Casper Ruud to Work With Former Player David Ferrer From 2027 Season
Casper Ruud, ranked 18th in the world, will work with David Ferrer from next year. The Norwegian missed the ATP Finals in 2026 and is playing the Stockholm Open as second seed, with a title chance to end a six-year streak.
Casper Ruud will work with former player David Ferrer on the ATP Tour from 2027, the Norwegian announced on Instagram after losing to Carlos Alcaraz at the Paris Masters, where the 18th-ranked Ruud said he wants to return to the top 10.
"Good news travels fast! David Ferrer will be joining the team next year, and needless to say, we're all really excited about what's ahead!" Ruud wrote.
Ruud failed to qualify for the ATP Finals this season. He is in Sweden this week for the Stockholm Open.
In a recent interview, he laid out his goals. "I am hoping that I can get back into the top ten very quickly and, not least, reach the ATP Finals in Turin next year, which is a big goal," Ruud said.
He has played the season-ending event before. Ruud qualified in 2021, 2022 and 2024, reaching two semi-finals and a final.
His 2026 has been poor by his standards. The 27-year-old lost in the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, lost his opener at Wimbledon and skipped the US Open.
His best result was a final at the Italian Open, where Jannik Sinner beat him 6-4, 6-4 in Rome.
Ruud has not won an ATP title in a full calendar year only once recently, in 2019. He won one in 2020, five in 2021, three in 2022, one in 2023 and two each in 2024 and 2025.
Stockholm offers one last chance to keep that run alive. Ruud won the event last year and is the second seed, with a first-round bye.
He was due to face Kazakhstan's Alexander Shevchenko, a qualifier, in the second round on Wednesday, November 11. A win would set up a quarter-final against Argentina's Thiago Agustin Tirante.
In the semi-finals he could meet Alex Michelsen, Lorenzo Sonego or Alejandro Tabilo. Potential final opponents include Taylor Fritz, Cameron Norrie, Miomir Kecmanovic, Holger Rune, Lorenzo Musetti, Borna Gojo and Ugo Humbert.
The final is on Saturday, November 14. Ruud will then start his off-season, training alongside Ferrer.
Ruud also has Grand Slam ambitions. "I hope and believe that David [Ferrer] can get the best out of me as a player in the coming years, and I also have to say that the opportunity of winning Grand Slams is still there," he said.
"I want to give it an honest try for the next 5, 6, 7 years. I want to see if I can win a Grand Slam, even though it would be a bit later than what it normally would be for a tennis player."
