Casper Ruud gives his honest opinion on his 2025 season on the ATP Tour

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Casper Ruud has struggled to reach the heights in tennis he managed in 2022, but he has shown promising signs this year.

The Norwegian had his breakthrough season on the ATP Tour three years ago, reaching two Grand Slam finals and a career-high ranking of world number two.

Since then, however, Ruud has not been able to emulate his 2022 campaign, and has fallen to as low as 16th in the world.

While he did record his worst year-end ranking since 2020 this season, the 26-year-old managed to win the biggest title of his career at the Madrid Open in April.

With a win-loss record of 39-16, Ruud suggested there is plenty of room for improvement heading into 2026.

Casper Ruud reflects on his 2025 season on the ATP Tour

When summing up his season on the ‘Tennis Weekly Podcast‘, he said: “You know, it wasn’t what I hoped for.

“By that I mean that when you’ve been top 10, or when you’ve ended the year top 10, or specifically top 8, you play in Turin. You want to aim for that every year coming up.

“I didn’t get there this year. I was there as an alternate, so I was in Turin, but I didn’t get to play, and that was a little bit of a bummer.

“But that, you know, keeps the motivation growing for next season to try to get back there. But all in all, I won two tournaments this year and my biggest title ever in Madrid, so I can’t be too disappointed.

“When I had my kind of breakthrough season in 2022, I realised that, of course, I wish it could be like this every year, but I will have years where it will go a bit down and maybe up again and down again.

“So I was prepared for it, and one thing that is good, I guess, is that the same thing happened in 2023 and in 2024, I came out and played better.

“I had a little bit longer off-season period to train and get ready, so hopefully I can have a bit of the same curve again as I had a couple of years ago.”

Casper Ruud’s maiden ATP Masters 1000 triumph in Madrid

Clay has always been Ruud’s preferred surface, and the biggest title of his career was clinched on the dirt this season.

He put together an impressive run in the Spanish capital and did not drop a set en route to the final.

Ruud earned victories over the likes of Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev to book his place in the championship match, where he met Jack Draper.

His clash with the Briton went to a third and final set, but Ruud came out on top 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to hoist a maiden Masters 1000 trophy.