Casper Ruud and Daniel Elahi Galan will square off in the 1st round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.193
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Daniel Elahi Galan square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruud won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in 2021.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-6 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 10, Casper will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to Popyrin in the 3rd round on the 10th of April.
Casper has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Casper’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Dallas.
Talking about his overall career, Casper has an overall 417-223 record. He has a positive 237-103 record on clay.
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
Daniel Elahi Galan
20 - 9win/loss
117
56
LWWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-10 | 1-2 | 19-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-33 | 5-7 | 25-24 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-34 | 4-12 | 23-19 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-28 | 14-7 | 33-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 6-9 | 19-16 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Elahi Galan Riveros got to the 1st round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-3 and Jacob Fearnley 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Fearnley (7-5 6-4). During the match Elahi Galan Riveros scored 76 points vs Fearnley’s 61. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Elahi Galan Riveros bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Elahi Galan lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Elahi Galan Riveros put 65% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Fearnley 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Colombian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Punta Del Este Challenger where he beat Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and the Santiago Challenger where he beat Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 7-5 6-3.
Elahi Galan Riveros has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2025, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
The Colombian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneRune – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-5 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Cameron NorrieNorrie (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Casper RuudRuud (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
