Casper Ruud tops Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 6-3 in the final in Barcelona on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This is the first time that Casper conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Norwegian added € 227,915 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 488,390 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:29
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 68 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 49.
Ruud
Casper served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (35/45) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (7/11) on his second serve. Casper didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Tsitsipas was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Tsitsipas is 3-3.
This was the 11th career title for Ruud. (see list of titles and finals). Tsitsipas remains with 12th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Ruud took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Norwegian managed to stage a good comeback to break Stefanos in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Norwegian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Casper converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Greek converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 70 points. The Norwegian won 8 points more than Tsitsipas (39-31). The Norwegian surrendered 11 points on serve (26-11). on the other side of the court, Stefanos conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Casper snatched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Norwegian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Ruud won 11 more points than Stefanos (29-18). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
