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Christian Ruud

NOR Age 54 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1992–2001

Christian Ruud represented Norway on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 39. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 100–131 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

39 (Oct 9, 1995)

Elo peak

1773 (66th percentile)

Singles record

100–131 (43.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,399,813

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Christian Ruud's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sargis Sargsian #115	1-6 1-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2001*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Clemens Trimmel #169	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 29, 2001*	Q3 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Noam Behr #198	1-6 6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data	May 29, 2001*	Q2 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
David Nalbandian #127	3-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2001	Q1 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Stefan Koubek #82	6-4 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 4, 2001*	R16	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Christian Ruud's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hernan Gumy	3	3	6	Jul 9, 1999	H2H
Karim Alami	2	3	5	Apr 22, 2000	H2H
Francisco Clavet	0	5	5	Mar 17, 1999	H2H
Andrei Medvedev	1	3	4	Jul 21, 1999	H2H
Alex Corretja	2	2	4	Jan 22, 1999	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (3)

Christian Ruud Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Boris Becker #5 def. Christian Ruud #312 3-6 7-6(2) 5-7 7-6(2) 6-3	H2H	Match data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Andrei Olhovskiy #95 def. Christian Ruud #73 6-4 6-3	H2H	Match data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Andreas Vinciguerra #42 def. Christian Ruud #158 6-2 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Christian Ruud career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	19	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	382	291
1993	20	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	291	146
1994	21	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	146	84
1995	22	ATP	15	24	39	38.5%	84	75
1996	23	ATP	24	24	48	50.0%	75	59
1997	24	ATP	23	25	48	47.9%	58	65
1998	25	ATP	2	13	15	13.3%	65	86
1999	26	ATP	22	17	39	56.4%	86	67
2000	27	ATP	8	17	25	32.0%	65	144
2001	28	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2001	28	ATP	3	3	6	50.0%	144	290
Career		—	100	131	231	43.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Christian Ruud career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	20	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1994	21	ATP	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1995	22	ATP	1	7	8	12.5%	14	15	29	48.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	24	39	38.5%
1996	23	ATP	4	8	12	33.3%	20	14	34	58.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	24	24	48	50.0%
1997	24	ATP	9	10	19	47.4%	14	13	27	51.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	23	25	48	47.9%
1998	25	ATP	0	7	7	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	13	15	13.3%
1999	26	ATP	8	6	14	57.1%	14	10	24	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	22	17	39	56.4%
2000	27	ATP	1	5	6	16.7%	7	9	16	43.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	17	25	32.0%
