Casper Ruud will face the great Novak Djokovic on Sunday at 7 p.m. in Turin in the final act of the ATP Final. According to the live rankings, the Norwegian player is already number 3 after he won the semi-final against Andrey Rublev. Nevertheless, he can get yet another spot in the live rankings if he wins the title to overtake Rafael Nadal and become the new world number 2 on Monday.
How Ruud can be ranked no.2
As of now, Caspar has 5820 “live” points while Nadal is stuck with 6020 after he was eliminated in the green group in Turin. If Ruud wins the final, he will add 500 points to end the season with 6320 points which will be enough for him to be ranked number 2.
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Ruud in the Nitto ATP Finals, ranking, and results in 2022
Ranked world no.4, Casper achieved a compiled 51-21 match record in 2022. Ruud ended his run in the round-robin after defeating Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-4.
Casper Ruud will fight against the world no.8 Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Their current head to head is 3-0 for Djokovic.
The Norwegian clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Buenos Aires, in Geneva and in Gstaad. The Norwegian was the runner-up in Miami (Miami Open), at the French Open and at the U.S. Open.
Ruud won 9 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 8 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Djokovic in the Nitto ATP Finals, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently ranked no.8, the Serbian has an overall 41-7 record in 2022. The Serbian ended his run in the round-robin after defeating Taylor Fritz 7-65 7-66.
Novak Djokovic will square off with the world no.4 Casper Ruud in the final on Sunday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Their head to head is 3-0 for Djokovic.
Djokovic clinched 4 titles in 2022 in Rome, in Wimbledon, in Tel Aviv and in Astana. The Serbian got to the final in Belgrade (Serbia Open) and in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters).
The Serbian won 90 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 18 on clay courts, 16 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Casper Ruud and Novak Djokovic squared off 3 times. Their head to head is 3-0 for Djokovic. Before, the last time they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 14th of May 2022.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Rafael Nadal in 2022
Ranked no.2, Rafael played his last match on the 17th of November when he overcame world no.4 Casper Ruud 7-5 7-5 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
Presently, during this year the Spaniard has a 39-8 record. The Spaniard clinched 4 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, Australian Open, Acapulco and French Open. Nadal was the finalist in Indian Wells.
Casper Ruud, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal |
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