Casper Ruud aces Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Ruud will face off with Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 8 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ruud added to his prize money € 48,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 158,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 92,000 to his earnings to get in total € 250,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
4-6 6-3
4h:08
At the end of the match, Casper scored 155 points vs. the Spaniard’s 152.
Ruud
Ruud fired 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Casper won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, Alejandro was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Davidovich Fokina is 3-2 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry – stats
Ruud will square off with Martin Etcheverry in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Tomas Martin Etcheverry play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 7-66 6-4 in the semifinal in Barcelona back in April 2024.
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-1 6-2)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-74 6-4 6-2 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-1 5-0 ret.)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-0 6-2)
- Holger RuneRune – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 6-3 3-6 3-6 7-67)
- Casper RuudRuud – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-65 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-5 6-1 6-4)
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Sebastian BaezBaez (3-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 7-65)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-1 6-4)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alexander BublikBublik (6-2 6-2 6-3)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-4 6-4 1-6 6-3)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-2 7-62 6-0)
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (1-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-2)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-67 6-4 ret.)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-1 6-3)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-0 6-3 6-4)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-62 6-3 6-3)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (3-6 6-78 6-1 5-0 ret.)
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 3-6 6-1 6-4)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 6-1 3-6 1-6 6-1)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – David GoffinGoffin (7-64 6-2 6-2)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-2 0-6 6-3)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Maximilian MartererMarterer (3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-72 6-1 6-3 7-65)
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-4 6-3)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2 6-72 6-4)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-2 6-4)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-65 6-4 1-6 7-65)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tommy PaulPaul (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas MachacMachac – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
