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Carlos Alcaraz def. Casper Ruud — Semifinal, Japan Open Tennis Championships 2025

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Japan Open Tennis Championships 2025

ATP 500HardTokyo, Japan

Played29 Sep 2025

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇪🇸1 seedWon

Carlos Alcaraz366

Winner meets Taylor Fritz

From a set down

🇳🇴4 seed

Casper Ruud634

What this match is worth

Points earned

+330

Alcaraz · Ruud banks 200

Head to head

2–0 Alcaraz

In Setlex records · including this match

Around this match

The other semifinal

Taylor Fritz d. Jenson Brooksby6-4 6-3

Seeds left

3 of 8 — nos. 1, 2, 4

Both roads here

Alcaraz
Round
Ruud

🇦🇷Sebastian Baez

6-4 6-2

R32

Shintaro Mochizuki🇯🇵

4-6 6-1 6-1

🇧🇪Zizou Bergs

6-4 6-3

R16

Matteo Berrettini🇮🇹

7-6(4) 6-2

🇺🇸Brandon Nakashima

6-2 6-4

QF

Aleksandar Vukic🇦🇺

6-3 6-2

Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 32: Carlos Alcaraz beat Sebastian Baez; Casper Ruud beat Shintaro Mochizuki. Round of 16: Carlos Alcaraz beat Zizou Bergs; Casper Ruud beat Matteo Berrettini. Quarterfinal: Carlos Alcaraz beat Brandon Nakashima; Casper Ruud beat Aleksandar Vukic

How they arrived

6–0

Sets won

6–1

65%

Games won

66%

0–0

Tiebreaks

1–0

0

Deciding sets

1

Previous meetings

1 meeting in Setlex records

Carlos Alcaraz leads 1–0

  1. 2022 · HardCarlos Alcaraz won — New York, USA, Final6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3