Alexander Ritschard

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Alexander Ritschard
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Ritschard at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (2010–2018; 2022–present)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (2018–2022)
Born (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 30)
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 $652,136
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 99 (30 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 99 (30 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2024)
French Open Q3 (2022, 2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 388 (4 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 652 (23 September 2024)
Last updated on: 2 October 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. 99, achieved on 30 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 388, achieved on 4 April 2022. [2] He is currently the No. 1 Swiss player. [3]

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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. [4] 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. [5] [6] [1]

At the Swiss Open, he won his maiden ATP Tour match defeating eighth seed Joao Sousa as a wildcard. [7]

He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier. [1] [8] 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] [9]

2023–2024: Three Challenger titles, top 100

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. In April, he returned to the top 175 with lifting his second trophy at the 2024 Savannah Challenger. [2] [10]

Following a Challenger final at the 2024 Heilbronner Neckarcup in June [11] and a title at the 2024 Salzburg Open in July, [12] he reached a new career-high of No. 135 on 29 July 2024. [2]

Following a semifinal showing at the 2024 Copa Sevilla, he reached the top 125 at No. 121 in the singles rankings on 23 September 2024. [2] After winning his third Challenger at the 2024 Lisboa Belém Open, he reached the top 100 in the rankings at 30 years of age. [13] [14]

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: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Oct 2021 Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor 3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2 Feb 2022 Forlì V, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Draper 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)
Win1–2 Oct 2022 Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Henri Laaksonen 7–5, 6–5 ret.
Loss1–3 Jun 2023 Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Meligeni Alves 4–6, 6–0, 6–7(7–9)
Win2–3 Apr 2024 Savannah, USAChallengerClay (green) Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrés Andrade 6–2, 6–4
Loss2–4 Jun 2024 Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win3–4 Jul 2024 Salzburg, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Kyrian Jacquet 6–4, 6–2
Win4–4 Sep 2024 Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Raphaël Collignon 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2013Germany F7, RoemerbergFuturesClay Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4–6, 4–6
Win1–1May 2018Sweden F1, KarlskronaFuturesClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Mike Urbanija 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win2–1May 2018Sweden F2, KalmarFuturesClay Flag of Germany.svg Frederik Press6–4, 6–3
Win3–1May 2018Sweden F3, LundFuturesClay Flag of France.svg Manuel Guinard 6–3, 6–3
Win4–1Mar 2019M25 Calabasas, USAWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Stefan Kozlov 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss4–2Jan 2020M25 Los Angeles, USAWTTHard Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Cerúndolo 3–6, 3–6
Win5–2Feb 2020M25 Palm Coast, USAWTTClay Flag of Latvia.svg Mārtiņš Podžus 7–6(9–7), 6–4

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