Casper Ruud vs Novak Djokovic Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Finals

Prediction published on 19/11/2022, 17:48  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 20/11/2022 at 05:00 in Tennis Predictions

Novak Djokovic takes on Casper Ruud hoping to win the ATP Tour Finals for a record-equalling sixth time. He's in the final of this event for the first time since 2018 and a win will equal the record currently held by Roger Federer. Djokovic has only dropped one set in his four matches this week. That was a tie-break in his three set win over Daniil Medvedev. He also beat Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas in winning his round-robin group. Djokovic had a tough semi-final, beating Taylor Fritz with both sets going to a tie-break. That's five he's played this week. Djokovic has won 24 of his last 25 matches in singles tournaments and is up to fifth in the world rankings.

Casper Ruud is in his first final in this event. It's only his second time in the ATP Tour Finals and last year he lost at the semi-final stage. Ruud is up to third in the world rankings and beating Djokovic will take him above Rafael Nadal into second. He's won three titles this year, though all have been on clay. As well as this final, Ruud also got to the title decider in both the French and US Opens. This week has seen him beat Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz in his round-robin group but lose his third match to Rafael Nadal. He got back into winning ways in his semi-final with a win over Andrey Rublev for the loss of just six games. The pair have met three times and Novak Djokovic has won all of them. Two were on clay in Rome (2021 and 2022) and the only match on an indoor hard court was in this tournament last year with Djokovic winning 7-6 6-2. Go for Djokovic to win this and have a side bet on there being a tie-break.