After suffering six straight defeats in the hard-court final, is it possible for Ruud, who won the clay 500 for the first time last year, to turn the tables?

When it comes to the players who have been on the lookout lately, Shapovalov is undoubtedly a name that needs to be mentioned. After winning his first career title in 2019, he failed to add another trophy in nearly five years. In the last six months, he won the race from Belgrade, and at the promoted Dallas 500 that ended last week, he won the trophy again and won his most important title to date.

Some people rejoice, and some people are sad. Sapo's opponent Ruud in the final has recently suffered a six-game losing streak in hard-court finals. Historically, he has only won one hard-court final. The details are as follows:

Ruud 1-6 in hardcourt finals (last six consecutive defeats)

2022 Miami (Alcaraz)

2022 US Open (Alcaraz)

It was Ruud's only career final at the Masters and a hard-court Grand Slam final, but was relentlessly thwarted by the Chosen One, Aca. Especially in the U.S. Open match, Aka won and won the world No. 1, which made Ruud helpless.

2022 Torino Finals (Novak Djokovic)

Ruud was in a strong form that year, and he rarely appeared in the year-end finals, reaching the final in one fell swoop, but facing the most successful player in the history of the tournament, the Norwegian still had to pay the tuition fees.

2024 Los Cabos 250 (Thompson)

2024 Acapulco 500 (Deminaur)

Last season, after a two-year absence from the finals on hard courts, Ruud took the opportunity to reach the finals at a lower level, but even against Thompson, who had not yet started on the tour, Ruud was still at a loss and still hated the final. In Acapulco, in the face of defending champions De Minaur, Ruud and his opponent's two phases of form, the Norwegian was reasonably defeated.

2025 Dallas 500 (Shapovalov)

Dallas' Shapovalov is undoubtedly crazy, and the Canadian has won three consecutive world top 10 titles, along with Ruud, the first brother Fritz and the second brother Paul.

Ruud's most important race win so far was last year's Barcelona race, his only 500 title to date, but on top of that, he has won a bunch of 250 races.

However, the hard court championship he won is still quite golden. In 2021, he won the trophy at the star-studded San Diego tournament and reached the final of his first career hard court event. However, his subsequent results on hard courts are hard to describe, and he is so accustomed to breaking through on clay, will his next breakthrough be on hard courts?(Source: Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye)