Nordea Swedish Open Betting Preview and Picks

Ruud the Favorite on Clay at the Nordea Open: A Look at the Swedish Open

The Swedish Open, also known as the Nordea Open for sponsorship purposes, is an ATP 250 clay court tournament taking place from July 15-21 in Båstad, Sweden. It’s one of three ATP 250 current tennis events being played this week, along with the Gstaad Open in Switzerland and Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island. The draw features favorites Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev, who met in last year’s final, as well as Rafael Nadal, who is likely playing his final year on the ATP Tour.

While there are plenty of likely candidates to win, it’s hard to bet against Ruud, who has the shortest odds to win the Nordea Open tennis betting preview at +200. Let’s take a look at the rest of the draw and explore why Ruud is the best pick here.

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Odds to Win Nordea Open

Nordea Open Betting Analysis

The Nordea Open tennis betting preview features some of the best clay court players, including Ruud, Rublev, and Nadal. The top four seeds – Rublev, Ruud, Tallon Griekspoor, and Mariano Navone – receive a bye into the second round. Nadal, as a wild card, begins his tournament Tuesday against Leo Borg, a Swedish wild card and the son of 11-time grand slam champion Bjorn. The winner advances to play Cameron Norrie, who beat Jozef Kovalik in the first round on Monday.

Nadal is in the same half of the bracket as Ruud, so there could be a semifinal showdown between the two players. Rublev, if he is to advance to the semi-finals, would play either Griekspoor, Nuno Borges, Taro Daniel, Tomofey Skatov, Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Henrique Rocha, or lucky loser Andrea Pellegrino.

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Nordea Open Previous Winners and Betting Trends

In making tennis predictions for this year’s Nordea Open tennis betting preview, it’s worth looking at some of the recent winners of the clay courts tournament. Rublev is the defending champion and beat Ruud, who has the shortest odds to win this year’s event, in last year’s final 7-6 (3), 6-0. Ruud, however, won the tournament in 2021, beating Federico Coria in straight sets in the final. It was an all-Argentina final in 2022, when Francisco Cerundolo beat Sebastian Baez in the final. Other recent winners include Nicolas Jarry (2019) and Fabio Fognini (2018).

Swede Magnus Gustafsson is the all-time leader with four Swedish Open titles. Fellow Swedes Bjorn Borg and Mats Wilander are among the six players with three titles at this event.

Nordea Open Betting Picks

As long as he gets out of the bottom half of the draw, Ruud should be the best pick for the Nordea Open tennis betting preview. He is the best player in the draw on clay courts, with a 21-5 record on the surface this year and 233-100 all-time record on clay. Interestingly, he is 0-4 in his career against Rublev on clay, despite having the better career winning percentage on the surface. One has to think that streak would end if they meet for the fifth time on clay in the final. Rublev, however, isn’t a strong bet to make the final as he has lost three matches in a row, including in the first round at Wimbledon.