Felipe Meligeni Alves vs Casper Ruud Prediction & Picks - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 5/27/24, 5:30 AM  by Edgar Jibran | Modified on 5/28/24 at 1:39 PM in ATP French Open Picks

One of the most uneven matches to be played during the first round of Roland Garros corresponds to the clash between Felipe Meligeni and Casper Ruud, a pair of players who live a parallel reality, because although Meligeni has focused on clay court tournaments, he has failed to qualify for the main-draw of the Masters 1000 disputed in Madrid and Rome while Ruud has already been crowned champion on clay this season.

If we look at Meligeni’s performance, we can find that he lost only 2 of his last 10 disputed matches, a momentum that promises to have him on a superlative level that could bring some trouble to Ruud. However, it shouldn’t be ignored that the opponents he faced during the Qualifiers weren’t ranked in the top 150 of the ATP rankings, so bookmakers’ odds don’t expect him to be one of the first-round surprises.

Meanwhile, Casper Ruud has been taking advantage of his performance on clay to compete at his highest level against some of the best players in the world like Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic, so it isn’t a big surprise that he has already won the ATP 500 in Barcelona and the ATP 250 in Geneva. In this regard, the Norwegian is expected to reach final instances in Roland Garros to ratify that he’s truly back.