Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will play each other in the quarter of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.444
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.76

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

This will be the 6^th time that Casper Ruud and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in at the French Open back in 2024.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – French Open 30-May-2024

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 11, Casper got to the quarter after defeating Quentin Halys 6-1 7-6(3)

and Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match, Ruud scored 71 points vs Wawrinka’s 65. Ruud was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Casper Ruud was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Norwegian broke Wawrinka 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Casper hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (430-225). 13-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has an aggregate 63-35 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Madrid where he beat 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 an aggregate 39-14 win-loss record in 2025, 13-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Alejandro reached the quarter after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(2) 6-4 and Jenson Brooksby 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Brooksby, Davidovich Fokina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 6-4 7-5). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 111 points vs Brooksby’s 106. Davidovich Fokina was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.

About the serving games, Davidovich Fokina scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (55/76) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Davidovich Fokina broke Brooksby 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Davidovich Fokina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Alejandro’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Delray Beach, Acapulco and Washington.

Davidovich Fokina has a compiled 40-24 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ruud	Davidovich Fokina
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	43	58
Pts	136-115	193-178
Total Points	251	371
Winners	65	89
%Winners	48%	46%

Both Ruud and Davidovich Fokina played 2 matches. At the moment, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina conceded 1 set while Casper Ruud hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (4 vs 5). Therefore, Ruud played 15 games less than Davidovich Fokina. Ruud scored 65 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 89 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ruud	Davidovich Fokina
Aces	18	8
Avg per match	9	4
1st in	83/121	119/192
%1st in	69%	62%
1st pts	65/83	89/119
%1st pts	78%	75%
2nd pts	22/38	39/73
%2nd pts	58%	53%

Ruud bagged 18 aces (9 per match). Davidovich Fokina bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Ruud won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ruud	Davidovich Fokina
Won	6	7
Converted	6/10	7/16
% Converted	60%	44%
Conceded	5	10
Saved	2	6
% Saved	40%	60%
Times Broken	3	4

Ruud broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ruud surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Davidovich Fokina broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
	R1 Halys	R2 Wawrinka	Total
Score	6-1 7-63	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	23	43
pts	65-50	71-65	136-115
Total points	115	136	251
Winners	32	33	65
%Winners	49%	46%	48%
SERVE
Aces	10	8	18
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	41/57	42/64	83/121
% 1st in	72%	66%	69%
1st pts	32/41	33/42	65/83
% 1st pts	78%	79%	78%
2nd pts	10/16	12/22	22/38
% 2nd pts	63%	55%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/5	3/5	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%	60%
Conceded	1	4	5
Saved	0/1	2/4	2
Saved %	0%	50%	25%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Davidovich Fokina
	R1 Sonego	R2 Brooksby	Total
Score	7-62 6-4	6-76 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	23	35	58
pts	82-72	111-106	193-178
Total points	154	217	371
Winners	34	55	89
%Winners	41%	50%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	8
Double Faults	6	1	7
1st in	43/72	76/120	119/192
% 1st in	60%	63%	62%
1st pts	34/43	55/76	89/119
% 1st pts	79%	72%	75%
2nd pts	16/29	23/44	39/73
% 2nd pts	55%	52%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/8	5/8	7/16
Converted %	25%	63%	44%
Conceded	2	8	10
Saved	1/2	5/8	6
Saved %	50%	63%	57%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Basel

• Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Marc-Andrea Huesler/Jakub PaulHuesler/Jakub Paul (6-4 7-6¹⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rohan Bopanna/Ben SheltonBopanna/Ben Shelton – Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas MahutHerbert/Nicolas Mahut (6-3 3-6 10-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Casper RuudRuud – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-2) – H2H and prediction