Casper Ruud and Lorenzo Sonego will square off in the 3^rd round of the French Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Court 14. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.23
Lorenzo Sonego -> 4.6

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Lorenzo Sonego

This will be the 4^th time that Casper Ruud and Lorenzo Sonego face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ruud won 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Vienna back in 2021.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 8, the Norwegian reached the 3^rd round after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7⁶ 7-6⁴ 6-2 7-6⁰ and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-3 6-4 6-2). During the match, Ruud scored 100 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 77. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ruud bagged 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Casper Ruud conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. Casper broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Casper has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (291-157). 17-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a compiled182-85 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Buenos Aires where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3 and in in Geneva where he beat Joao Sousa in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(1).

Ruud has an aggregate 26-9 win-loss record in 2022, 17-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Lorenzo Sonego

Ranked no. 35, Sonego got to the 3^rd round after beating Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-2 6-1 and Joao Sousa 7-6⁴ 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Sonego had a good straight sets win against Sousa (7-6⁴ 6-3 6-4). During the match Sonego scored 106 points vs Sousa’s 94. Sonego was exceptionally aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Sonego managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lorenzo Sonego lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sonego put 77% of his first serves in, winning 66% (57/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Sousa 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lorenzo hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Lorenzo’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Buenos Aires.

Sonego has an overall 12-13 win-loss record in 2022, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2020. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Ruud and Sonego played 2 matches. At the moment, Casper Ruud conceded 1 set while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set more than Sonego (7 vs 6). Therefore, Ruud played 19 games more than Sonego. The Norwegian scored 123 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo made 93 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Ruud made 12 aces (6 per match). Sonego recorded 19 aces (9.5 per match). Ruud won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sonego won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Norwegian broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Norwegian lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Lorenzo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.