Casper Ruud has been voted by fellow players as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award in the 2022 ATP Awards.
This award recognizes the Norwegian’s fair play, professionalism and integrity on and off the court.
“Thanks to everyone who voted for me for this year’s ATP Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. I feel very honoured and happy to win the prize this year. I will try to keep my mood in the right place for next year. I can’t wait to be back on court”, said Ruud.
Ruud is the first player other than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to win the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award since 2003. Federer won this award 13times and Nadal claimed it five times.
Ruud, the son of former tennis player Christian Ruud, won three ATP titles in Buenos Aires, Geneva and Gstaad and reached four finals in Miami, Roland Garros, US Open and the Nitto ATP Finals. He rose from world number 7 to a career-high to number 2 after finishing ruuner-up at the US Open.
Ruud is the first Norwegian player to win an ATP singles title, to reach major finals, to reach a Masters 1000 final and to enter the top 20 in the ATP rankings. Ruud will not have any points to defend at the Australian Open next January after missing this year’s edition of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year due to an ankle.
