	5/8	26
Saved %	82%	100%	60%	40%	63%	69%
Times Broken	2	0	4	6	3	15

Ruud
	R1 Meligeni	R2 Davidovich Fokina	R3 Etcheverry	R4 Fritz	1/4 Djokovic	Total
Score	6-3 6-4 6-3	7-65 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3	6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2	7-66 3-6 6-4 6-2	w/o
Tot Set	3	5	4	4	–	16
Tot Games	28	48	33	40	–	149
pts	94-68	155-152	113-97	154-136	–	516-453
Total points	162	307	210	290	–	969
Winners	51	67	54	51	–	223
%Winners	54%	43%	48%	33%	–	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	11	6	11	–	29
Double Faults	0	3	5	7	–	15
1st in	64/72	97/146	82/119	74/127	–	317/464
% 1st in	89%	66%	69%	58%	–	68%
1st pts	51/64	67/97	54/82	51/74	–	223/317
% 1st pts	80%	69%	66%	69%	–	70%
2nd pts	7/8	23/49	15/37	32/53	–	77/147
% 2nd pts	88%	47%	41%	60%	–	52%
Breaks
Won	4	5	8	6	–	23
Converted	4/11	5/14	8/11	6/27	–	23/63
Converted %	36%	36%	73%	22%	–	37%
Conceded	1	14	18	12	–	45
Saved	1/1	9/14	12/18	8/12	–	30
Saved %	100%	64%	67%	67%	–	60%
Times Broken	0	5	6	4	–	15

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