Casper Ruud and Juncheng Shang will play each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on Grandstand. In the following paragraphs, 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 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.44
Juncheng Shang -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Juncheng Shang

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud

46 - 14win/loss

Hard
20-6
I Hard
1-0
Clay
24-7
Grass
1-1
Rank
8
High
2
WWLWLWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-14 20-6 24-7 1-0 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 got to the 3rd round after defeating Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2 and Gael Monfils 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-6(3).

In the 2nd round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Monfils (6-4 6-2 2-6 7-63). During the match, Ruud scored 120 points vs Monfils’s 107. The Norwegian was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Casper Ruud was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (52/72) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Norwegian broke Monfils 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Casper has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (399-207). 20-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a composed 105-67 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Barcelona where he defeated 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 an aggregate 46-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Ruud's Record

Juncheng Shang

Juncheng Shang

34 - 18win/loss

Hard
19-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-7
Grass
7-4
Rank
72
High
72
WWWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-18 19-7 8-7 0-0 7-4 0-0
2023 31-23 21-14 3-3 0-2 7-4 0-0
2022 40-24 17-8 15-10 7-5 1-1 0-0
2021 18-5 6-3 12-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 72 (career-high), Juncheng reached the 3rd round after beating Alexander Bublik 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-3 7-6(2).

In the 2nd round, Shang had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-2 6-3 7-62). During the match Shang scored 114 points vs Carballes Baena’s 89. Juncheng was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Shang recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juncheng Shang was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (40/45) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juncheng broke Carballes Baena 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shang has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Juncheng’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong,the Bordeaux Challenger and Atlanta.

Shang has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2024, 19-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

U.S. Open
Shang's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ruud
J.Shang
5h:09
5h:09
Time on court​
6h:18
6h:18
!
2h:55
2h:55
Last match​
!
2h:44
2h:44
2
2
Match played
2
2
68
68
Games Played​
80
80
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
224
224
Total points​
265
265
112
112
Avg point​
132.5
132.5
89
89
Winners
102
102
44.5
44.5
Avg Winners​
51
51
40%
40%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
9
9
!
10.5
10.5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
7
7
Double Faults
10
10
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
89/114
89/114
1st won total​
102/131
102/131
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
42/72
42/72
2nd won total​
56/101
56/101
58%
58%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
11/19
11/19
BP won
11/32
11/32
5.5/9.5
5.5/9.5
Avg BP won
5.5/16
5.5/16
!
58%
58%
Won
34%
34%
7
7
Conceded
16
16
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
8
8
6
6
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
1
1
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Shang
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 68 80
Pts 224-174 265-233
Total Points 398 498
Winners 89 102
%Winners 40% 38%

Both Ruud and Shang played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set, while Juncheng Shang conceded 2 sets. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Shang (7 vs 8). Therefore, Ruud played 12 games less than Shang. Casper scored 89 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 102 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Shang
Aces 21 9
Avg per match 10.5 4.5
1st in 114/186 131/232
%1st in 61% 56%
1st pts 89/114 102/131
%1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 42/72 56/101
%2nd pts 58% 55%

Ruud struck 21 aces (10.5 per match). Shang recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ruud won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 78% of the points on 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 Shang
Won 11 11
Converted 11/19 11/32
% Converted 58% 34%
Conceded 7 16
Saved 1 10
% Saved 14% 63%
Times Broken 6 6

Casper broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Ruud conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 14% of the break points that he conceded. Juncheng broke his opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. Juncheng conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Yunchaokete
R2
Monfils
Total
Score 7-62 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-63
Tot Set 3 4 7
Tot Games 29 39 68
pts 104-67 120-107 224-174
Total points 171 227 398
Winners 37 52 89
%Winners 36% 43% 40%
SERVE
Aces 14 7 21
Double Faults 6 1 7
1st in 42/79 72/107 114/186
% 1st in 53% 67% 61%
1st pts 37/42 52/72 89/114
% 1st pts 88% 72% 78%
2nd pts 21/37 21/35 42/72
% 2nd pts 57% 60% 58%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/9 5/10 11/19
Converted % 67% 50% 58%
Conceded 3 4 7
Saved 1/3 0/4 1
Saved % 33% 0% 17%
Times Broken 2 4 6
Shang
R1
Bublik
R2
Carballes Baena
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 5 3 8
Tot Games 50 30 80
pts 151-144 114-89 265-233
Total points 295 203 498
Winners 62 40 102
%Winners 41% 35% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 5 9
Double Faults 8 2 10
1st in 86/144 45/88 131/232
% 1st in 60% 51% 56%
1st pts 62/86 40/45 102/131
% 1st pts 72% 89% 78%
2nd pts 34/58 22/43 56/101
% 2nd pts 59% 51% 55%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/15 5/17 11/32
Converted % 40% 29% 34%
Conceded 11 5 16
Saved 6/11 4/5 10
Saved % 55% 80% 68%
Times Broken 5 1 6

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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