

What Time Will Casper Ruud Play Against James Duckworth?
Ruud and Duckworth are on the Day 3 Schedule at Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024 on Thursday 8 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
This will be the first meeting between Casper Ruud from Norway and James Duckworth from Australia. Casper Ruud is currently 25 years old and ranked as the world number 9 with a career-high of number 2. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 43-13 and has won two titles. In the specific event, he has a record of 6-3 and reached the semifinals in 2022.
Casper Ruud became the highest-ranked Norwegian player in history when he reached a career-high ranking of number 2. This happened after he lost to Alcaraz in the 2022 US Open final, where the number 1 ranking was at stake. He is the first Norwegian to win 12 ATP Tour titles, reach the Nitto ATP Finals (reaching the semifinals in 2021 and the final in 2022), reach a Grand Slam final (Roland Garros in 2022-23 and the US Open in 2023), and an ATP Masters 1000 final (Miami in 2022 and Monte Carlo in 2024).
In July 2021, Ruud achieved a remarkable feat by winning three consecutive clay-court titles at Bastad, Gstaad, and Kitzbuhel. This made him the first player since Murray in 2011 to win three titles in as many weeks at different tournaments (Bangkok, Tokyo, and Shanghai).
Since the start of the 2020 season, Ruud has been leading the ATP Tour in clay-court wins (116), finals (16), and titles (11). He won the biggest title of his career at the 2024 Barcelona tournament. One of the highlights of his career was defeating the world number 1, Djokovic, en route to the final of the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo.
It is worth noting that Ruud has a strong record in opening rounds this season, with a 13-2 record overall and a perfect 5-0 record on hard courts. In ATP Masters 1000 events, he has an 11-5 record, including his run to the Monte Carlo final,
where he defeated Djokovic in the semifinals but lost to Tsitsipas in the final.
On the other hand, James Duckworth is 32 years old and currently ranked as the world number 80, with a career-high of number 46. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 9-8, with three quarterfinal appearances. In the specific event, he has a record of 3-1, reaching the third round in 2021.
Duckworth achieved his career-high ranking of number 46 in January 2022, following a successful 2021 season where he earned a personal-best 22 tour-level wins. He reached his first ATP Tour final at Astana and scored his biggest career win against Goffin, who was ranked number 13 at the time, at the Miami tournament. In 2021, he also reached the third round at Wimbledon, his first Grand Slam 3R, and the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters, his first ATP Masters 1000 QF.
In 2019, Duckworth had a challenging year on the ATP Tour, going 0-3. However, he had a successful run in Challenger events, with a record of 49-18 and winning four titles in six finals at Bangkok, Baotou, Playford, and Pune.
Duckworth has undergone nine surgeries throughout his career, including on his right elbow, foot, shoulder, and hip. Notably, his grandmother, Beryl Penrose, was a successful tennis player who won singles and doubles titles at the 1955 Australian Championships.
It is important to mention that Duckworth has a winless record of 0-13 against top 10 players in his career, including a 0-3 record in 2024. He will be aiming to achieve the biggest win of his career and reach the third round of the event for the second time, as he did in 2021 (defeating Fritz in the first round, Sinner in the second round, and losing to Medvedev in the third round).
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Ruud will win.
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