Casper Ruud and Pedro Martinez Portero will play each other in the final of the Generali Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on Center Court. In the following lines 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 -> 1.333
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Pedro Martinez Portero since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 14 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the final after defeating Mario Vilella Martinez 7-5 5-7 6-4, Mikael Ymer 3-6 7-65 6-1 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 7-67.
In the semifinal, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-3 7-67). During the match, Ruud scored 79 points vs Rinderknech’s 62. Ruud was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruud struck 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Casper Ruud was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 76% (19/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ruud broke Rinderknech once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ruud started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (242-140). 27-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has an aggregate164-80 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Geneva where he beat Denis Shapovalov in the final 7-6(6) 6-4 and in in Bastad where he defeated Federico Coria in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Gstaad where he beat Hugo Gaston in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Norwegian has an overall 34-9 win-loss record in 2021, 27-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Kitzbuhel
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Pedro Martinez Portero
Ranked no. 97, the Spaniard reached the final after defeating Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-74 6-4, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-75 7-5, Jozef Kovalik 6-2 6-2 and Daniel Altmaier 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the semifinal against Altmaier, Pedro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Martinez Portero scored 92 points vs Altmaier’s 81. Martinez Portero was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Martinez Portero made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Pedro Martinez Portero was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Martinez Portero broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Pedro’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Kitzbuhel.
Pedro has an aggregate 20-16 win-loss record in 2021, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 111 |
| Pts | 283-257 | 381-329 |
| Total Points | 540 | 710 |
| Winners | 109 | 157 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Ruud played 3 matches while Martinez Portero competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud conceded 2 sets, while Pedro Martinez Portero conceded 3 sets. Ruud has played 3 set(s) less than Martinez Portero (8 vs 11). Therefore, Ruud played 26 games less than Martinez Portero. Casper scored 109 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro managed to score 157 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 156/256 | 223/342 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 109/156 | 157/223 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 60/100 | 66/119 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Ruud managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Martinez Portero managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Ruud won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 18 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 18/45 |
| % Converted | 46% | 40% |
| Conceded | 18 | 19 |
| Saved | 11 | 12 |
| % Saved | 61% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
The Norwegian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Norwegian lost his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 18 times with a 40% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||||
| R2 Vilella Martinez |
1/4 Ymer |
1/2 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | 3-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 29 | 22 | 85 | |
| pts | 98-90 | 106-105 | 79-62 | 283-257 | |
| Total points | 188 | 211 | 141 | 540 | |
| Winners | 38 | 40 | 31 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 50/90 | 66/101 | 40/65 | 156/256 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 65% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 40/66 | 31/40 | 109/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 61% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 15/35 | 19/25 | 60/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 43% | 76% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 7/12 | 1/5 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 58% | 20% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 16 | 0 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 11/16 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 69% | – | 23% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Martinez Portero | ||||||
| R1 Pouille |
R2 Bautista-Agut |
1/4 Kovalik |
1/2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-74 6-4 | 6-4 6-75 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 35 | 16 | 28 | 111 | |
| pts | 114-101 | 114-108 | 61-39 | 92-81 | 381-329 | |
| Total points | 215 | 222 | 100 | 173 | 710 | |
| Winners | 48 | 45 | 22 | 42 | 157 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 36% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 70/102 | 67/114 | 29/45 | 57/81 | 223/342 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 64% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/70 | 45/67 | 22/29 | 42/57 | 157/223 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 67% | 76% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 23/47 | 9/16 | 13/24 | 66/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 49% | 56% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/11 | 5/11 | 4/12 | 18/45 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 45% | 45% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 50% | 50% | 33% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
