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Casper Ruud #138 def. Ernesto Escobedo #114

6-2 6-7(2) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Casper Ruud
Score	6-2 6-7(2) 6-1
Loser	Ernesto Escobedo
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Casper Ruud	Ernesto Escobedo
Aces	12	12
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	69	56
First serve points won %	71	72
Second serve points won %	39	35
Break points saved %	80	55
Break points converted %	45	20
Service points won %	61	56
Return points won %	44	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Casper Ruud	Ernesto Escobedo
Country	NOR	MEX
Birth date	Dec 22, 1998	Jul 4, 1996
Age	19	21
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	138	114
Ranking points (entering)	422	498
Elo (entering)	1,597	1,664
Career W-L	285–160	20–39
Career earnings	$29,211,798	$1,588,064

Pre-match H2H

Casper Ruud 0 – 0 Ernesto Escobedo

Path

Casper Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q2	Dmitry Popko	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Tatsuma Ito	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Casper Ruud's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Quentin Halys	6-3 3-6 6-7(5) 7-5 11-9	W	H2H	Match data

Ernesto Escobedo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q2	Alessandro Giannessi	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Pablo Andujar	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data