Casper Ruud vs Francisco Cerundolo — Laver Cup - London Round Robin
Why
Surface+9 Hard Elo edgeSupports Ruud C.
Overall ratingOverall Elo 1983Supports Ruud C.
Recent runLost last 2Informative
Head-to-headLeads 3–1 on hardAgainst the prediction · Cerundolo F.
This eventDidn't play here last yearBoth players
ELO2 120
Hard ELO1 873
Last 104–6
Age27
Height183 cm
PlaysRight
EarningsCareer $29.4M2026 $2.2M
ELO2 024
Hard ELO1 879
Last 105–5
Age28
Height185 cm
PlaysRight
EarningsCareer $11.1M2026 $2.2M
Casper Ruud faces Francisco Cerundolo in the Laver Cup - London round robin on hard. Casper Ruud is the paper favourite — ranked #17 — but Francisco Cerundolo has won 5 of their 9 previous meetings.
Key context
- Serve & return: Casper Ruud brings the bigger serve (Serve Rating 47), Francisco Cerundolo the stronger return game (Return Rating 89).
- Head-to-head: Francisco Cerundolo leads the head-to-head 5–4, 1–3 on hard. Last met at Madrid Masters 2025.
Common opponents
9 shared · last 12 monthsRuud C. and Cerundolo F. faced 9 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Ruud C. went 7–3 (70%) against them, Cerundolo F. 3–7 (30%). Ruud C. came out better against 3 of 8 comparable opponents, Cerundolo F. against 0.
7–370%Ruud C. · better vs 3Record vs common opponents3–730%Cerundolo F. · better vs 0
Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines
16–8Sets9–18
132–95Games125–147
2–1Tiebreaks0–4
1–0Deciding sets1–1
vs Paul T.#18W4-6 6-4 7-5Roland Garros · clayW6-7 6-4 6-3London · grass
vs Darderi L.#20W6-1 6-1Rome Masters · clayW6-2 6-3Madrid Masters · clay- vs Musetti L.#24W6-3 6-1Rome Masters · clayL6-7 4-6Rome Masters · clay
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vs Blockx A.#27L4-6 4-6Madrid Masters · clayL6-7 2-6Madrid Masters · clay- vs Bergs Z.#38L6-3 5-7 1-4Shanghai Masters · hardL6-7 3-6Shanghai Masters · hard
vs Tsitsipas S.#44W6-7 7-6 7-6Madrid Masters · clayW7-5 6-4Monte Carlo Masters · clay
vs Munar J.#66W6-0 6-1Madrid Masters · clayL1-6 4-6 3-6Wimbledon · grass- vs Svajda Z.#81W6-1 6-3Rome Masters · clayL3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 3-6Roland Garros · clay
- vs Sinner J.#1Hard to compareL4-6 4-6Rome Masters · clayL5-7 1-6Paris Masters · hard
Head-to-head
9 meetings · Cerundolo F. leads 5–445
Clay: Ruud C. leads 3–2 · Hard: Cerundolo F. leads 3–1
- Ruud C.April 2025Madrid MastersClay6-4 7-5
- Cerundolo F.March 2025Miami MastersHard6-4 6-2
- Cerundolo F.September 2024Laver CupHard6-4 6-4
- Ruud C.July 2024Paris OlympicsClay6-3 6-4
- Cerundolo F.October 2023Paris MastersHard7-5 6-4
Evidence
Ruud C.Cerundolo F.
FormLast 10 matches each · 2026
Win–loss4–65–5 (ahead)
Season win rate60% (25–17)64% (32–18) (ahead)
RatingUmpiry ELO
Overall ELO2120 (ahead)2024
Hard-court ELO18731879 (ahead)
Serve vs returnLast 32 vs 33 matches
1st-serve points won71% (ahead)69%
Return points won36%41% (ahead)
Aces / match6.6 (ahead)3.4
ClutchLast 32 vs 33 matches
Break points saved70% (ahead)62%
Odds