Casper Ruud, Taylor Harry Fritz, Reilly Opelka and John Isner will lead the draw in Houston. The tournament will be staged next week and the defending champion is Cristian Garin. Thanks to a wild card, Nick Kyrgios will also be part of the main draw.
Since Casper Ruud is currently in the Miami Open final, there are some doubts that he will still play in Houston.
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Ruud in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
At the moment ranked no.8 (career-high), Ruud owns a compiled 13-3 win-loss record in 2022. Ruud is currently playing in Miami where he ousted Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2, Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4, Alexander Zverev 6-3 1-6 6-3 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-1.
Casper Ruud will play the world no.16 Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
Ruud conquered 1 title in 2022 in Buenos Aires.
Ruud won 7 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 6 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Taylor Harry Fritz in 2022
Ranked no.13 (career-high), the American played his last match on the 29th of March when he was overcome by world no.48 Miomir Kecmanovic 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami (draw).
This season Taylor owns a composed 16-5 record. This year, Taylor clinched 1 title in Indian Wells.
Casper Ruud and Taylor Harry Fritz have never faced off.
Reilly Opelka in 2022
Currently the world no.18, Opelka played his last match on the 25th of March when he had to retire when playing against world no.103 Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 6-1 3-1 .
At the moment, during this season Opelka has a 13-6 match record. Reilly clinched 1 title in Dallas. Opelka was the finalist in Delray Beach.
John Isner in 2022
Ranked world no.22, John played his last match on the 25th of March when he surrendered to world no.68 Hugo Gaston 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami (draw).
During this season John has a 6-8 win-loss record. John Isner’s best achievement of this year was getting to the semifinal in Dallas.
Reilly Opelka and John Isner played each other 5 times. The head to head is 4-1 for Opelka. Before, the last time they locked horns, Reilly Opelka won 7-6(7) 7-6(22) in the semifinal in Dallas (Dallas Open) on the 12th of February 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
