

What Time Will Holger Rune Play Against Albert Ramos-Vinolas?
Rune and Ramos-Vinolas are on the Day 1 Schedule at Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2025 on Monday 14 April 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Holger Rune and Albert Ramos-Vinolas are facing off in a tennis match. Ramos-Vinolas currently leads their head-to-head record 2-0. In their previous meetings, Ramos-Vinolas won at the 2021 Buenos Aires tournament on clay in a match that ended 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, and at the 2021 Barcelona tournament on clay in a match that ended 6-7(2), 6-1, 7-6(2).
Holger Rune, who is 21 years old and currently ranked number 13 in the world, had a successful start to his professional career. He broke into the Top 100 in January 2022, the Top 50 in May 2022, and the Top 10 in November 2022. He became the highest-ranked Danish player in the PIF ATP Rankings history by reaching a career-high ranking of number 4 in August 2023.
In 2022, Rune achieved a significant milestone by winning the ATP Masters 1000 Paris title at the age of 19. This made him the first player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to earn five wins against Top-10 players at an event other than the Nitto ATP Finals. From 2022 Paris to 2023 Rome, he compiled an impressive 18-5 record in six ATP Masters 1000 events, including runner-up results in Monte-Carlo and Rome.
Rune also had notable victories against top-ranked opponents. He had a seven-match winning streak against Top-5 players, including wins over number 1-ranked players Carlos Alcaraz at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris and Novak Djokovic at the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome.
In 2022, Rune ended the season on a high note with a 19-2 record and reached two finals. However, he had a tough start to the year with a 1-6 record in January-February and went on a seven-match losing streak from June-July. Rune made history in the 2022 Roland Garros tournament by becoming the first Danish man to reach the quarterfinals in the tournament’s history (since 1925), as well as the first Danish man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal in the Open Era (since 1968).
Rune is currently seeking his first win since reaching the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final (lost to Draper). He is also looking for his first win on clay since reaching the Hamburg quarterfinals in July of the previous year. This year, he has a 0-2 record on clay and previously lost to Ramos-Vinolas in the first round of the 2021 Barcelona tournament when he was ranked 323rd.
On the other hand, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who is 37 years old, is currently ranked number 234 in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of number 17 in 2017 and finished in the top 100 for 13 consecutive seasons from 2011 to 2023. Ramos-Vinolas has played in 12 finals on the ATP Tour and won clay-court titles at the 2016 Bastad, 2019 Gstaad, 2021 Estoril, and 2022 Cordoba tournaments.
In the 2016 Roland Garros tournament, Ramos-Vinolas reached the third round, fourth round, and quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He also had a breakthrough in ATP Masters 1000 events, reaching the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final at the 2017 Monte Carlo tournament. In that event, he achieved his biggest career win by defeating the number 1-ranked player, Andy Murray, in the third round from a 0-4 deficit in the third set.
Ramos-Vinolas has had notable victories against top-ranked players, including a win against the defending champion and number 3-ranked player, Roger Federer, in the second round of the 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai tournament. This win ended a 16-match losing streak against Top-10 players for him.
Ramos-Vinolas announced his plans to retire this season and is playing in his last Barcelona main draw. He has the most appearances among the players in the 2025 field, with 15 appearances. He is looking for his first ATP Tour win since the first round of the 2021 Santiago tournament and his first win against a top-20 player since defeating number 15-ranked player, Diego Schwartzman, at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal tournament. Ramos-Vinolas has achieved 200 of his 281 tour-level wins on clay courts and has won four ATP Tour titles on this surface.
In terms of historical records, Albert Ramos-Vinolas has made 15 appearances in the Barcelona main draw, which is the most among the players in the Open Era. He is followed by Feliciano Lopez with 22 appearances and David Ferrer with 15 appearances. In terms of most tour-level clay wins among active players, Ramos-Vinolas ranks third with 200 wins, while Novak Djokovic leads with 286 wins and Fabio Fognini follows with 241 wins.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Rune will win.
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