2001	28	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2001	28	ATP	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
Career	—	—	23	45	68	33.8%	77	76	153	50.3%	0	6	6	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	100	131	231	43.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Christian Ruud career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1994	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1995	22	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	11	19	42.1%	5	4	9	55.6%	15	23	38	39.5%
1996	23	1	2	3	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%	5	12	17	29.4%	11	3	14	78.6%	19	24	43	44.2%
1997	24	1	7	8	12.5%	4	4	8	50.0%	11	10	21	52.4%	7	3	10	70.0%	23	24	47	48.9%
1998	25	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	11	12	8.3%
1999	26	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	10	7	17	58.8%	8	4	12	66.7%	21	16	37	56.8%
2000	27	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	12	14	14.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	7	17	24	29.2%
2001	28	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career		3	18	21	14.3%	12	26	38	31.6%	38	60	98	38.8%	38	22	60	63.3%	91	126	217	41.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 217/231 (93.9%) of Christian Ruud's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Christian Ruud performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1992	19	1/2	3.0	5.0	62.5%	60.0%	38.1%	50.0%	33.3%	51.8%	30.5%
1993	20	3/3	0.0	3.3	66.7%	59.6%	54.5%	52.8%	47.1%	57.8%	40.8%
1994	21	6/6	2.0	2.2	60.6%	65.3%	45.7%	46.7%	49.7%	57.3%	43.1%
1995	22	34/39	2.5	3.4	59.1%	60.4%	41.8%	49.4%	45.0%	53.2%	41.5%
1996	23	36/48	2.2	2.6	59.2%	64.7%	47.8%	49.6%	49.1%	57.6%	40.3%
1997	24	37/48	2.7	2.7	56.4%	64.4%	49.1%	50.9%	41.7%	57.6%	38.0%
1998	25	12/15	3.1	3.3	57.1%	63.9%	49.5%	56.3%	33.9%	57.4%	34.5%
1999	26	34/39	2.3	3.0	61.6%	63.5%	48.2%	52.1%	39.4%	57.4%	40.4%
2000	27	20/25	3.0	2.9	57.6%	62.5%	49.0%	48.7%	43.3%	56.6%	38.4%
2001	28	4/6	4.8	2.0	58.6%	62.8%	50.2%	66.6%	21.0%	57.4%	37.0%
Career		187/231	2.5	2.9	58.9%	63.2%	47.3%	50.9%	42.8%	56.6%	39.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 187/231 (81.0%) of Christian Ruud's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Christian Ruud advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1992	19	1492	112.1	-0.25	+1.77	0.633	42.0%	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.00	—	0–3 (0%)	—	-0.32
1993	20	1500	114.3	+0.45	+1.01	0.968	49.4%	—	—	—	44.4%	+0.11	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.13
1994	21	1519	122.2	+1.49	+0.44	1.010	50.3%	—	+33	—	43.8%	-0.25	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.15
1995	22	1583	125.3	-5.10	+2.36	0.887	47.4%	-120	+57	—	38.3%	-0.77	5–4 (56%)	7–5 (58%)	104.3	-0.03
1996	23	1664	133.1	-3.24	+1.31	0.950	48.9%	-195	+86	—	48.7%	-0.05	5–8 (38%)	5–4 (56%)	101.1	+0.32
1997	24	1623	135.6	-2.88	+0.25	0.894	47.7%	-58	+111	—	48.8%	-0.35	10–10 (50%)	10–8 (56%)	105.6	-0.63
1998	25	1492	114.5	-3.03	-2.68	0.808	45.9%	+10	+133	—	28.2%	-0.97	0–6 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	92.4	+0.17
1999	26	1650	127.8	-3.52	+1.22	0.948	49.0%	-36	+31	—	55.4%	+0.19	5–3 (63%)	8–1 (89%)	107.6	+1.46
2000	27	1575	122.0	-3.21	+0.53	0.885	47.6%	-19	+64	—	35.0%	-0.92	2–4 (33%)	1–5 (17%)	95.3	-0.84
2001	28	1605	108.7	-2.68	-2.76	0.868	45.9%	—	+52	—	58.3%	+0.33	1–1	1–0	—	+0.44
Career		1773	133.6	-3.30	+0.82	0.909	48.0%	-76	+73	—	44.9%	-0.36	29–40 (42%)	35–31 (53%)	103.0	+0.13

