Liam Draxl and Emil Ruusuvuori will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.86
Liam Draxl -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Emil Ruusuvuori since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 21-10 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176 (career-high), Liam got to the 2nd round after defeating Rei Sakamoto 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-4 6-4). During the match, Draxl scored 70 points vs Sakamoto’s 61. Liam was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Draxl scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Liam Draxl was very effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Liam broke Sakamoto 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Draxl has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (173-86). 12-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draxl has a compiled47-20 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Canadian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
Draxl has a composed 12-5 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Draxl has never competed in this tournament before.
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-16 | 8-6 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 13-11 | 6-7 | 9-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 15-12 | 10-9 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 21-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, Ruusuvuori reached the 2nd round after defeating Clement Chidekh 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Emil defeated Chidekh (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 94 points vs Chidekh’s 79. Ruusuvuori was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Ruusuvuori blasted 11 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 67% of his first serves in, winning 82% (42/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Ruusuvuori broke Chidekh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ruusuvuori has an aggregate 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Draxl | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 |
| Pts | 70-61 | 94-79 |
| Total Points | 131 | 173 |
| Winners | 27 | 42 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Draxl and Ruusuvuori played 1 match. At the moment, Emil Ruusuvuori conceded 1 set while Liam Draxl hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Draxl has played 1 set(s) less than Ruusuvuori (2 vs 3). Therefore, Draxl played 8 games less than Ruusuvuori. Liam scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn fired 42 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Draxl | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 11 |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 51/76 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 42/51 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 11/25 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 44% |
Draxl managed to score 1 ace . Ruusuvuori also struck 11 aces . Draxl won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Draxl | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Liam broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Canadian dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ruusuvuori conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Draxl | |||
| R1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-61 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| R1 Chidekh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-79 | 94-79 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 51/76 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 42/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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