Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud

Ruud in 2015
Country (sports)	Norway
Residence	Snarøya, Norway Alicante, Spain
Born	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 Oslo, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Pedro Rico (2015-)
Prize money	$149,077
Singles
Career record	7–6
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 128 (6 March 2017)
Current ranking	No. 128 (20 March 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2017)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 926 (20 March 2017)
Current ranking	No. 926 (20 March 2017)
Last updated on: 20 March 2017.

Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian tennis player.

Career

Junior Tennis

Ruud reached the third round of the 2015 French Open boys' singles event, losing to Corentin Denolly. He also reached the third round of the 2015 US Open boys' singles and the second round of the 2015 Wimbledon boys' singles, making it his best singles performances in the respective competitions in Junior Grand Slams during his Junior career.

In the 2015 Wimbledon Boy's Doubles Ruud made it to the semi finals together with partner Miomir Kecmanović, before losing out to Lý Hoàng Nam and Sumit Nagal who went on to win the tournament. They got knocked out in the first round of the 2015 US Open Boy's Doubles. In 2016 Ruud and Kecmanović reached the semi finals of the 2016 French Open Boy's Doubles before getting knocked out by Youssef Hossam and Jurabek Karimov.

2016

Ruud started the year by being the no. 1 ranked Junior player on January 4, making him the first Norwegian to do so.

For the 2016 season, Ruud set his goals on playing Futures tournaments to play more senior tennis and start climbing the ATP Rankings. In February he played his first Futures final, a final he ended up winning against Carlos Taberner in Paguera, Spain.

He has since played four more finals, winning one of them against Mikael Torpegaard in Kaarina, Finland in August.

In September, 2016, in his first ever ATP Challenger tournament, Ruud managed to win the Copa Sevilla after beating Taro Daniel in the final. By winning on his debut Ruud became the fourth youngest to ever do so. In the tournament he recorded his first wins over players ranked in the top 150. He knocked out the top seed Iñigo Cervantes in the Quarter Final who at the time was ranked no. 75 on the ATP Rankings. Due to his win in his Challenger debut, Ruud received a wildcard to the 2016 Chengdu Open, his first ATP World Tour 250 series tournament. Ruud lost to Viktor Troicki 6-3, 7-6 in the first round.

Ruud finished 2016 with a career high ranking of 225 on the ATP Ranking.

2017

After impressing in 2016 and climbing the ATP Ranking, Ruud lost in the third and final round of 2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying to Reilly Opelka. Ruud then received a wildcard into the ATP 500 event 2017 Rio Open where he defeated Rogério Dutra Silva, Roberto Carballés Baena, and Thiago Monteiro to advance to his first ATP level semifinal. This made him the youngest to make an ATP 500 semifinal since Borna Ćorić at the 2014 Swiss Indoors. Ruud was defeated by Pablo Carreño Busta in the semifinals but reached a career-high ranking of 133.

Davis Cup

He became a part of the Norwegian Davis Cup team in 2015, and together with countryman Viktor Durasovic made sure Norway was promoted from Group Three Europe Zone to Group Two Europe/Africa Zone.

In the 2016 Davis Cup, Ruud and Durasovic lost 3-2 to Lithuania in the first round. In the play offs they beat Luxembourg 3-2 to stay in the Group Two Europe/Africa Zone.

Personal life

Ruud is the son of former pro tennis player Christian Ruud.

Challengers and Futures Finals

Singles

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures (2–4)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	14 February 2016	Futures	Paguera, Spain	Clay	Carlos Taberner	2–6, 7–6(13–11), 6–0
Runner-up	20 March 2016	Futures	Bakersfield, USA	Hard	Michael Mmoh	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Runner-up	14 May 2016	Futures	Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	Clay	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	24 July 2016	Futures	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Daniel Altmaier	7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	7 August 2016	Futures	Kaarina, Finland	Clay	Mikael Torpegaard	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Winner	10 September 2016	Challenger	Seville, Spain	Clay	Taro Daniel	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5 November 2016	Futures	Oslo, Norway	Hard	Gianluigi Quinzi	4–6, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current till 2017 Brasil Open.

Tournament	2016	2017	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q3	0–0
French Open	A		0–0
Wimbledon	A		0–0
US Open	A		0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open	Q1		0–0
Career statistics
Overall Win–Loss	2–3	5–3	7–6
Year-end ranking	225		54%

External links

• Casper Ruud at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Template:ITF junior profile
• Casper Ruud at the Davis Cup