Casper Ruud sweeps aside Benoit Paire 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Geneva on Wednesday after playing a great match to play Thanasi Kokkinakis in the quarter. The match lasted just 55 minutes. Ruud won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Casper added to his prize money € 6,780 after winning this match. He has won already € 16,160 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 11,725 to his earnings to get in total € 27,885 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Benoit Paire Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 56 points vs. Benoit’s 33.
Ruud
Casper was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
Paire
On the other side, Paire didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ruud and Paire is 5-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis – stats
Ruud will compete against Kokkinakis in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Thanasi Kokkinakis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Norwegian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Norwegian broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Casper lost a big opportunity to break Paire in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Casper converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Paire converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd
game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 50 points. Ruud won 10 points more than the French player (30-20). Casper lost 8 points on serve (18-8). On the other side, Paire conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Ruud had a racing start in this set after breaking Benoit Paire in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Norwegian extended his lead after breaking the French player in the 3rd
(3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.A defining moment of this set was when the Norwegian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Ruud was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Paire (26-13). The Norwegian lost 8 points on serve (14-8). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (1-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Johan NiklesNikles (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-72 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Joao SousaSousa (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-1) – H2H details and stats