Jerome Kym and Emil Ruusuvuori will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.55
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Jerome Kym vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

There is no head to head record between Jerome Kym and Emil Ruusuvuori since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jerome Kym

Jerome Kym

6 - 8win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
1-2
Clay
4-4
Rank
126
High
123
WWLLWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-10 1-2 7-6 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 59-20 14-4 37-11 8-5 0-0 0-0
2023 23-9 0-0 18-9 0-0 0-0 5-0
2022 41-22 17-5 12-9 9-5 0-0 3-3
2021 5-6 0-0 3-2 1-3 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 127 (career-high), Kym got to the 2nd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 4-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Zhukayev, Jerome had a free pass after Zhukayev retired on a 6-2 4-0 . scoreline.

Kym has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (137-69). 4-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kym has an overall75-38 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Swiss’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger.

Kym has an overall 6-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Jerome has never competed in this tournament before.

Zagreb Challenger
Kym's Record

Emil Ruusuvuori

Emil Ruusuvuori

6 - 8win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
4-4
Clay
1-0
Rank
279
High
37
LWLLLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-9 1-4 1-1 4-4 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. 235, Emil got to the 2nd round after defeating Luka Mikrut 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ruusuvuori defeated Mikrut (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 99 points vs Mikrut’s 88. The Finn was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Ruusuvuori managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 71% of his first serves in, winning 66% (46/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Emil broke Mikrut 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Finn has a compiled 6-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Zagreb Challenger
Ruusuvuori's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Kym
E.Ruusuvuori
0h:45
0h:45
Time on court​
!
2h:00
2h:00
!
0h:45
0h:45
Last match​
2h:00
2h:00
1
1
Match played
1
1
12
12
Games Played​
28
28
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
45
45
Total points​
99
99
45
45
Avg point​
99
99
18
18
Winners
46
46
18
18
Avg Winners​
46
46
40%
40%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
6
6
5
5
Avg Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
0
0
Avg Double Faults
5
5
18/18
18/18
1st won total​
46/70
46/70
!
100%
100%
1st won %
66%
66%
6/9
6/9
2nd won total​
13/29
13/29
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
5/10
5/10
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
!
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
9
9
0
0
Avg Conceded
9
9
0
0
Broken
4
4
!
0
0
Avg Broken
4
4
0
0
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kym Ruusuvuori
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 12 28
Pts 45-21 99-88
Total Points 66 187
Winners 18 46
%Winners 40% 46%

Both Kym and Ruusuvuori played 1 match. At the moment, Emil Ruusuvuori surrendered 1 set while Jerome Kym hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Kym and Ruusuvuori have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kym played 16 games less than Ruusuvuori. Kym scored 18 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn bagged 46 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kym Ruusuvuori
Aces 5 6
Avg per match 5 6
1st in 18/27 70/99
%1st in 67% 71%
1st pts 18/18 46/70
%1st pts 100% 66%
2nd pts 6/9 13/29
%2nd pts 67% 45%

Kym struck 5 aces . Ruusuvuori blasted 6 aces . Kym won 100% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kym Ruusuvuori
Won 4 5
Converted 4/7 5/10
% Converted 57% 50%
Conceded 0 9
Saved 0 5
% Saved 0% 56%
Times Broken 0 4

Jerome broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Jerome extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Ruusuvuori broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Kym
R1
Zhukayev
Total
Score 6-2 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 12 12
pts 45-21 45-21
Total points 66 66
Winners 18 18
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 18/27 18/27
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 18/18 18/18
% 1st pts 100% 100%
2nd pts 6/9 6/9
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Ruusuvuori
R1
Mikrut
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 99-88 99-88
Total points 187 187
Winners 46 46
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 70/99 70/99
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 46/70 46/70
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 13/29 13/29
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5/9 5
Saved % 56% 56%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger

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