Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, and Lorenzo Musetti are the leaders of the main draw of the ATP 500 that will be played in Hamburg, Germany, next week. This tournament has almost the same top players as the event that is currently played in Bastad, Sweden. Unfortunately, the world no. 1 and the 2022 runner-up, Carlos Alcaraz, decided not to compete this year. The defending champion is Lorenzo Musetti.
This is the main draw.
Ruud in Bastad, ranking, and results in 2023
LWLLLLWLLL Ranked world no.4, Ruud has achieved a compiled 26-13 match record in 2023. The Norwegian is playing at the moment in Bastad where he overcame the world no.96 Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 6-4, the world no.58 Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-4 and the world no.16 Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 7-5.
The Norwegian has won 1 title in 2023 in Estoril. Ruud reached the final at the French Open.
Casper won 10 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 9 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Ruud has scheduled to play next in Hamburg (Hamburg European Open). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 24th of July.
Rublev in Bastad, ranking, and results in 2023
Currently ranked no.7, Andrey has managed to achieve a composed 37-14 match record in 2023. Rublev is playing at the moment in Bastad where he toppled the world no.89 Pavel Kotov 6-3 7-64 and the world no.19 Alexander Zverev 6-2 6-3.
Andrey Rublev will take on the world no.20 Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. The head to head is 1-0 for Cerundolo.
The Russian conquered 1 title in 2023 in Monte-Carlo. The Russian was the runner-up in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships), in Banja Luka (Srpska Open) and in Halle (Terra Wortmann Open).
Rublev won 13 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 4 on clay courts and 6 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Rublev has scheduled to compete next in Hamburg (Hamburg European Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 24th of July using a wild card.
Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev fought against each other 6 times. Their head to head is 4-2 for Rublev. Before, the last time they played each other, Casper Ruud won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Turin (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Lorenzo Musetti in 2023
Currently the world no.16, the Italian played his last match on the 22nd of July when he was defeated by world no.4 Casper Ruud 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Bastad (draw).
This season the Italian has a 24-17 record. Lorenzo Musetti’s most significant result of the current season was reaching the final in Australia.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2023
WLLWLWWWWW Ranked world no.1, Alcaraz played his last match on the 16th of July when he overcame world no.2 Novak Djokovic 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the final in Wimbledon to win his 12th career title.
This season Alcaraz has a 47-4 match record. Alcaraz conquered 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. The Spaniard was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro.
Lorenzo Musetti and Carlos Alcaraz played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Alcaraz. The last time they locked horns, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in Paris (French Open) on the 4th of June 2023.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
