Alexander Ritschard
![]() Ritschard at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
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Born | Zürich, Switzerland | 24 March 1994
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2018 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Virginia |
Coach | Hans Ritschard, Juan Ramirez[1] |
Prize money | US $562,574 |
Singles | |
Career record | 4–7 (36.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 152 (10 June 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 178 (24 June 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2024) |
French Open | Q3 (2022, 2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 388 (4 April 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 525 (10 June 2024) |
Last updated on: 24 June 2024. |
Alexander Ritschard (born March 24, 1994) is a Swiss-American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 152, achieved on 10 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 388, achieved on 4 April 2022. He is currently the No. 4 Swiss player.[2]
Career
2013: ATP Tour debut in doubles
Ritschard made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw, partnering Alexander Sadecky.
2022: ATP & major debuts & first singles win
At the age of 28, he made his Grand Slam and ATP Tour debut in singles, after qualifying for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.[3] He drew fourth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas who, despite his ranking, performed very poorly on grass, having lost in the first round of his two previous Wimbledon appearances. Ritschard stormed out to a 4–1 lead in the first set, on serve, looking like another possible upset but Tsitsipas rallied to win the set in a tiebreaker and the match in four sets.[4][5][1]
At the Swiss Open, he won his maiden ATP Tour match defeating eighth seed Joao Sousa as a wildcard.[6]
He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier.[1][7] In October, he won his maiden Challenger title in Hamburg defeating Henri Laaksonen, after the fellow Swiss retired in the second set when Ritschard was 7–5, 6–5 up and had 40–30 on his service game, climbing 50 positions back to No. 166 in the singles rankings on 24 October 2022.[1][8]
2023–2024: Second Challenger title, top 155
He qualified for the main draw of the 2023 BMW Open and defeated Jan-Lennard Struff but lost in the second round to Marcos Giron.[1]
Ranked No. 194, he also qualified into the main draw of the 2024 US Clay Court Championships. He returned to the top 175 with lifting his second trophy at the 2024 Savannah Challenger.
Personal life
Ritschard attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 2017.[1]
In April 2018, Ritschard started representing the United States. On 28 February 2022, he decided to once again represent Switzerland.[citation needed]
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2021 | Naples, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–7(8–10) |
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2022 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 6–5 ret. |
Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2023 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 6–7(7–9) |
Win | 2–3 | Apr 2024 | Savannah, USA | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jun 2024 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | Germany F7, Roemerberg | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2018 | Sweden F1, Karlskrona | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | May 2018 | Sweden F2, Kalmar | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | May 2018 | Sweden F3, Lund | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 4–1 | Mar 2019 | M25 Calabasas, USA | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 4–2 | Jan 2020 | M25 Los Angeles, USA | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Feb 2020 | M25 Palm Coast, USA | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Five Minutes From Amputee? Ritschard 'Lucky' To Be On Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)".
- ^ "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Stefanos Tsitsipas Passes Alexander Ritschard Test At Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Sarkar, Pritha (28 June 2022). "Tsitsipas wriggles out of trouble to reach Wimbledon second round". Reuters.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Alexander Ritschard Stuns Joao Sousa, Jiri Lehecka Books Ruud Clash in Gstaad | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Meet the 2022 US Open Men's Qualifiers". usopen.org. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "#NextGenATP Cerundolo, Bellucci Continue Challenger Tour Hot Streak | ATP Tour | Tennis".
External links
- Alexander Ritschard at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alexander Ritschard at the International Tennis Federation
- Alexander Ritschard at ESPN.com
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