Who Will Win: Ruud Vs Fognini? Prediction For ATP Wimbledon 2024

What Time Will Casper Ruud Play Against Fabio Fognini?

Ruud and Fognini are on the Day 3 Schedule at Wimbledon 2024 on Wednesday 3 July. 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?

Match: NO. 8 CASPER RUUD (NOR) vs FABIO FOGNINI (ITA)

Head-to-head: Ruud leads 3-0
Tour-level head-to-head: Ruud leads 3-0
2020 ATP Cup Hard (O) RR Ruud 62 62
2020 Hamburg Clay (O) R16 Ruud 63 63
2021 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) QF Ruud 64 63

This will be the fourth meeting between Casper Ruud and Fabio Fognini, but their first at a Grand Slam or on grass. Ruud has won all three previous matches in straight sets.

RUUD:
– Age: 25
– ATP Ranking: 8
– Titles: 12
– Career Grand Slam Record: 43-22
– Wimbledon Record: 3-4
– Career Record: 250-125
– Career Record – Grass: 5-6
– 2024 Record: 40-10
– 2024 Record – Grass: 1-0
– Career Five-Set Record: 8-6
– Comebacks from 0-2 Down: 1
– Career Tiebreak Record: 81-66
– 2024 Tiebreak Record: 11-5

Facts about Ruud:
– Ruud is seeking to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time.
– This is his fifth Wimbledon appearance and his 23rd Grand Slam overall.
– Ruud aims to become the fourth Norwegian player in history to reach the third round at Wimbledon.
– Ruud’s best results in 2024 are winning the titles at Barcelona and Geneva.
– He has the most match wins on the Tour this season.
– Ruud has won five Tour-level matches on grass in his career.
– Ruud has lost both 5-set matches he has played at Wimbledon.

FOGNINI:
– Age: 37
– ATP Ranking: 94
– Titles: 9
– Career Grand Slam Record: 70-59
– Wimbledon Record: 17-13
– Career Record: 421-380
– Career Record – Grass: 24-22
– 2024 Record: 7-5
– 2024 Record – Grass: 2-1
– Career Five-Set Record: 24-15
– Comebacks from 0-2 Down: 9
– Career Tiebreak Record: 164-127
– 2024 Tiebreak Record: 3-1

Facts about Fognini:
– Fognini is aiming to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the seventh time.
– This is his 14th Wimbledon appearance and his 61st Grand Slam overall.
– Fognini is bidding to become the 12th man in the Open Era to reach the third round at Wimbledon aged 37 or older.
– Fognini is also bidding to become the second Italian man to reach the third round at Wimbledon aged 37 or older.
– Fognini’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the third round on six occasions.
– His best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2011.
– Fognini has won one of his last 16 matches against Top 10 players at Tour-level.
– Fognini has won five of the seven five-set matches he has played at Wimbledon.
– He has won nine Tour-level singles titles, all on clay.
– Fognini is a former Top 10 player, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 9.
– Fognini plays Davis Cup for Italy.

Additional facts about the players:
– Ruud is coached by his father, Christian Ruud.
– Fognini is coached by Filippo Baldi.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Ruud will win.
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