Casper Ruud and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on MOTOROLA RAZR GRANDSTAND COURT. 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.
Casper Ruud -> 1.38
Roman Safiullin -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Roman Safiullin
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 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. 13, Ruud will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 6-2 1-6 6-3 to Manuel in the quarter on the 18th of July.
Casper has a compiled 26-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Madrid where he beat Jack Draper in the final 7-5 3-6 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Casper has an overall 430-227 record. He has a positive 112-73 record on hard.
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Roman Safiullin
11 - 16win/loss
170
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-20 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, Safiullin got to the 2nd round after defeating Ugo Blanchet 4-6 6-2 7-6(9).
In the 1st round against Blanchet, Safiullin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-69). During the match Safiullin scored 104 points vs Blanchet’s 93. Roman was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Safiullin struck 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was very effective on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Roman’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
The Russian has an overall 11-16 win-loss record in 2025, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Dan MartinMartin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Mattia BellucciBellucci (3-6 6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Joao FonsecaFonseca (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 4-1 ret. (Carabelli ret.)) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Colton SmithSmith (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Benjamin BonziBonzi (4-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Juncheng ShangShang (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (4-6 6-2 7-69) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Joao FonsecaFonseca (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Dan MartinMartin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Mattia BellucciBellucci (3-6 6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Tomas MachacMachac (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction