Holger Rune and Emilio Nava will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:15pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.148
Emilio Nava -> 5.5

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Emilio Nava

This will be the 2nd time that Holger Rune and Emilio Nava face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Rune won 6-7(9) 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Villena back in 2021.

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

18 - 11win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
2-2
Clay
7-4
Rank
15
High
4
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-22 20-10 10-6 4-4 2-2 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. 10, Rune reached the 2nd round after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round against Bautista-Agut, Holger recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-3 6-2). During the match, Rune scored 134 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 118. Rune was exceptionally aggressive to blast 65 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rune scored 9 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Holger Rune was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (65/92) of his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Bautista-Agut 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Rune has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (269-141). 7-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rune has a compiled129-59 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Barcelona where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.

The Dane has a composed 18-11 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Rune's Record

Emilio Nava

Emilio Nava

33 - 13win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
33-11
Rank
88
High
88
LWLWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 56-28 8-7 45-19 0-0 3-2 0-0
2024 34-34 16-15 8-9 8-5 2-5 0-0
2023 40-31 24-14 12-8 4-9 0-0 0-0
2022 41-27 15-15 14-6 12-6 0-0 0-0
2021 40-16 9-6 27-7 4-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 137, Nava reached the 2nd round after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-2 7-5 7-5.

In the 1st round, Nava had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-2 7-5 7-5). During the match Nava scored 135 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 112. Emilio was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about serving, Nava recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (59/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Van De Zandschulp 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Kicker in the final 6-1 7-6(3) and the Sarasota Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 6-2 7-6(2).

Nava has an overall 33-13 win-loss record in 2025, 33-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

French Open
Nava's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Rune
E.Nava
3h:15
3h:15
Time on court​
2h:53
2h:53
!
3h:15
3h:15
Last match​
!
2h:53
2h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
40
40
Games Played​
32
32
4
4
Set played​​
3
3
134
134
Total points​
135
135
134
134
Avg point​
135
135
65
65
Winners
59
59
65
65
Avg Winners​
59
59
49%
49%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
8
8
9
9
Avg Aces
8
8
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
65/92
65/92
1st won total​
59/83
59/83
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
25/43
25/43
2nd won total​
19/39
19/39
58%
58%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
6/13
6/13
5/13
5/13
Avg BP won
6/13
6/13
38%
38%
Won
46%
46%
11
11
Conceded
10
10
11
11
Avg Conceded
10
10
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
10
10
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rune Nava
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 3
Tot Games 40 32
Pts 134-118 135-112
Total Points 252 247
Winners 65 59
%Winners 49% 44%

Both Rune and Nava played 1 match. At the moment, Holger Rune conceded 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rune has played 1 set more than Nava (4 vs 3). Therefore, Rune played 8 games more than Nava. Rune scored 65 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Emilio made 59 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rune Nava
Aces 9 8
Avg per match 9 8
1st in 92/135 83/122
%1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 65/92 59/83
%1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 25/43 19/39
%2nd pts 58% 49%

Rune bagged 9 aces . Nava fired 8 aces . Rune won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rune Nava
Won 5 6
Converted 5/13 6/13
% Converted 38% 46%
Conceded 11 10
Saved 10 8
% Saved 91% 80%
Times Broken 1 2

The Dane broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Holger lost his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Emilio broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Rune
R1
Bautista-Agut
Total
Score 6-74 6-4 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 40 40
pts 134-118 134-118
Total points 252 252
Winners 65 65
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 92/135 92/135
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 65/92 65/92
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 25/43 25/43
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 10/11 10
Saved % 91% 91%
Times Broken 1 1
Nava
R1
Van De Zandschulp
Total
Score 6-2 7-5 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 135-112 135-112
Total points 247 247
Winners 59 59
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 83/122 83/122
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 59/83 59/83
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 19/39 19/39
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/13 6/13
Converted % 46% 46%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores – French Open

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