Jerome Kym and Emil Ruusuvuori will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1^st 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.

As 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

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

In the 1^st 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.

Emil Ruusuvuori

Ranked no. 235, Emil got to the 2^nd round after defeating Luka Mikrut 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st 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).

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Mirza BasicBasic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Nerman FaticFatic (4-6 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-7³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Max HoukesHoukes (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-6³ 6-0) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-7⁹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Nerman FaticFatic (4-6 6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Mirza BasicBasic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo MenaMena – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Filip MisolicMisolic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction