Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud will fight against each other in the Round Robin of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.41
Casper Ruud -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud

This will be the 6^th time that Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in at the French Open back in June 2024.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Casper Ruud – French Open 07-June-2024

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Zverev reached the Round Robin after defeating Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4.

In the previous match, The German had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 55 points vs Rublev’s 44. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zverev struck 9 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Alexander Zverev was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zverev was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rublev twice.

Zverev has a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (481-201). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a compiled 93-42 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5 and in Paris where he defeated Ugo Humbert in the final 6-2 6-2.

Zverev has an overall 67-20 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 7, the Norwegian got to the Round Robin after beating Carlos Alcaraz 6-1 7-5.

In the previous match, Casper had a good straight sets win against Alcaraz (6-1 7-5). During the match Ruud scored 67 points vs Alcaraz’s 51. The Norwegian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Ruud bagged 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Casper Ruud lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Casper was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alcaraz 4 times.

His best result of the current year was winning 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.

The Norwegian has a compiled 50-23 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Ruud
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	19
Pts	55-44	67-51
Total Points	99	118
Winners	28	34
%Winners	51%	51%

Both Zverev and Ruud played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Ruud have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zverev played 1 game more than Ruud. Alexander scored 28 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ruud fired 34 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Ruud
Aces	9	5
Avg per match	9	5
1st in	35/50	50/74
%1st in	70%	68%
1st pts	28/35	34/50
%1st pts	80%	68%
2nd pts	12/15	14/24
%2nd pts	80%	58%

Zverev managed to score 9 aces . Ruud made 5 aces . Zverev won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Ruud
Won	2	4
Converted	2/2	4/4
% Converted	100%	100%
Conceded	0	6
Saved	0	5
% Saved	0%	83%
Times Broken	0	1

The German broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The German pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Norwegian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Ruud conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	Round Robin Rublev	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	55-44	55-44
Total points	99	99
Winners	28	28
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	35/50	35/50
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	28/35	28/35
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	12/15	12/15
% 2nd pts	80%	80%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/2	2/2
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Ruud
	Round Robin Alcaraz	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-51	67-51
Total points	118	118
Winners	34	34
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	50/74	50/74
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	34/50	34/50
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	14/24	14/24
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals

• Casper RuudRuud – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor FritzFritz – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Max Purcell/Jordan ThompsonPurcell/Jordan Thompson – Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic (7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos (7-6² 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-5) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-6) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Andrey RublevRublev (2-5) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-7) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H and prediction