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Christian Ruud Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1992	19	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1994	21	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	22	R128	R32	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1996	23	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1997	24	R16	R128	R128	R64	4–4 (50%)
1998	25	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1999	26	R32	R32	R128	R64	5–4 (56%)
2000	27	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
2001	28	—	R128	—	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		6–5 (55%)	8–7 (53%)	0–5 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	16–24 (40%)

Masters 1000

Christian Ruud Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	ITA	W-L Win %
1995	22	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1997	24	—	R32	R64	QF	R128	R32	5–5 (50%)
1999	26	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
2000	27	—	—	—	R16	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–4 (20%)	1–3 (25%)	8–13 (38%)

ATP 500

Christian Ruud ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	MEX	BAR	AUS	STU	MEM	PHI	W-L Win %
1995	22	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	2–2 (50%)
1996	23	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1997	24	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1998	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1999	26	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	3–2 (60%)
2000	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2001	28	QF	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	13–11 (54%)

ATP 250

Christian Ruud ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	SWE	BAS	BUC	BUE	DOH	DUB	EST	HAL	AUS	MAL	MRS	ROT	SPB	STG	STO	UMA	BER	BOL	BOU	CAS	DLB	DUT	LON	MAR	MER	MEX	MON	MOS	OPO	ORL	OST	PAL	PRA	SAN	SAN	SCO	ST.	U.S	GEN	W-L Win %
1993	20	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1995	22	—	QF	R16	F	R32	SF	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	11–17 (39%)
1996	23	—	—	R16	R32	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	18–15 (55%)
1997	24	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	12–14 (46%)
1998	25	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–10 (17%)
1999	26	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	13–9 (59%)
2000	27	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	5–9 (36%)
2001	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	9–5 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	7–4 (64%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–5 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	64–80 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 9, 1995

First Top 100

Dec 12, 1994

First Top 50

Aug 28, 1995

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Christian Ruud ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1015	1032	1054
1989	16	1054	1054	1064	1067	1075	1060	1093	1114	1105	1118	1122	1103
1990	17	1091	1089	1060	1032	1017	1015	986	948	946	961	1004	1007
1991	18	1008	1016	1029	—	—	544	569	568	392	379	391	381
1992	19	382	376	365	367	365	453	312	315	330	320	306	291
1993	20	291	256	264	264	254	262	176	151	153	152	143	146
1994	21	153	152	150	148	135	122	144	167	143	119	103	84
1995	22	78	74	75	69	67	62	53	50	40	56	64	75
1996	23	77	81	81	64	59	57	73	57	62	56	59	59
1997	24	41	40	47	43	46	51	52	58	64	67	65	65
1998	25	67	108	105	149	172	134	105	99	110	97	86	86
1999	26	86	60	60	61	57	51	49	55	51	64	67	67
2000	27	83	95	98	87	87	111	130	142	158	155	148	144
2001	28	143	146	120	162	173	169	226	230	246	265	290	290
2002	29	286	283	498	525	662	662	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Christian Ruud's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Hendrik Dreekmann	GER	#39	1,788	211	95	116	45.0%	$1,366,435	0	1993–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Filip Dewulf	BEL	#39	1,801	194	85	109	43.8%	$1,503,987	2	1993–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Hernan Gumy	ARG	#39	1,770	230	108	122	47.0%	$1,226,776	1	1994–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Karsten Braasch	GER	#38	1,731	161	68	93	42.2%	$1,497,244	0	1989–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Mikael Tillstrom	SWE	#39	1,833	218	109	109	50.0%	$2,030,525	1	1992–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Sargis Sargsian	ARM	#38	1,811	364	156	208	42.9%	$2,603,732	1	1993–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Stefano Pescosolido	ITA	#42	1,764	263	107	156	40.7%	$1,657,671	2	1988–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Gianluca Pozzi	ITA	#40	1,783	431	173	258	40.1%	$2,272,035	1	1986–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Andrew Ilie	AUS	#38	1,739	204	89	115	43.6%	$1,327,838	2	1995–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Galo Blanco	ESP	#40	1,751	297	122	175	41.1%	$1,832,691	1	1994–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Jonathan Stark	USA	#36	1,802	285	135	150	47.4%	$3,220,867	2	1988–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Lionel Roux	FRA	#48	1,727	192	76	116	39.6%	$1,255,648	0	1992–2002	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Christian Ruud?: Christian Ruud is 54 years old, born on August 24, 1972.
Which country does Christian Ruud represent?: Christian Ruud represents Norway in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Christian Ruud?: Christian Ruud is 188 cm / 6'2".
Does Christian Ruud use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Christian Ruud uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Christian Ruud left-handed or right-handed?: Christian Ruud plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Christian Ruud won?: Christian Ruud has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Christian Ruud won?: TennisDB does not group any of Christian Ruud's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Christian Ruud's highest ATP ranking?: Christian Ruud's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 39, first achieved on October 9, 1995.
What is Christian Ruud's career win-loss record?: Christian Ruud has a career ATP singles record of 100 wins and 131 losses (43.3%).
How much career prize money has Christian Ruud earned?: Christian Ruud has earned at least $1,399,813 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Christian Ruud's career appear in TennisDB?: Christian Ruud appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1992 through 2001.
On which surface does Christian Ruud have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Christian Ruud's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 50.3% (77–76).
Who has Christian Ruud faced most often?: Christian Ruud's most frequent opponent is Hernan Gumy, with a head-to-head record of 3–3 across 6 meetings.