Antonia Ruzic and Jule Niemeier will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 15. 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 Jule Niemeier who should win in 3 sets.
Jule Niemeier -> 1.64
Antonia Ruzic -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Antonia Ruzic vs. Jule Niemeier
This will be the 2nd time that Antonia Ruzic and Jule Niemeier clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Niemeier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Niemeier won 3-6 6-3 10-5 in the qualifications in the W60 Zagreb back in 2021.
Antonia Ruzic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-28 | 13-10 | 9-6 | 17-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-22 | 23-8 | 4-6 | 19-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-26 | 8-2 | 17-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-9 | 8-2 | 17-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-15 | 28-6 | 14-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, the Croatian reached the qualifications after beating Yue Yuan 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Yuan (6-3 6-4). During the match, Ruzic scored 66 points vs Yuan’s 54. Antonia was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruzic couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Antonia Ruzic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruzic put 61% of her first serves in, winning 55% (21/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Antonia broke Yuan 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Ruzic has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of her matches (185-90). 2-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruzic has an aggregate57-38 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Trnava where she beat Elena Pridankina in the final 6-2 4-6 6-3 and the W75 Maribor where she defeated Linda Klimovicova in the final 6-1 4-6 6-3.
Ruzic has an overall 19-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Ruzic has never competed in this tournament before.
Jule Niemeier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-24 | 5-9 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-28 | 15-12 | 12-8 | 3-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-29 | 3-14 | 5-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 7-7 | 22-8 | 6-3 | 5-3 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 4-4 | 22-7 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 123, Jule got to the qualifications after defeating Tatjana Maria 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Jule had a good straight sets win against Maria (6-0 6-1). During the match Niemeier scored 59 points vs Maria’s 33. Niemeier was quite aggressive to blast 12 winners.
About the serving games, Niemeier bagged 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jule Niemeier conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Niemeier put 50% of her first serves in, winning 63% (12/19) of the points behind her 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the 2nd serve. Jule broke Maria 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Niemeier has an aggregate 7-12 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruzic | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 13 |
| Pts | 66-54 | 59-33 |
| Total Points | 120 | 92 |
| Winners | 21 | 12 |
| %Winners | 32% | 20% |
Both Ruzic and Niemeier played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ruzic and Niemeier have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ruzic played 6 games more than Niemeier. Ruzic scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Niemeier recorded 12 winners (20%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruzic | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 19/38 |
| %1st in | 61% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 21/38 | 12/19 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 14/19 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 74% |
Ruzic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Niemeier fired 3 aces . Ruzic won 55% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Niemeier won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruzic | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 46% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Antonia broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Antonia dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Niemeier broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jule was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Ruzic | |||
| Q1 Yuan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 38/62 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Niemeier | |||
| Q1 Maria | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 59-33 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 20% | 20% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 19/38 | 19/38 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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