Leandro Riedi

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Leandro Riedi
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Riedi at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Residence Bassersdorf, Switzerland
Born (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 23)
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachYannik Steinegger
Prize moneyUS $500,215
Singles
Career record4–10 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 435 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2023)
French Open Q1 (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2025)
US Open 3R ( 2025 )
Doubles
Career record4–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 211 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 660 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorW (2020)
Last updated on: 28 August 2025.

Leandro Riedi (born 27 January 2002) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 117, achieved on 5 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 211, achieved on 6 February 2023.

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Junior career

As a junior, Riedi reached as high as world No. 6 in the combined singles and doubles ITF Junior Circuit rankings, which he attained on 12 October 2020.

With Romanian partner Nicholas David Ionel, he captured the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title by defeating Mikołaj Lorens and Kārlis Ozoliņš 6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4] in the final. [1] He also reached the boys' singles final at the 2020 French Open, losing to compatriot Dominic Stricker 2–6, 4–6.

Professional career

2021: ATP debut

Riedi reached five finals on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour, winning three and losing two. In May, he won the first doubles title of his career, with Dominic Stricker, when they won the M15 Majadahonda tournament on clay courts in Spain. In October, he won his first singles title at the M15 Selva Gardena tournament on hard courts in Italy. [2]

Riedi made his ATP debut at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, receiving a wildcard in both the singles draw and the doubles draw with Jakub Paul. He lost the singles in the first round against Federico Delbonis in straight sets.

2022: First Challenger title, Top 200 in singles, top 250 in doubles

In March, he reached his first singles and doubles finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, both at the 2022 Challenger Città di Lugano, Switzerland. He also received a wildcard for the 2022 Geneva Open for the singles and doubles, partnering with Jakub Paul. In the same month, he also won the M25 tournament in Trimbach, Switzerland and in May another M25 in Notthingham, United Kingdom.

In October, in doubles he won the Challenger tournament at Tiburon, California with Valentin Vacherot. In November, he won the 2022 HPP Open Challenger in Helsinki as a qualifier defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov and Jelle Sels, [3] moving 80 positions up in the rankings, finishing the year in the top 200 at No. 197 on 21 November 2022. A week earlier, he reached the top 250 in doubles. The following week he won his next Challenger singles title in Andria, moving up 36 positions to No. 161 on 28 November 2022. [4]

2023: First ATP win, Masters 1000

He reached the top 150 on 9 January 2023 at world No. 135 following a final showing at the Challenger in Canberra, Australia.

At the 2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille, he recorded his first ATP win against Arthur Rinderknech. He lost to eventual champion Hubert Hurkacz. [5] He made his Masters 1000 main draw debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier where he lost to Jack Draper. [6] He reached a new career-high of No. 126 on 20 March 2023. In July at the 2023 Hopman Cup, Riedi upset world No. 6 Holger Rune in straight sets.

In October, he received a wildcard for his home tournament the 2023 Swiss Indoors but lost to wildcard and eventual champion Felix Auger-Aliassime. [7]

2024: Challenger titles, Top 125, injury and early end of season

In January, he won back-to-back Challenger titles in Oeiras, Portugal and in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium defeating in the latter, world No. 40 Borna Coric for the title, his highest win by ranking thus far, and returned to the top 175 on 29 January 2024. [8] [9] In September, he suffered a knee injury which put an early end to his season. He subsequently underwent surgery. [10]

2025: Surgery, Major debut and third round, back to top 250

Riedi underwent another surgery in January but still made his major debut after qualifying for the main draw at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. [11] [12] [13] Although he lost to fellow qualifier, major debutant, and local player Oliver Tarvet in the first round, he still rose more than 75 positions up back into the 500 on 14 July 2025. [14] [15]

Ranked No. 435 at the US Open, Riedi qualified for the main draw [16] and recorded his first Grand Slam win over Pedro Martinez. [17] [18] He defeated 19th seed Francisco Cerundolo in a five-set match, becoming the lowest-ranked player in 25 years (since Danny Sapsford at 1999 Wimbledon) to reach the third round of a major. [19] [20]

