Prediction Of Rune Vs Ruud H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2025?

What Time Will Holger Rune Play Against Casper Ruud?

Rune and Ruud are on the Day 5 Schedule at Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2025 on Friday 18 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?

Head to head, Casper Ruud leads 6-1 against Holger Rune. Their previous matches include the ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo in 2021, where Ruud won 6-2 6-1, and the Bastad in Sweden in 2021, where Ruud won 6-0 6-2. Other matches include ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 2022, where Ruud won 7-6(5) 7-5, Roland Garros in 2022, where Ruud won 6-1 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3, ATP Masters 1000 Rome in 2023, where Rune won 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2, Roland Garros in 2023, where Ruud won 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3, and Acapulco in 2024, where Ruud won 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Holger Rune, age 21, is currently ranked World No. 13 with a career-high ranking of No. 4 in August 2023. In 2022, he broke into the Top 100, followed by the Top 50 in May 2022, and the Top 10 in November 2022, becoming the highest-ranked Dane in PIF ATP Rankings history. Rune won the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title at age 19, making him the first player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to earn 5 Top-10 wins at an event other than the Nitto ATP Finals. From 2022 Paris to 2023 Rome, Rune had a record of 18-5 in 6 ATP Masters 1000 events, with runner-up results in Monte-Carlo and Rome. He went on a 7-match winning streak against Top 5 opponents, including wins over No. 1 Alcaraz and No. 1 Djokovic. Rune had a strong finish to the 2022 season with a 19-2 run, but had a slow start in January and February, as well as in June and July. He upset the 2021 finalist Tsitsipas at the 2022 Roland Garros, becoming the first Danish man to reach the quarter-finals in tournament history and the first to reach any Grand Slam quarter-finals in the Open Era.

Rune will be seeking his 23rd ATP Tour semi-final, with a current record of 10-12. He aims to record his third consecutive Top 10 win after defeating No. 9 Tsitsipas and No. 6 Medvedev en route to the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final in March. By reaching the Barcelona final, he would return to the Top 10 for the first time since April last year. Notable Scandinavian Barcelona semi-finalists since 2000 include Casper Ruud in 2024, Robin Soderling in 2010, Thomas Enqvist in 2001, and Magnus Norman in 2000.

Casper Ruud, age 26, is currently ranked World No. 10 with a career-high ranking of No. 2. He has a record of 15-5 in 2025, including reaching the final in Dallas. Ruud became the top-ranked Norwegian in history when he rose from No. 7 to No. 2 after reaching the 2022 US Open final. He is the first Norwegian to win an ATP Tour title (12), play at the Nitto ATP Finals (semi-finals in 2021 and 2024, final in 2022), reach a Grand Slam final (2022-23 Roland Garros, 2023 US Open), and reach an ATP Masters 1000 final (2022 Miami, 2024 Monte-Carlo). In July 2021, Ruud swept clay-court titles at Bastad, Gstaad, and Kitzbuhel, becoming the first player to win three titles in as many weeks since Murray in 2011. As the former No. 1 junior, Ruud leads the ATP Tour since the start of the 2020 season in clay-court wins, finals, and titles, with his biggest title coming at the 2024 Barcelona. Ruud defeated World No. 1 Djokovic on his way to the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo final.

Ruud is currently on a 7-match winning streak in Barcelona, not dropping a set en route to the title last year and reaching the quarter-finals this year. He is currently ranked No. 14 on PIF ATP Live Rankings and needs to defend his title to have a chance to stay inside the Top 10. Ruud aims to record 7 wins in a Lexus ATP Head2Head for the first time, with a current record of 6-1 against Bublik and Rune. Since the start of the 2020 season, Ruud has one of the highest clay win rates, with 119 wins and 34 losses.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Rune will win.
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