Alexander Ritschard

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Alexander Ritschard
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Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (2010–2018; 2022–present)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2018–2022)
Born (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 29)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Virginia
CoachHans Ritschard, Juan Ramirez [1]
Prize moneyUS $362,224
Singles
Career record4–6 (40.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 160 (19 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 160 (19 June 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 ( 2024 )
French Open Q3 (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 388 (4 April 2022)
Last updated on: 20 June 2023.

Alexander Ritschard (born March 24, 1994) is a Swiss-American professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 160 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 388 achieved on 4 April 2022.

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Career

2013: ATP debut in doubles

Ritschard made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw partnering Alexander Sadecky.

2022: ATP and Major debuts in singles, Maiden ATP win

At the age of 28 he made his Grand Slam and ATP debut in singles after qualifying for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. [2] He drew fourth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas whom 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. [3] [4] [1]

At the 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad he won his maiden ATP tour match defeating eight seed Joao Sousa as a wildcard. [5]

He made his debut at the 2022 US Open as a qualifier. [1] [6]

He won his Maiden Challenger title in 2022 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] [7]

2023

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]

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 ]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2013Germany F7, Roemerberg FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4–6, 4–6
Win1–1May 2018Sweden F1, Karlskrona FuturesClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Mike Urbanija 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win2–1May 2018Sweden F2, Kalmar FuturesClay Flag of Germany.svg Frederik Press6–4, 6–3
Win3–1May 2018Sweden F3, Lund FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Manuel Guinard 6–3, 6–3
Win4–1Mar 2019M25 Calabasas, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Stefan Kozlov 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss4–2Jan 2020M25 Los Angeles, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Cerúndolo 3–6, 3–6
Win5–2Feb 2020M25 Palm Coast, USAWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Latvia.svg Mārtiņš Podžus 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss5–3 Oct 2021 Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor 3–6, 2–6
Loss5–4 Feb 2022 Forlì, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Draper 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)
win6–4 Oct 2022 Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Henri Laaksonen 7–5, 6–5 ret.

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