H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Adrian Mannarino - Prediction (ATP Paris

Preview and players comparison.

Casper Ruud’s best tennis is capable of winning this matchup, but Adrian Mannarino’s experience on indoor hard court as well as in Paris Masters should help him negotiate the win here.

Casper Ruud, who failed in the qualifying stages of ATP Basel last week, cleared two tough tests against Mikael Ymer and Hugo Gaston to get into the main draw of Paris Masters on his debut appearance, 6-4 3-6 6-4 and 6-4 3-6 6-3. The 20-year-old Norwegian has posted some solid results on the main tour in these ten months, and as a result, he attained his career-high ranking of #54 recently and has also secured his place in the third edition of ATP Next Gen Finals. Casper Ruud made his mark in the main draw of Masters 1000 events in Rome a few months ago, where he entered the main draw as a qualifier and defeated Dan Evans and Nick Kyrgios (defaulted) to reach the round of 16.

Adrian Mannarino has never progressed beyond the second round of Paris Masters in eight appearances, and four of his previous eight campaigns in this tournament ended in the first round — recently defeated Ugo Humbert in the first round of 2018 edition. The reigning champion of ATP Hertogenbosch, Adrian Mannarino has cleared the first-round hurdle in only two of his previous four tournaments, and he went onto reach the finals on both occasions — runner-up in Zhuhai and Moscow.