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Carlos Alcaraz #1 def. Casper Ruud #12

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 2025*
Tournament	Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Carlos Alcaraz
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Casper Ruud
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Carlos Alcaraz	Casper Ruud
Aces	11	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	64	71
First serve points won %	78	69
Second serve points won %	55	58
Break points saved %	75	78
Break points converted %	22	25
Service points won %	70	66
Return points won %	34	30
Total points won %	51	49
Serve rating	298	288
Return rating	109	99

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Alcaraz	Casper Ruud
Country	ESP	NOR
Birth date	May 5, 2003	Dec 22, 1998
Age	22	26
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	12
Ranking points (entering)	11,540	2,945
Elo (entering)	2,372	1,932
Career W-L	284–66	285–160
Career earnings	$64,997,598	$29,211,798

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Alcaraz 4 – 1 Casper Ruud

Path

Carlos Alcaraz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2025	QF	Brandon Nakashima	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2025	R16	Zizou Bergs	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2025	R32	Sebastian Baez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Alcaraz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2025	F	Taylor Fritz	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Casper Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2025	QF	Aleksandar Vukic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2025	R16	Matteo Berrettini	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2025	R32	Shintaro Mochizuki	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data