Casper Ruud and Alexander Bublik will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on SUPERTENNIS ARENA. 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 -> 1.184
Alexander Bublik -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Bublik
This will be the 8th time that Casper Ruud and Alexander Bublik clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ruud won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1st round in Basel back in 2023.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Alexander Bublik – Basel 25-October-2023
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-7 | 6-3 | 12-3 | 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. 7, Casper will start his run in Rome after he won the title in Madrid after beating 7-5 3-6 6-4 Draper in the final.
Casper has an overall 21-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Madrid where he defeated Jack Draper in the final 7-5 3-6 6-4.
The Norwegian won his last 6 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Ruud has an overall 425-224 record. He has a positive 245-104 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020, 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Alexander Bublik
13 - 13win/loss
51
17
WWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-14 | 5-7 | 11-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after beating Roman Safiullin 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Bublik had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-3 7-64). During the match Bublik scored 80 points vs Safiullin’s 67. Bublik was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Bublik managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Bublik was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Safiullin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
Bublik has an aggregate 13-13 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur FilsFils – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laslo DjereDjere – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Laslo DjereDjere – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Casper RuudRuud (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Marcos GironGiron (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H and prediction
