Casper Ruud dispatches Marin Cilic 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Paris on Friday. Ruud will play Rafael Nadal in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 55 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Marin Cilic French Open – Paris
Ruud’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-2
2h:55
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 121 points vs. Marin’s 103.
Ruud
Casper blasted 16 aces without committing any double fault. The Norwegian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, Cilic was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Cilic is 3-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Ruud will play Nadal in the final.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
The Norwegian had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 4 games after winning 71 points vs. Nadal’s 39 points.
Live score progression and stats
Cilic won the set after he broke the Norwegian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Casper was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Croatian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, Casper was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 58 points. The Croatian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Norwegian (32-26). Cilic dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Norwegian clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Ruud converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Cilic was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ruud won just 2 more points than Cilic (33-31). The Norwegian lost 11 points on serve (23-11). In addition, on the other side, Cilic conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Ruud had a racing start in this set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Norwegian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Cilic in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Ruud won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Ruud converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Marin was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They contested 70 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Marin (40-30). Casper conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). On the losing side, Marin conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).
Ruud had a favorable start in this set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). Ruud managed to boost his lead after breaking Cilic in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Casper converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Marin (26-14). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Marin conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores at the Roland Garros
- Rafael NadalNadal – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-68 6-6 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
