Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev will square off in the semifinal of the French Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on Court Philippe-CHATRIER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 5 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.82
Casper Ruud -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Zverev

This will be the 4^th time that Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Miami back in 2022.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs Alexander Zverev – Miami 30-March-2022

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 4, the Norwegian got to the semifinal after beating Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3 6-2, Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5, Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4, Nicolas Jarry 7-6³ 7-5 7-5 and Holger Rune 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Rune (6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match, Ruud scored 123 points vs Rune’s 100. Ruud was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud fired 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (50/69) of his 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Norwegian broke Rune 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ruud has conceded 3 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Ruud has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (337-181). 16-5 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has a composed206-92 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Estoril where he beat Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-2 7-6(3).

Ruud has a composed 21-11 win-loss record in 2023, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 27, the German got to the semifinal after defeating Lloyd Harris 7-6⁶ 7-6⁰ 6-1, Alex Molcan 6-4 6-2 6-1, Frances Tiafoe 3-6 7-6³ 6-1 7-6⁵, Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-4 6-3 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Alexander defeated Etcheverry (6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Zverev scored 120 points vs Etcheverry’s 112. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about serving, Zverev blasted 7 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 67% of his first serves in, winning 76% (59/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Etcheverry 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Alexander’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Dubai and Geneva.

Alexander has a composed 21-14 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Ruud and Zverev played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud lost 3 sets, while Alexander Zverev conceded 2 sets. Ruud has played 1 set more than Zverev (18 vs 17). Therefore, Ruud played 9 games more than Zverev. The Norwegian scored 238 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 267 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Ruud struck 27 aces (5.4 per match). Zverev made 40 aces (8 per match). Ruud won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Norwegian broke his opponents 29 times with a 44% conversion rate. Ruud lost his serve 12 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Zverev broke his opponents 26 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.