Mexico City, Oct. 22, 2024.- After 10 years as a professional (he debuted in 2015), Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 8 in the PIF ATP Ranking) has evolved in his game to become a consistent tennis game to become a consistent tennis player on the circuit. He has accumulated 12 titles, in addition to 11 finals, including two Grand Slam finals at 2022 Roland Garros and U.S. Open, and four years as a Top 10 player.
In September 2021 he entered the Top 10 where he remained until 2022, while at the end of 2023 and early 2024 he dropped to 11th and 12th in the rankings, but it is logical to ensure that for the fourth consecutive season he will finish in the Top 10.
Discovered by Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay, Ruud was invited by the Spaniard to his to his academy in Mallorca to boost his game and practically jump to the elite of tennis, where the Norwegian has managed to become a competitive player on any type of surface.
However, it is on clay courts where Ruud has cemented his career, as he has won 11 of his 12 titles on that surface. surface he has won 11 of his 12 titles, in addition to one on hard court, so on the hard court of Acapulco he is looking to settle down and capture the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis presented by HSBC.
2025 will be Ruud’s third visit to Acapulco. In 2023 he was eliminated in the second round, but in 2024 he made double finalist in the tournaments organized by Mextenis in Los Cabos, where he lost to Jordan Thompson, and in Acapulco, where he lost to Alex de Miñaur.
Although Ruud has had a 2024 of ups and downs, especially in the final part of the season, his record is 48 wins and 19 losses, with two titles (Geneva and Barcelona) and three finals (Monte Carlo, Los Cabos, Monte Carlo and Los Cabos).
The 25-year-old Norwegian’s trophy haul began in 2020 in Buenos Aires, and in 2021 he was champion in Genoa, Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel and San Diego (hard court); in 2022 he repeated in Buenos Aires in 2022 he repeated in Buenos Aires, Genoa and Gstaad, that year he reached the finals in Roland Garros, where he lost to Nadal, and at the US Open, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a duel also for the No. 1 of world tennis, while in 2023 he won Estoril and Both in 2024.
Technical data
Name: Casper Ruud
Age: 25 years old
Date and place of birth: December 22, 1998 in Oslo, Norway
Current ATP Ranking: 8th (as of October 22, 2024)
Best ATP ranking: 2nd
Coach: Christian Ruud
ATP Titles: 12
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