H2H, prediction of Jannik Sinner vs Casper Ruud in Rome with odds, preview, pick | 17th May 2026

PREVIEW. Rome. Sinner and Ruud will play each other in the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 17th of May

Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Casper Ruud

Jannik Sinner and Casper Ruud will fight against each other in the final of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.19
Casper Ruud -> 5

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Casper Ruud

This will be the 5th time that Jannik Sinner and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 6-0 6-1 in the quarter in Rome back in 2025.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Casper Ruud – Rome 15-May-2025

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner

36 - 2win/loss

Hard
19-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
17-0
Rank
1
High
1
WWWWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 44-3 19-2 18-1 0-0 7-0 0-0
2025 58-6 24-3 11-2 15-0 8-1 0-0
2024 73-8 40-5 11-2 13-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0

Currently world no. 1 the Italian got to the final after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-4, Alexei Popyrin 6-2 6-0, Andrea Pellegrino 6-2 6-3, Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-4 and Daniil Medvedev 6-2 5-7 6-4.

In the semifinal, Jannik defeated Medvedev (6-2 5-7 6-4). During the match, Sinner scored 108 points vs Medvedev’s 88. Sinner was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jannik Sinner was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sinner broke Medvedev 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sinner has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

ATP Rome - Jannik Sinner's projected path

Projected draw

Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 77% of his matches (439-129). 16-0 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sinner has an aggregate112-40 record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Indian Wells where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(6) 7-6(4) and in Miami where he beat Jiri Lehecka in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Carlo where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(5) 6-3 and in Madrid where he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final 6-1 6-2.

Jannik has a composed 35-2 win-loss record in 2026, 16-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2025. See his history.

Sinner
Rome
Sinner's Record

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud

17 - 10win/loss

Hard
7-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-3
Rank
24
High
2
LWWWLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 28-17 8-10 19-6 1-0 0-1 0-0
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

Ranked no. 25, Ruud got to the final after beating Zachary Svajda 6-1 6-3, Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-4, Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-1, Karen Khachanov 6-1 1-6 6-2 and Luciano Darderi 6-1 6-1.

In the semifinal, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Darderi (6-1 6-1). During the match Ruud scored 58 points vs Darderi’s 32. Casper was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Ruud made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Casper Ruud was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Casper broke Darderi 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Norwegian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

ATP Rome - Casper Ruud's projected path

Projected draw

Casper’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Rome.

Casper has an overall 17-9 win-loss record in 2026, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020, 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Ruud
Rome
Ruud's Record
Sure Win Arbitrage
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Sinner
C.Ruud
8h:22
8h:22
Time on court​
6h:25
6h:25
!
2h:37
2h:37
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
5
5
Match played
5
5
98
98
Games Played​
87
87
11
11
Set played​​
11
11
359
359
Total points​
312
312
71.8
71.8
Avg point​
62.4
62.4
130
130
Winners
113
113
26
26
Avg Winners​
22.6
22.6
36%
36%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
13
13
4.4
4.4
Avg Aces
2.6
2.6
6
6
Double Faults
9
9
1.2
1.2
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
130/168
130/168
1st won total​
113/151
113/151
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
75/118
75/118
2nd won total​
59/94
59/94
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
19/38
19/38
BP won
22/44
22/44
3.8/7.6
3.8/7.6
Avg BP won
4.4/8.8
4.4/8.8
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
9
9
2.4
2.4
Avg Conceded
1.8
1.8
3
3
Broken
5
5
!
0.6
0.6
Avg Broken
1
1
9
9
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sinner Ruud
Match played 5 5
Tot Set 11 11
Tot Games 98 87
Pts 359-262 312-213
Total Points 621 525
Winners 130 113
%Winners 36% 36%

Both Sinner and Ruud played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jannik Sinner dropped 1 set, while Casper Ruud lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sinner and Ruud have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Sinner played 11 games more than Ruud. Sinner scored 130 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ruud struck 113 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sinner Ruud
Aces 22 13
Avg per match 4.4 2.6
1st in 168/286 151/245
%1st in 59% 62%
1st pts 130/168 113/151
%1st pts 77% 75%
2nd pts 75/118 59/94
%2nd pts 64% 63%

Sinner scored 22 aces (4.4 per match). Ruud blasted 13 aces (2.6 per match). Sinner won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Ruud won 75% of the points behind 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 Sinner Ruud
Won 19 22
Converted 19/38 22/44
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 12 9
Saved 9 4
% Saved 75% 44%
Times Broken 3 5

Jannik broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Casper broke his opponents 22 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ruud conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Sinner
R2
Ofner
R3
Popyrin
R4
Pellegrino
1/4
Rublev
1/2
Medvedev
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 3 11
Tot Games 19 14 17 18 30 98
pts 68-53 54-26 63-45 66-50 108-88 359-262
Total points 121 80 108 116 196 621
Winners 27 18 23 21 41 130
%Winners 40% 33% 37% 32% 38% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 3 4 7 22
Double Faults 1 1 0 2 2 6
1st in 33/54 23/38 29/45 28/57 55/92 168/286
% 1st in 61% 61% 64% 49% 60% 59%
1st pts 27/33 18/23 23/29 21/28 41/55 130/168
% 1st pts 82% 78% 79% 75% 75% 77%
2nd pts 15/21 11/15 10/16 17/29 22/37 75/118
% 2nd pts 71% 73% 63% 59% 59% 64%
Breaks
Won 2 5 4 4 4 19
Converted 2/7 5/8 4/8 4/5 4/10 19/38
Converted % 29% 63% 50% 80% 40% 50%
Conceded 0 1 1 3 7 12
Saved 0/0 1/1 1/1 2/3 5/7 9
Saved % – 100% 100% 67% 71% 68%
Times Broken 0 0 0 1 2 3
Ruud
R2
Svajda
R3
Lehecka
R4
Musetti
1/4
Khachanov
1/2
Darderi
Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-1 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 2 11
Tot Games 16 19 16 22 14 87
pts 59-33 64-45 63-43 68-60 58-32 312-213
Total points 92 109 106 128 90 525
Winners 18 30 24 24 17 113
%Winners 31% 47% 38% 35% 29% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 1 4 3 13
Double Faults 0 3 1 4 1 9
1st in 22/38 37/56 34/48 35/61 23/42 151/245
% 1st in 58% 66% 71% 57% 55% 62%
1st pts 18/22 30/37 24/34 24/35 17/23 113/151
% 1st pts 82% 81% 71% 69% 74% 75%
2nd pts 14/16 10/19 10/14 13/26 12/19 59/94
% 2nd pts 88% 53% 71% 50% 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 5 6 22
Converted 4/7 3/8 4/10 5/10 6/9 22/44
Converted % 57% 38% 40% 50% 67% 50%
Conceded 0 2 2 3 2 9
Saved 0/0 1/2 2/2 0/3 1/2 4
Saved % – 50% 100% 0% 50% 40%
Times Broken 0 1 0 3 1 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sinner
WWWWWWWWWW
Ruud
WWWWWWWWWW
2026 2025 2024
44 - 3
26 - 17
19-2
Hard
8-10
0-0
I Hard
1-0
18-1
Clay
17-6
7-0
Grass
0-1
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Soccer Tonic Predictions
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