Casper Ruud and Holger Rune will square off in the quarter of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.58
Holger Rune -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Holger Rune
This will be the 8th time that Casper Ruud and Holger Rune clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Acapulco back in 2024.
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 reached the quarter after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-3 and Hamad Medjedovic 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Medjedovic (7-5 7-5). During the match, Ruud scored 94 points vs Medjedovic’s 88. Ruud was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 59% of his first serves in, winning 62% (34/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Medjedovic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Casper hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (406-216). 3-1 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a composed 233-101 match record in the last years on clay.
Ruud’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Dallas.
The Norwegian has a compiled 15-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Holger Rune
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-9 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-24 | 21-12 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, the Dane reached the quarter after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5 6-4 and Sebastian Baez 4-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Baez, The Dane recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Rune scored 81 points vs Baez’s 72. Rune was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Rune scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Holger Rune lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rune put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Dane broke Baez 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rune has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Rune’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Indian Wells.
Holger has a composed 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 47 |
| Pts | 158-138 | 157-135 |
| Total Points | 296 | 292 |
| Winners | 55 | 67 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Ruud and Rune played 2 matches. At the moment, Holger Rune surrendered 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Rune (4 vs 5). Therefore, Ruud played 4 games less than Rune. The Norwegian scored 55 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Dane struck 67 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 82/145 | 100/151 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 55/82 | 67/100 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 40/63 | 28/51 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 55% |
Ruud managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Rune bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ruud won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Rune won 67% of the points behind 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 | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 9 | 10 |
| % Saved | 82% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Ruud broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Casper lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Rune broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R2 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 94-88 | 158-138 | |
| Total points | 114 | 182 | 296 | |
| Winners | 21 | 34 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 27/52 | 55/93 | 82/145 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 34/55 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 62% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/25 | 21/38 | 40/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 55% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/10 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 40% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 82% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rune | ||||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas |
R2 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 81-72 | 157-135 | |
| Total points | 139 | 153 | 292 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 53/80 | 100/151 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 33/53 | 67/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 62% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/27 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/11 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 55% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 7/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 70% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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