Jordan Thompson ousts Casper Ruud 6-3 7-6(4) in the final in Los Cabos on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This is the first time that Jordan conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this event so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Thompson added $ 57,995 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 139,190 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Jordan Thompson vs. Casper Ruud Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jordan scored 82 points vs. the Norwegian’s 63.
Thompson
Jordan served extremely well to win 80% of the points (37/46) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (18/34) on his second serve. Jordan was stunning in converting all the break points (3/3).
Ruud
On the other side, Casper was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Thompson and Ruud is 3-2 for Jordan.
This was the maiden title for the Australian. This was his 8 final as he was the runner up in Houston 2019, in Santiago 2020, in Miami 2022, at the French Open 2022, at the U.S. Open 2022, in Turin 2022, at the French Open 2023 and in Bastad 2023. Ruud remains with 10th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Thompson was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, the Norwegian was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Thompson won 7 points more than the Norwegian (37-30). The Australian conceded 14 points on serve (28-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Casper conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Thompson got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Australian managed to stage a good comeback to break Ruud in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Thompson won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 11th (7-4) point.
Jordan won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Jordan was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, the Norwegian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 78 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Casper (45-33). The Australian dropped 11 points on serve (27-11). In addition, on the other side, the Norwegian conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).