Alexei Popyrin and Emil Ruusuvuori will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.067
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 8.6

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Cincinnati back in 2023.

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 37, Alexei will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 to Rublev in the 3^rd round on the 12^th of August.

Alexei has an aggregate 16-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Alexei has an overall 289-232 record. He has a positive 142-108 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2024. See his history.

Emil Ruusuvuori

Ranked no. 749, the Finn will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in the Zagreb Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-0 to Kym in the 2^nd round on the 14^th of May.

Emil has an aggregate 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Finn has an overall 285-186 record. He has a positive 120-66 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.

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