Casper Ruud vs Jaime Faria ATP Gstaad Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Two-time champion Ruud to prevail

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Casper Ruud vs Jaime Faria predictions for Thursday's ATP Gstaad R2 match
Ruud has won two titles in Gstaad & is the tournament favourite
Ruud has only lost three of his last 30 matches on clay vs players outside the top 90
The match is scheduled to start around 8.30pm AEST on Thursday July 16

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Casper Ruud vs Jaime Faria ATP Gstaad Tips, Prediction & Live Stream

Back on his beloved clay, Casper Ruud begins his pursuit of a third Swiss Open title when he meets Jaime Faria in the second round in Gstaad on Thursday.

Casper Ruud vs Jaime Faria ATP Gstaad Tips, Prediction & Live Stream
Ruud vs Faria Stats & Trends
Ruud vs Faria Head To Head
Casper Ruud Form Analysis
Jaime Faria Form Analysis
Ruud vs Faria Live Stream

Ruud has his annual mid-season break and skipped most of the grass swing before losing in the first round of Wimbledon, a tournament he personally couldn't care less about.

This is where Ruud does his best work - with most of the elite players resting up after a big clay and grass swing and preparing for the North American hardcourt summer, the Norwegian uses this as an opportunity to build his ranking and secure more titles.

Ruud is a two-time champion in Gstaad and he deservedly starts as the tournament favourite again here. He returned to top form on clay earlier this year, highlighted by a run to the Rome Masters final, and he will be keen to keep his momentum on the dirt rolling here.

Faria is in good form and coming off a three-set win over home favourite Stan Wawrinka in his opening round, while Ruud enjoyed a bye as one of the top four seeds.

Ruud will have to be on from the get-go, but as mentioned, he lives for these kinds of tournaments and I don't think any motivation will be lacking. Faria can't be discounted, but on this surface, Ruud should be coming away with a straight sets victory.

Ruud vs Faria Stats & Trends

Ruud has won 11 of his last 14 matches on clay
Ruud has won 27 of his last 30 matches on clay vs players outside the top 90
Ruud has a 9-1 record in Gstaad, winning seven in straight sets
Faria has a 0-3 record vs top 15 players
Eight of Ruud's last 11 wins on clay have come in straight sets
Faria's two defeats in best-of-three ATP events this year have come in straight sets

Ruud vs Faria Head To Head

Ruud leads 1-0, winning a 2024 Davis Cup clash in straight sets.

Year	Winner	Event	Round	Surface	Score
2024	Casper Ruud	United Cup (Norway vs Portugal)	Round Robin	Indoor Hard	7–6(3), 6–2

Casper Ruud Form Analysis

2026 Record: 23-13
ATP Gstaad Record: 9-1
Current Ranking: No. 13
Career-High Ranking: No. 2 (2022)

Ruud had a relatively slow start to the season, but naturally picked things up during the clay swing, propelling himself back into the top 15 in the rankings.

After a R16 finish in Monte Carlo, Ruud advanced to the quarter-finals in Madrid before a big run to the final in Rome, where it took Jannik Sinner to stop him.

Perhaps playing too much cost Ruud going deep at Roland Garros - he decided to play in Geneva immediately following Rome and went out in the semi-finals before a fourth round exit at the French Open to Joao Fonseca.

Ruud predictably didn't play much on grass and crashed out in Round 1 of Wimbledon once again to Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets.

Jaime Faria Form Analysis

2026 ATP Record: 7-5
ATP Gstaad Record: 1-0
Current Ranking: No. 92
Career-High Ranking: No. 87 (2025)

Faria has continued to make steady progress in 2026 and arrived in Gstaad sitting just five places below his career-best ranking.

After an injury-interrupted start to the campaign, the Portuguese youngster regained momentum with runner-up finishes at the Sao Paulo and Mauthausen Challenger events before taking that form onto the ATP Tour.

The 22-year-old announced himself on the big stage at Roland Garros, battling through qualifying before reaching the third round. Along the way he defeated Grigor Dimitrov, Denis Shapovalov and Jan-Lennard Struff, eventually falling in a five-set thriller to Frances Tiafoe.

Faria also came through qualifying at Wimbledon, backing it up with a first-round victory before his impressive run ended with a four-set defeat to eventual Eastbourne champion Zizou Bergs.

Extending his R1 record to 11-0 at all levels, Faria produced a great performance to subdue veteran home favourite Stan Wawrinka in his Gstaad opener, grinding out a 6-7(8) 6-4 6-4 victory.

Ruud vs Faria Live Stream

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Verdict

Casper Ruud v Jaime Faria

Ruud loves these tournaments and should come away with a straight sets win.

Ruud 2-0

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