Casper Ruud and Gael Monfils will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Grandstand. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.59
Gael Monfils -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Gael Monfils

This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Gael Monfils square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Ruud won 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 4th round in Indian wells back in March 2024.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs Gael Monfils – Indian wells 13-March-2024

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud

45 - 14win/loss

Hard
19-6
I Hard
1-0
Clay
24-7
Grass
1-1
Rank
7
High
2
WLLLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 50-23 21-9 24-7 4-6 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. 8, Casper reached the 2nd round after defeating Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Yunchaokete (7-62 6-2 6-2). During the match, Ruud scored 104 points vs Yunchaokete’s 67. Casper was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud recorded 14 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ruud broke Yunchaokete 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (398-207). 19-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has an overall 104-67 record in the last years on hard.

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

Casper has a composed 45-14 win-loss record in 2024, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Ruud's Record

Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils

21 - 18win/loss

Hard
12-8
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-6
Grass
5-2
Rank
55
High
6
WLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-21 15-11 3-6 2-2 5-2 0-0
2023 16-15 8-8 2-4 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 14-7 13-5 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-7 2-4 7-3 1-3 0-0
2020 16-7 7-3 0-3 9-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 45, Monfils got to the 2nd round after beating Diego Schwartzman 6-7(2) 6-2 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round against Schwartzman, Monfils recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 6-2 6-1). During the match Monfils scored 136 points vs Schwartzman’s 100. Monfils was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Monfils scored 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (51/65) of his 1st serve and 54% (30/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Schwartzman 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Gael’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.

Monfils has a composed 21-18 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.

U.S. Open
Monfils's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Ruud
G.Monfils
2h:14
2h:14
Time on court​
2h:42
2h:42
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
!
2h:42
2h:42
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
36
36
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
104
104
Total points​
136
136
104
104
Avg point​
136
136
37
37
Winners
51
51
37
37
Avg Winners​
51
51
36%
36%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
16
16
!
14
14
Avg Aces
!
16
16
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
5
5
37/42
37/42
1st won total​
51/65
51/65
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
21/37
21/37
2nd won total​
30/56
30/56
57%
57%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
8/16
8/16
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
8/16
8/16
!
67%
67%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
6
6
3
3
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Monfils
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 29 36
Pts 104-67 136-100
Total Points 171 236
Winners 37 51
%Winners 36% 38%

Both Ruud and Monfils played 1 match. At the moment, Gael Monfils lost 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t lost a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Monfils (3 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 7 games less than Monfils. Casper scored 37 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Monfils scored 51 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Monfils
Aces 14 16
Avg per match 14 16
1st in 42/79 65/121
%1st in 53% 54%
1st pts 37/42 51/65
%1st pts 88% 78%
2nd pts 21/37 30/56
%2nd pts 57% 54%

Ruud blasted 14 aces . Monfils managed to score 16 aces . Ruud won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ruud Monfils
Won 6 8
Converted 6/9 8/16
% Converted 67% 50%
Conceded 3 6
Saved 1 5
% Saved 33% 83%
Times Broken 2 1

Casper broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Casper dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Monfils broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Yunchaokete
Total
Score 7-62 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 104-67 104-67
Total points 171 171
Winners 37 37
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 14 14
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 42/79 42/79
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 37/42 37/42
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 21/37 21/37
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Monfils
R1
Schwartzman
Total
Score 6-72 6-2 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 36 36
pts 136-100 136-100
Total points 236 236
Winners 51 51
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 16 16
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 65/121 65/121
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 51/65 51/65
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 30/56 30/56
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/16 8/16
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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