Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs Casper Ruud 5/24/22 French Open Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Casper Ruud and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga meet in the first round of the 2022 tennis French Open.

Casper Ruud enters this tournament in good form, as he’s fresh off a Geneva Open title and has won seven of his last eight matches overall. Ruud is a dark horse title contender for a lot of people once you get out of the top five or so favorites, and his current form suggests he can make a decent run. A top-10 player in the world at 23 years old, Ruud has a chance to prove he’s a key piece to the future of tennis. Ruud has lost in the first round of a grand slam five times in his career. Ruud has never lost in the first round of the French Open through four previous appearances. Ruud has won seven of his last eight matches on clay court.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has lost each of his last six matches when you include challenger play. Tsonga hasn’t won a match on the main tour since Marseille back in February. Tsonga at now 37 years old clearly isn’t the same player he was years ago and expectations are at an all-time low. However, the home crowd should help give Tsonga a boost to possibly spark a competitive match. Tsonga has 45 career wins over top-10 players, but none of those victories have come since 2019. Tsonga has lost in the first round of a grand slam in each of his last four trips. Tsonga has lost in the first round of the French Open three times in his career. Tsonga has lost seven straight matches on clay court.

There’s no match history between these two players.

We know Tsonga is going to give it his all for his homeland, and he has pockets where his serve is on point. However, nothing with Tsonga is consistent these days, and he’s shown us nothing over the last year or so that he can take down a top tier player. Tsonga is struggling with his second serve, he’s hitting a lot of double faults, and he’s just not a threat much these days to quality players.

Give me Ruud in straight sets.