Casper Ruud and Zizou Bergs will face off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.363
Zizou Bergs -> 3.125

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Zizou Bergs

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud

33 - 13win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
7-1
Clay
14-5
Rank
12
High
2
LLWWWWWWLL
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. 12, the Norwegian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Alcaraz in the semifinal on the 29th of September.

The Norwegian has a compiled 33-13 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Madrid where he overcame Jack Draper in the final 7-5 3-6 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Ruud has an overall 437-231 record. He has a positive 118-77 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Ruud's Record

Zizou Bergs

Zizou Bergs

28 - 25win/loss

Hard
17-15
I Hard
5-1
Clay
2-5
Grass
4-4
Rank
43
High
39
LWLLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-28 20-16 2-5 6-3 4-4 0-0
2024 47-29 9-9 17-7 15-9 6-4 0-0
2023 38-27 8-7 16-7 9-10 5-3 0-0
2022 39-30 7-5 7-7 17-16 8-2 0-0
2021 38-21 2-5 15-10 21-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 44 (career-high), the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Korda (6-4 7-5). During the match Bergs scored 72 points vs Korda’s 59. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Bergs managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Bergs put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Bergs broke Korda 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

The Belgian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Auckland and Hertogenbosch.

The Belgian has a composed 28-25 win-loss record in 2025, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Shanghai
Bergs's Record

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