Taylor Fritz wins against Casper Ruud 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Fritz will play Alexander Zverev in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Taylor added to his prize money $ 205,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 530,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Taylor will add $ 470,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,000,000 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Casper Ruud U.S. Open – New York
Fritz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 114 points vs. Casper’s 103.
Fritz
The American served pretty well to win 84% of the points (53/63) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (22/41) on his second serve. Fritz struck 24 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The American won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, the Norwegian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Ruud is 1-2 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Fritz will square off with Zverev in the quarter.
This will be the 10th time that Taylor Fritz and Alexander Zverev play each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Zverev (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Fritz won 4-6 6-74 6-4 7-63 6-3 in the 4th round in Wimbledon back in July 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ruud conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Casper was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the American (30-20). Casper was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Taylor conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 72 points. Fritz conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Norwegian (38-34). The American dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, the Norwegian conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
Fritz had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for the American to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Fritz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The American won 6 more points than the Norwegian (29-23). Taylor lost 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, Casper conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Fritz started the set in the best possible way after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Taylor reinforced his lead after breaking the Norwegian in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Certainly, a key moment was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 4th set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Taylor converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Taylor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The American won 11 more points than the Norwegian (27-16). Taylor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Ruud conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 7-63 2-6 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 7-63 1-6 3-6 6-3)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Casper RuudRuud (3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2)
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