Personal life

Riedi's parents worked as flight attendants, and his older sister Sarah followed in their footsteps, working in the same profession. He first picked up a racquet aged five. [9]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Mar 2022 Challenger Città di Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Flag of Italy.svg Luca Nardi 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win1–1 Nov 2022 HPP Open, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Macháč 6–3, 6–1
Win2–1 Nov 2022 Internazionali di Castel del Monte, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss2–2 Jan 2023 Canberra Tennis International, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of Hungary.svg Márton Fucsovics 5–7, 4–6
Loss2–3 Aug 2023 Winnipeg Challenger, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Peniston 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win3–3 Jan 2024 Oeiras Indoors II, PortugalChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Martin Damm Jr. 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win4–3 Jan 2024 BW Open, BelgiumChallengerHard (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić 7–5, 6–2
Loss4–4 Feb 2024 Open Pau–Pyrénées, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Finland.svg Otto Virtanen 5–7, 5–7
Loss4–5 Apr 2024 Open de Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Napolitano 3–6, 3–6
Loss4–6 Jun 2024 Surbiton Trophy, UKChallengerGrass Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 6–7(8–10), 5–7

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Mar 2022 Challenger Città di Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jérôme Kym Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruben Bemelmans
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Masur
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win1–1 Oct 2022 Tiburon Challenger, USChallengerHard Flag of Monaco.svg Valentin Vacherot Flag of the United States.svg Ezekiel Clark
Flag of the United States.svg Alfredo Perez
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–2]
Win2–1 Aug 2023 Winnipeg Challenger, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriel Diallo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Taha Baadi
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Juan Carlos Aguilar
6–2, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2021M15 Selva Gardena, ItalyWTTHard (i) Flag of Italy.svg Samuel Vincent Ruggeri7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–3
Win2–0Mar 2022M25 Trimbach, SwitzerlandWTTCarpet (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alastair Gray 6–2, 6–2
Win3–0May 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Parker 6–1, 6–7(9–11), 6–1
Loss3–1Aug 2022M25 Aldershot, United KingdomWTTHard Flag of Poland.svg Filip Peliwo 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 2020M15 Torelló, SpainWTTHard Flag of France.svg Arthur Cazaux Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers-Pujol
6–7(7–9), 6–3, [9–11]
Win1–1May 2021M15 Madrid, SpainWTTClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominic Stricker Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Johan Nikles
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Barroso Campos
2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win2–1Jun 2021M25 Grasse, FranceWTTClay Flag of France.svg Dan Added Flag of Italy.svg Franco Agamenone
Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Matuszewski
6–1, 6–4
Loss2–2Jun 2021M25 Klosters, SwitzerlandWTTClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominic Stricker Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Fallert
Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [6–10]
Loss2–3Jul 2021M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, FranceWTTClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Damien Wenger Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakub Paul
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Win3–3Aug 2021M25 Caslano, SwitzerlandWTTClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakub Paul Flag of the United States.svg Jack Vance
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Vance
6–0, 6–4
Win4–3Oct 2021M25 Hamburg, GermanyWTTHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yannik Steinegger Flag of Norway.svg Viktor Durasovic
Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Orlov
6–3, 6–2
Win5–3Nov 2021M25 Columbus, USAWTTHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Burdet Flag of the United States.svg Robert Cash
Flag of the United States.svg James Tracy
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
Loss5–4Feb 2022M15 Grenoble, FranceWTTHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Louroi Martinez Flag of France.svg Arthur Bouquier
Flag of France.svg Martin Breysach
2–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 2020 French Open Clay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominic Stricker 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2020 Australian Open Hard Flag of Romania.svg Nicholas David Ionel Flag of Poland.svg Mikołaj Lorens
Flag of Latvia.svg Kārlis Ozoliņš
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]

References

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