H2H data updated: 2026-09-05 00:00 UTC

Mariano Puerta vs Christian Ruud H2H: 1-2

Christian Ruud holds a 2–1 lead over Mariano Puerta in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Christian Ruud leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Christian Ruud won the 1999 St. Poelten round of 32 3-6 6-1 7-6(2).

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Mariano Puerta
ARG Age 47 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main draw meetings
Christian Ruud
NOR Age 54 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Christian Ruud #60 3-6 6-1 7-6(2) Mariano Puerta #44 Match data May 20, 1999* R32 St. Poelten ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Mariano Puerta #46 6-3 6-3 Christian Ruud #61 Match data May 5, 1999* R64 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
Christian Ruud #66 6-2 4-6 6-3 Mariano Puerta #35 Match data Feb 11, 1999* R32 San Jose ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Mariano Puerta #1,009 #9 1,834 1,893 121 116 51.1% 0 0 0 0 3 3
Christian Ruud #662 #39 1,006 1,772 100 131 43.3% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Mariano Puerta Christian Ruud
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1997 2–1 66.7% — 1,531 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 1998 21–12 63.6% #39 1,706 0 1 1992 0–2 0.0% #291 1,491 0 0
20 1999 14–26 35.0% #101 1,616 0 1 1993 1–2 33.3% #146 1,499 0 0
21 2000 39–21 65.0% #21 1,725 0 2 1994 2–4 33.3% #84 1,518 0 0
22 2001 1–12 7.7% #254 1,573 0 2 1995 15–24 38.5% #75 1,582 0 0
23 2002 2–4 33.3% #116 1,597 0 2 1996 24–24 50.0% #59 1,663 0 0
24 2003 5–14 26.3% #118 1,522 0 2 1997 23–25 47.9% #65 1,622 0 0
25 2004 0–1 0.0% #133 1,509 0 2 1998 2–13 13.3% #86 1,492 0 0
26 2005 37–25 59.7% #56 1,695 0 3 1999 22–17 56.4% #67 1,649 0 0
27 — — — — — — — 2000 8–17 32.0% #144 1,575 0 0
28 — — — — — — — 2001 3–3 50.0% #290 1,605 0 0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Mariano Puerta Christian Ruud
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 1997 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1998 0 2 2 0.0% 21 9 30 70.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1992 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 1999 6 10 16 37.5% 8 16 24 33.3% — — — — — — — — 1993 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2000 1 6 7 14.3% 37 13 50 74.0% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 1994 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — —
22 2001 0 1 1 0.0% 1 10 11 9.1% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1995 1 7 8 12.5% 14 15 29 48.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2002 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 1996 4 8 12 33.3% 20 14 34 58.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2003 0 4 4 0.0% 5 9 14 35.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1997 9 10 19 47.4% 14 13 27 51.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 2004 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1998 0 7 7 0.0% 2 6 8 25.0% — — — — — — — —
26 2005 6 5 11 54.5% 28 13 41 68.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 1999 8 6 14 57.1% 14 10 24 58.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 1 5 6 16.7% 7 9 16 43.8% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 13 28 41 31.7% 104 76 180 57.8% 0 4 4 0.0% 4 8 12 33.3% — 23 45 68 33.8% 77 76 153 50.3% 0 6 6 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 197/237 of Mariano Puerta's and 187/231 of Christian Ruud's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Mariano Puerta Christian Ruud
