Casper Ruud downs Holger Rune 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Paris on Wednesday. Ruud will clash against Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ruud added to his prize money € 230,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 630,000 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Casper will add € 520,000 to his earnings to get in total € 1,150,000.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Holger Rune French Open – Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JkVp28oSbk
Ruud’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-3
2h:44
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 123 points vs. the Dane’s 100.
Ruud
Ruud won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Rune
On the other side, Holger was struggling when converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Rune is 5-1 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Ruud will fight against Zverev in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud started the set strong after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Norwegian extended his lead after breaking Holger in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Casper lost a big opportunity to break the Dane in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Casper converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Holger was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 44 points. The Norwegian won 14 points more than Holger (29-15). The Norwegian lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Rune conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Ruud conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 1st game (1-0). Ruud improved his lead after breaking Holger in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Norwegian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Ruud was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Rune (30-21). Ruud surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, the Dane conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Ruud was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Rune to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Rune was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 55 points. The Dane was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Casper (31-24). Holger lost 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Casper conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Casper converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Holger was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 73 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Rune (40-33). Casper dropped 13 points on serve (24-13). In addition, on the other side, Rune conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Holger RuneRune (6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-60 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-0) – H2H details and stats
