Casper Ruud overcomes Carlos Alcaraz 6-1 7-5 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Monday. Ruud is going to play against Alexander Zverev in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Carlos Alcaraz Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 67 points vs. Carlos’s 51.
Ruud
Ruud was remarkable in converting all the break points (4/4).
Alcaraz
On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Alcaraz is 1-4 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Ruud will square off with Zverev in the Round Robin.
This will be the 6th time that Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Zverev won 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Paris back in June 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Carlos 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Alcaraz was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Casper was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 55 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Spaniard (32-23). Casper lost 13 points on serve (23-13). In addition, on the other side, Carlos conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).
The Norwegian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Casper broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Alcaraz was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Casper was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 63 points. Casper conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Alcaraz (35-28). Ruud conceded 13 points on serve (25-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Casper RuudRuud – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 7-5)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-5) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-5) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Andrey RublevRublev (2-5) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-7) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H details and stats