Carlos Alcaraz vs Casper Ruud Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Finals

Prediction published on 10/11/2024, 10:00  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 10/11/2024 at 10:45 in ATP Finals Predictions

Third seeded Carlos Alcaraz begins his campaign in the ATP Tour Finals. He's in the John Newcombe group and faces the sixth seed Casper Ruud. Also in this group are Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev. Here's our match prediction.

Alcaraz is playing in the Tour Finals for only the second time. He made his debut last year and lost in the semi-finals. This year has seen the Spaniard win four titles, two being on hard courts. His last tournament was a disappointing one as he was beaten by Ugo Humbert in his second match in the Paris Masters. Before that, he had won the Shanghai Masters, beating Jannik Sinner in the final.

This is his fifth match against Ruud and he's won all of their previous four meetings, three on hard courts. Two of the last three matches between these two players have seen over 19.5 games played.

Casper Ruud is the world number seven and reached the final of this tournament two years ago. He's not in the best of form at present though with each of his last four matches being lost. The past week saw him lose to Benjamin Bonzi in his opening match in the Moselle Open.

We go for Alcaraz to win and over 19.5 games to be played.