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 (Double Handed Backhand)
Coach(es) Pedro Rico (2015-) [1]
Prize money $37,356
Singles
Career record 2–3
Career titles 0
1 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking No. 226 (14 November 2016)
Current ranking No. 231 (28 November 2016)[2]
Doubles
Career record 0–3
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 927 (17 October 2016)
Current ranking No. 940 (31 October 2016)
Last updated on: 31 October 2016.

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.[3]

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.[4]

In September, 2016, in his first ever ATP Challenger tournament, Ruud managed to win the Copa Sevilla after beating Taro Daniel in the final.[5] By winning on his debut Ruud became the fourth youngest to ever do so. [6] 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.

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.[7]

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. [8]

Tour 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 Spain Carlos Taberner 2–6, 7–6(13–11), 6–0
Runner-up 20 March 2016 Futures Bakersfield, USA Hard United States Michael Mmoh 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Runner-up 14 May 2016 Futures Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Clay Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 24 July 2016 Futures Knokke, Belgium Clay Germany Daniel Altmaier 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 7 August 2016 Futures Kaarina, Finland Clay Denmark Mikael Torpegaard 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 10 September 2016 Challenger Seville, Spain Clay Japan Taro Daniel 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 5 November 2016 Futures Oslo, Norway Hard Italy Gianluigi Quinzi 4–6, 1–6

Personal life

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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview
  2. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview
  3. ↑ http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100174417
  4. ↑ http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100174417
  5. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/seville/784/2016/results
  6. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/ruud-chengdu-2016
  7. ↑ http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/group-iii/europe/2015.aspx
  8. ↑ http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/group-ii/europe-africa.aspx

External links

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