Casper Ruud – wiki, stats, net worth, height, and latest news
Casper Ruud – All you need to Know about: Casper Ruud is a Norwegian pro tennis player. He was born on December 22, 1998. Ruud’s best singles ranking was No. 5 in the world, which he reached on June 13, 2022. This makes him the highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player ever. He has won eight among his nine ATP Tour singles titles on clay courts. Ruud is the first tennis player ever from Norway to
- win an ATP singles title
- make it to a major final, i.e., at the 2022 French Open
- reach a Masters 1000 final and
- become one of the Top 10 of the ATP rankings
In doubles, his best ranking was No. 133 in the world, which he got after making it to the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships in 2021.
Casper Ruud’s Career
Casper Ruud in the Junior Games
Ruud lost to Corentin Denolly in the third round of the boys’ singles event at the 2015 French Open. He also made it to the third round of the 2015 US Open boys’ singles and the second round of the 2015 Wimbledon boys’ singles, which were his best singles performances in those Junior Grand Slams.
Casper Ruud in 2015
Ruud and his partner Miomir Kecmanovi made it to the semifinals of the 2015 Wimbledon Boys’ Doubles, but they lost to L Hoàng Nam and Sumit Nagal, who went on to win the title.
Casper Ruud in 2016
Ruud began 2016 as the world’s best junior player. On January 4, he was ranked No. 1 in the world, making him the first Norwegian to do so. Since then, he has played in four more finals. In August, he beat Mikael Torpegaard in Kaarina, Finland, to win one of those finals.
Casper Ruud in 2017
Ruud did well in 2016 and moved up in the ATP rankings. However, Reilly Opelka beat him in the third and final qualifying round of the 2017 Australian Open. Then, Ruud got a wild card into the 2017 Rio Open, which is an ATP 500 event. Finally, Ruud got a wild card into the 2017 Miami Open, which was the first time he played in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament.
Casper Ruud in 2018
Ruud got into his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2018 Australian Open. He had to go through the qualifying tournament to get there. Later that year, Ruud got into the US Open for the first time. He didn’t lose a single set in the qualifying rounds. Unfortunately, Ruud lost in the first round to Guido Pella. Ruud had trouble keeping his form consistent after the summer, but he ended the 2018 season by making it to the semifinals of three straight Challenger Tournaments. This put him close to his career-high ATP ranking at No. 112 going into the new season.
Casper Ruud in 2019
Ruud lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2019 Australian Open, but he got into the 2019 Rio Open and beat Carlos Berlocq and the fifth-seeded Joo Sousa before losing in two sets to Laslo ere. As a result, he moved up to 108, which tied his career high.
Casper Ruud in 2020
Ruud led Norway to a 2–1 win over the US in the first round robin match of the 2020 ATP Cup. He beat John Isner in three close sets, and then he and Viktor Durasovic beat Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in doubles. In the second round of singles, Ruud beat Fabio Fognini, who was ranked 12th in the world in straight sets. Ruud made it to the final of the 2020 Argentina Open in February, where he beat Pedro Sousa to become the first Norwegian tennis player to win an ATP Tour title and also play in more than one ATP Tour final.
Casper Ruud in 2021
Ruud made it to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2021 Australian Open. He beat Jordan Thompson, Tommy Paul, and Radu Albot before giving up against Andrey Rublev after losing the first two sets. Ruud won his second top-10 match when he beat Diego Schwartzman in straight sets in the second round of the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters. It was his first match there.
Ruud and his partner André Goransson made it to the quarterfinals of the Men’s Doubles tournament at Wimbledon in 2021. As a result, on July 12, 2021, he reached world No. 133 in doubles, which was his career high. At the end of September, Ruud was chosen to play for Team Europe in the Laver Cup in 2021. He beat Reilly Opelka in the first match of the tournament, which Europe went on to win 14–1. At the end of the year, Ruud was ranked eighth in the world in singles.
Casper Ruud in 2022
At the 2022 Miami Open, he beat Henri Laaksonen, Alexander Bublik, and Cameron Norrie to get to his fourth Masters 1000 semifinal. In the quarterfinal, he beat World No. 4 Alexander Zverev for the first time. Ruud beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his last professional match, which was at the French Open. At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, he beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas for his first win at this Major and his 150th win overall.
Casper Ruud’s Most Recent Win
Ruud won the Swiss Open Gstaad in July for the second year consecutively. It was his ninth ATP title overall. In the final, he beat Matteo Berrettini, giving him a 16-0 record on the tour to Switzerland.
Personal life of Casper Ruud
Ruud is the son of Christian Ruud, who used to be a professional tennis player. There are two of them. He grew up in the Snarya neighborhood of Baerum. Rafael Nadal was his favorite tennis player when he was young.
Stats about Casper Ruud’s career
In Singles
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Australian Open | Q3 | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 4R | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| French Open | Q2 | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | F | 0 / 5 | 13–5 | 72% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 1R | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| US Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 0 / 15 | 21–15 | 58% |
In Doubles
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | NH | QF | 2R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| US Open | 3R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |
| Win–loss | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 9 | 7–9 | 44% |