Casper Ruud and Stan Wawrinka will square off in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.185
Stan Wawrinka -> 4.75
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Stan Wawrinka
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Stan Wawrinka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Wawrinka won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel back in 2022.
Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs Casper Ruud – Basel 25-October-2022
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. 11, Casper reached the 2nd round after defeating Quentin Halys 6-1 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-1 7-63). During the match, Ruud scored 65 points vs Halys’s 50. Casper was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud blasted 10 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ruud broke Halys 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (429-225). 12-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a composed 62-35 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Madrid where he defeated Jack Draper in the final 7-5 3-6 6-4 and in Stockholm where he beat Ugo Humbert in the final 6-2 6-3.
Ruud has a compiled 38-14 win-loss record in 2025, 12-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Stan Wawrinka
23 - 20win/loss
156
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-23 | 7-4 | 11-12 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-20 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 8-6 | 11-8 | 8-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-15 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Wawrinka reached the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-1 7-63). During the match Wawrinka scored 67 points vs Kecmanovic’s 52. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Wawrinka fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Stan Wawrinka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swiss broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Stan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Aix En Provence Challenger and the Rennes Challenger.
Stan has an aggregate 23-20 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2006 and 2011. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Wawrinka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 67-52 |
| Total Points | 115 | 119 |
| Winners | 32 | 30 |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% |
Both Ruud and Wawrinka played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ruud and Wawrinka have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). The Norwegian scored 32 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Stan bagged 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Wawrinka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 12 |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 40/59 |
| %1st in | 72% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 30/40 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Ruud managed to score 10 aces . Wawrinka recorded 12 aces . Ruud won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Wawrinka won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Wawrinka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ruud broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Norwegian dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Wawrinka broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||
| R1 Halys | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Wawrinka | |||
| R1 Kecmanovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 67-52 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Jakub MensikMensik (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
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