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And then there were two. The men’s final is set for Sunday in Madrid, with surging Jack Draper set to meet clay guru Casper Ruud for the title. Let’s go inside the numbers of this enticing matchup…
1 Fifth-seeded Draper and 14th-seeded Ruud will contest their first ever head-to-head meeting in Sunday’s men’s singles final in Madrid.
2 Draper is playing his second Masters final in under two months’ time, and he is currently No.2 in the Race to Turin standings.
3 Ruud is into his third Masters final, and seeks his first title at this level.
4 Draper will become the fourth British man to ever hold a Top-5 ranking when Monday’s rankings are released. The Brit is bidding for his fourth career ATP title.
5 Only two southpaws have – Rafael Nadal and Draper – have held a Top-5 ranking since 2000. 6 Number of break points that Draper has faced at Madrid thus far. He has saved four of six. Ruud has faced 30 break points, saving 24..
7 Ruud will return to the Top 10 and No.7 if he wins the title on Sunday.
8 Draper will bid to become the eighth player to have won clay and hard court masters titles in one season in the last 20 years (since 2005).
10-12 Draper’s record on clay prior to taking the court at Madrid. He had never progressed beyond a quarterfinal at any level prior to reeling off five consecutive wins at Madrid.
12-12 Ruud is bidding for her 13th ATP title on Sunday, and his 12th on clay. He was half of his previous 24 finals.
25 Years since a Scandinavian man – Magnus Norman, 2000 – has won a Masters title on clay. Ruud will bid to join Stefan Edberg and Norman as the third man from Scandinavia to win a Masters title on the surface.
95 Percentage of service games won by Draper at Madrid; Ruud has won 88 percent of his service games.
124 Number of clay court wins amassed by Ruud since 2020. The Norwegian has gone 124-35 with 11 titles on clay in that span.