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 1997 1/3 5.0 2.0 64.3% 80.6% 65.0% 100.0% 50.0% 75.0% 34.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1998 26/33 2.6 1.7 64.8% 68.2% 52.0% 52.1% 50.0% 62.6% 38.6% 1992 1/2 3.0 5.0 62.5% 60.0% 38.1% 50.0% 33.3% 51.8% 30.5%
20 1999 30/40 3.7 2.0 63.4% 64.7% 50.2% 57.7% 51.1% 59.4% 35.8% 1993 3/3 0.0 3.3 66.7% 59.6% 54.5% 52.8% 47.1% 57.8% 40.8%
21 2000 45/60 3.1 1.4 67.7% 69.7% 54.5% 64.2% 46.4% 65.0% 38.4% 1994 6/6 2.0 2.2 60.6% 65.3% 45.7% 46.7% 49.7% 57.3% 43.1%
22 2001 10/13 3.2 3.2 58.8% 63.9% 43.5% 54.6% 36.5% 55.8% 31.8% 1995 34/39 2.5 3.4 59.1% 60.4% 41.8% 49.4% 45.0% 53.2% 41.5%
23 2002 4/6 3.8 3.8 61.3% 61.7% 43.6% 43.6% 38.2% 54.4% 37.9% 1996 36/48 2.2 2.6 59.2% 64.7% 47.8% 49.6% 49.1% 57.6% 40.3%
24 2003 19/19 2.9 2.8 61.7% 68.1% 48.4% 49.1% 22.3% 60.6% 34.2% 1997 37/48 2.7 2.7 56.4% 64.4% 49.1% 50.9% 41.7% 57.6% 38.0%
25 2004 1/1 1.0 4.0 60.0% 61.9% 28.6% 0.0% — 48.6% 11.1% 1998 12/15 3.1 3.3 57.1% 63.9% 49.5% 56.3% 33.9% 57.4% 34.5%
26 2005 61/62 4.6 1.8 67.1% 69.7% 55.6% 59.9% 42.0% 65.0% 36.6% 1999 34/39 2.3 3.0 61.6% 63.5% 48.2% 52.1% 39.4% 57.4% 40.4%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2000 20/25 3.0 2.9 57.6% 62.5% 49.0% 48.7% 43.3% 56.6% 38.4%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2001 4/6 4.8 2.0 58.6% 62.8% 50.2% 66.6% 21.0% 57.4% 37.0%
Career — 197/237 3.6 1.9 65.3% 68.2% 52.4% 57.8% 43.0% 62.7% 36.6% — 187/231 2.5 2.9 58.9% 63.2% 47.3% 50.9% 42.8% 56.6% 39.5%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Mariano Puerta Christian Ruud
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 1997 1531 110.1 -1.06 -2.79 1.385 55.6% — +53 — 66.7% +0.67 — — — +0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1998 1707 136.4 +1.08 -0.90 1.031 50.6% — +94 — 57.9% +0.46 11–3 (79%) 6–3 (67%) 111.1 +0.39 1992 1492 112.1 -0.25 +1.77 0.633 42.0% — — — 25.0% -1.00 — 0–3 (0%) — -0.32
20 1999 1616 129.5 -1.55 -1.75 0.882 47.9% -40 +26 — 44.0% -0.45 2–11 (15%) 5–7 (42%) 90.3 -0.85 1993 1500 114.3 +0.45 +1.01 0.968 49.4% — — — 44.4% +0.11 1–2 (33%) — — -0.13
21 2000 1725 148.1 +3.13 +0.81 1.097 51.7% -181 +130 — 67.4% +0.99 6–6 (50%) 11–6 (65%) 99.8 -0.20 1994 1519 122.2 +1.49 +0.44 1.010 50.3% — +33 — 43.8% -0.25 0–2 1–2 (33%) — -0.15
22 2001 1574 112.2 -2.77 -3.94 0.719 44.5% — +105 — 22.6% -1.84 1–3 (25%) 2–2 (50%) 96.5 -0.43 1995 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
23 2002 1598 109.4 -2.76 -0.53 0.832 46.1% — +65 — 35.3% -1.00 1–1 1–1 — +0.12 1996 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
24 2003 1523 115.6 -0.19 -3.28 0.866 47.3% -56 +90 — 29.3% -1.02 1–1 1–2 (33%) — -0.18 1997 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
25 2004 1510 96.4 +0.04 -4.46 0.216 29.6% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.05 1998 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
26 2005 1696 143.6 +2.78 -0.80 1.046 50.6% -143 +177 — 57.1% +0.20 12–9 (57%) 21–9 (70%) 112.1 +2.48 1999 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
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 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
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1605 108.7 -2.68 -2.76 0.868 45.9% — +52 — 58.3% +0.33 1–1 1–0 — +0.44
30 2009 1650 97.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1893 140.7 +1.26 -1.01 0.980 49.7% -111 +113 — 52.6% +0.05 34–34 (50%) 47–30 (61%) 106.2 +0.64 — 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

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.