Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Emil Ruusuvuori will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on JEAN JAURES. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.57
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Emil Ruusuvuori since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180, the French player reached the quarter after defeating Clement Chidekh 2-6 6-3 6-3 and Arthur Bouquier 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Pierre-Hugues defeated Bouquier (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Herbert scored 80 points vs Bouquier’s 75. Herbert was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert recorded 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Herbert broke Bouquier twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 51% of the points he played.
Herbert has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (242-203). 9-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Herbert has an aggregate 117-75 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Herbert has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
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. 221, the Finn got to the quarter after defeating Oleg Prihodko 6-4 1-6 6-3 and Gauthier Onclin 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-4 6-3). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 74 points vs Onclin’s 61. The Finn was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Ruusuvuori bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 57% of his first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Emil broke Onclin 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emil has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Finn has an overall 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 45 |
| Pts | 166-161 | 151-138 |
| Total Points | 327 | 289 |
| Winners | 81 | 58 |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% |
Both Herbert and Ruusuvuori played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pierre-Hugues Herbert conceded 2 sets, while Emil Ruusuvuori conceded 1 set. Herbert has played 1 set more than Ruusuvuori (6 vs 5). Therefore, Herbert played 8 games more than Ruusuvuori. Pierre-Hugues scored 81 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn recorded 58 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 99/172 | 78/137 |
| %1st in | 58% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 81/99 | 58/78 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 35/73 | 29/59 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Herbert recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Ruusuvuori managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Herbert won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Ruusuvuori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 7/21 |
| % Converted | 31% | 33% |
| Conceded | 17 | 8 |
| Saved | 14 | 3 |
| % Saved | 82% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ruusuvuori conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | ||||
| R1 Chidekh |
R2 Bouquier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 80-75 | 166-161 | |
| Total points | 172 | 155 | 327 | |
| Winners | 42 | 39 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 55/93 | 44/79 | 99/172 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 39/44 | 81/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 89% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 19/35 | 35/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 54% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/9 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 22% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 4/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 80% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ruusuvuori | ||||
| R1 Prihodko |
R2 Onclin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 | 45 | |
| pts | 77-77 | 74-61 | 151-138 | |
| Total points | 154 | 135 | 289 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/81 | 32/56 | 78/137 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 27/32 | 58/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 84% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 10/24 | 29/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 42% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/17 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 24% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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