Prediction Of Sonego Vs Ruud H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Bnp Paribas Nordic Open 2024?

What Time Will Lorenzo Sonego Play Against Casper Ruud?

Sonego and Ruud are on the Day 3 Schedule at Bnp Paribas Nordic Open 2024 on Wednesday 16 October 2024. 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?

2R: Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs [2] Casper Ruud (NOR)

Head to head: Ruud leads 4-0.
– 20 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32: Casper Ruud def. Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-4.
– 21 San Diego (U.S.A.) Hard QF: Casper Ruud def. Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 6-4.
– 21 Vienna (Austria) Hard R16: Casper Ruud def. Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 4-6 6-4.
– 22 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32: Casper Ruud def. Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 6-7(3) 1-6 6-4 6-3.

Lorenzo Sonego:
– Age: 29 | World No. 50 | Career-High No. 21 | 2024: 19-25 (Winston-Salem Title) | Event: 2-1 (2023-24 2R)
– In 2021, Sonego achieved a personal-best 30 wins and reached a career-high ranking of No. 21. He won the Cagliari titles in both singles and doubles, becoming the first Italian champion on home soil in singles since 2006 and in doubles since 2005 (with Vavassori).
– In 2019, Sonego broke into the top 50 and won his first ATP Tour title at Antalya, saving a championship point against Kecmanovic.
– Sonego won his third singles title of his career at 2022 Metz without dropping a set, including wins over former champions Simon and Hurkacz.
– He upset No. 1 Djokovic in the 2020 Vienna quarterfinals, becoming the first lucky loser to defeat Djokovic and conceding the fewest games ever to Djokovic in a match.
– In the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome, Sonego saved a match point against Thiem and became the first Italian semi-finalist at the Foro Italico since 2007 and the second since 1978.
– Sonego has a 6-27 record against Top 10 players and a 3-14 record on hard courts. Notably, he defeated No. 1 Djokovic at the 2020 Vienna, No. 10 Hurkacz at the 2022 Metz, and No. 9 Auger Aliassime at the 2023 Dubai. He is aiming for his 25th ATP Tour quarterfinal (10-14) and his fourth of 2024 (Marrakech, Umag, Winston-Salem). He hopes to avoid losing five matches to a single opponent for the second time in his career (0-5 against Sinner).

Casper Ruud:
– Age: 25 | World No. 8 | Career-High No. 2 | 2024: 48-19 (2 Titles) | Stockholm: 0-1 (2019 1R)
– Ruud, the top-ranked Norwegian in history, reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 after losing to Alcaraz in the 2022 US Open final with the No. 1 ranking at stake.
– He is the first Norwegian player to win 12 ATP Tour titles, play at the Nitto ATP Finals (reaching the semifinals in 2021 and the final in 2022), reach a Grand Slam final (Roland Garros 2022-23, US Open 2023), and reach an ATP Masters 1000 final (Miami 2022, Monte-Carlo 2024).
– In July 2021, Ruud won three clay-court titles consecutively at Bastad, Gstaad, and Kitzbuhel, becoming the first player since Murray in 2011 to win three titles in as many weeks (at Bangkok, Tokyo, and Shanghai).
– Ruud, the former No. 1 junior, leads the ATP Tour since the start of the 2020 season in clay-court wins (116), finals (16), and titles (11). He achieved the biggest title of his career at the 2024 Barcelona tournament.
– He defeated World No. 1 Djokovic in the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo en route to the final, the biggest win of his career.
– Ruud aims to become the first Norwegian player to record a match win in Stockholm tournament history (currently 0-7). He has a 1-4 record since reaching the US Open fourth round and hopes to reach his 10th quarterfinal of 2024, highlighted by the Barcelona and Geneva titles.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Sonego will win.
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