# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-ruud
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:34.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-ruud"
name: "Christian Ruud"
slug: "christian-ruud"
description: "Christian Ruud is a Norwegian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 39 in October 1995, reaching the fourth round of the 1997 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the 1997 Monte Carlo Masters. He retired in 2001 after the 2001 French Open. He was the highest-ranked Norwegian male player ever on the ATP Tour until his son Casper Ruud surpassed him in February 2020."
tagline: "Norwegian tennis player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian_Ruud_Forehand.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1972-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.96
  momentum:             3.559043740969394
  historical:           16.67655333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  179
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8527900/"
    handle:    "nm8527900"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%E8%92%82%E5%AE%89%C2%B7%E9%B2%81%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "克里斯蒂安·鲁德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريستيان رود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريستيان رود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "کریستیان رود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%95%88_%EB%A3%A8%EB%93%9C"
    title: "크리스티안 루드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Рууд, Кристиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ruud"
    title: "Christian Ruud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4"
    title: "Крістіан Рууд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1081654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2330362"
    title: "Christian Ruud Kallum"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump