Updated 24 September 2024
Norwegian Casper Ruud is the current no 9 in the world and a great clay court player, but what is Casper Ruud’s racquet?
Casper Ruud’s tennis racquet
Ruud used to be a Babolat Aero Pro Drive (currently called Pure Aero) 
user, but has switched to the Yonex
DR 100 Plus
racquet with some lead at 12 and strung with a hybrid of Yonex Poly Tour Pro and Yonex Poly Tour Spin 1.25
. The DR edition is now discontinued, but the Yonex Ezone 100 Plus gives you a similar response. However, Casper’s racquet is heavier and will need weight added under the grommets.
Casper Ruud’s tennis racquet is 27.5 inches long (allegedly a bit longer than that according to a source that uses Casper’s old racquets – 27.75). It’s approximately 330 grams strung with a balance of 33.5 cm. The swing weight can be guesstimated at 350.
Casper Ruud, Bio and Career
Casper was born on December 22nd 1998 in Oslo, Norway. He began playing tennis at the age of 4 and showed great talent early on.
His professional career started in 2016, Ruud was then the world no 1 ranked junior. He started off by playing Futures tournaments and directly initiated his climb on the ATP rankings.
The first major moment on the ATP Tour came in late 2016, by winning his first ATP Challenger in Seville. Already in the following year, Casper made himself well-known in the tennis world with some impressive events and by reaching the semi-finals of the Rio Open (ATP 500).
The Norwegians first Grand Slam event came in 2018 after going through the qualifiers at the Australian Open and the year after he got into the top 100 ranked players in the world.
Ruud’s first ATP title? That one came shortly after, in 2020 at the Argentina Open where he defeated Pedro Sousa in the final.
Stats
Until today, Casper Ruud has 12 ATP titles and won $20,318,697 in total prize money. His W/L stats are 255 – 132 and career high rank is 2nd, archived in September 2022.
Serve Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| Aces | 1840 |
| Double Faults | 819 |
| 1st Serve Success Rate | 65% |
| 1st Serve Points Won | 72% |
| 2nd Serve Points Won | 54% |
| Break Points Faced | 2030 |
| Break Points Saved | 63% |
| Service Games Played | 4469 |
| Service Games Won | 83% |
| Total Service Points Won | 66% |
Return Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won | 29% |
| 2nd Serve Return Points Won | 51% |
| Break Point Opportunities | 2603 |
| Break Points Converted | 40% |
| Return Games Played | 4380 |
| Return Games Won | 24% |
| Total Return Points Won | 38% |
| Total Points Won | 52% |
Fun Facts and Social Media
- Favourite surface is clay
- Favorite tennis shot: forehand
- Favorite tournament: ATP Monte Carlo
- Also plays a lot of golf
- Biggest win: defeated World No 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the 2024 Monte Carlo final
- Best Grand Slam results: three Grand Slam finals
- Since 2018, Ruud has been training regularly at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Spain
Fans of Casper Ruud can follow him on Instagram where he has 697K followers or on his X account with 104K followers.
12 comments
I think Ruud posts with the DR100
I stand corrected! It is a DR 100 and he’s playing great tennis with it right now in Rio. Thanks!
Well,, Full name of the raquet is Yonex Ezone DR100. It’s a really good stick with the isometric shape. My daughther plays with it and she loves it. The head size is from 98 to 108 sq.in and from 285 to 310 gr.
Hej Ole,
Thanks for your comment. You are a hundred percent correct. It is indeed a great line of racquets that Yonex has created. Cheers / Jonas
That is an interesting hybrid string pair. I did not think of it, but when I read this it looked like an obvious synergistic combination. What tension does he use with each?
And in general, how much tension difference can one have between the mains & crosses?
I don’t know Ruud’s tension, but will try to find out! I think you should be careful not to have too much difference, I think around 1,5-2 kg is good number. Cheers /J
Update.. Casper Ruud is now playing with the new Yonex EZONE
Check out the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91y4p7BoRQ
…
You sure it’s not just a paint job and he’s playing with his old racquet? Cheers / Jonas
Another update, refering to the previous post. No it’was not a paint job, it was the new Ezone. Starting the 2018 season, Casper went back to the DR100 again, but now he is using the extended lenght version – Yonex DR100 Plus which gives him more power on all ground strokes including his serve. Watching Australian Open now, he plays great, ready for second round :-)
Thanks for the update Ole! Appreciate the info and extended frames are interesting to try for sure. Doing it myself at the moment. Cheers / Jonas
TW list the racquet as 4 points headlight is your source a strung weight?
4 pts head light is strung, my specs are unstrung…