Riccardo Ghedin

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Riccardo Ghedin
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Residence Rome, Italy
Born (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 38)
Rome, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed backhand)
CoachFrancesco Elia
Prize money $317,926
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 222 (10 August 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2009, 2013)
French Open Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon 1R (2009)
US Open Q1 (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (15 August 2016)
Last updated on: 17 April 2021.

Riccardo Ghedin (born 5 December 1985) is an Italian tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was 12 years old.

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At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Ghedin advanced successfully through the qualifying rounds to reach his first and only grand slam main draw. He lost in three sets in the first round to Latvian Ernests Gulbis 2–6, 4–6, 4–6. In his career, he has reached 16 singles finals on the ITF Futures Tour which have resulted in winning five singles titles, and finishing runner-up 11 times. In doubles, he has won seven Challenger titles and 16 Futures titles.

Ghedin reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 222 on 10 August 2009. He reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 109 on August 15, 2016.

He has played in four ATP Tour level matches, three in singles and one in doubles, but has yet to win one.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (5–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–9)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2005Mexico F17, Leon FuturesHard Flag of Mexico.svg Victor Romero 3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Jun 2006Norway F2, Gausdal FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Thomas Oger 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss0–3Aug 2006Great Britain F12, Wrexham FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Conor Niland 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win1–3May 2008Greece F1, Kos FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Shane La Porte6–3, 6–2
Loss1–4May 2008Kuwait F2, Meshref FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miles Armstrong 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win2–4Jun 2008Norway F1, Gausdal FuturesHard Flag of Norway.svg Stian Boretti 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss2–5Jul 2008Syria F1, Damascus FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pierre-Ludovic Duclos 4–6, 1–6
Loss2–6Sep 2008 Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Giovanni Lapentti 6–4, 6–4
Loss2–7Sep 2009 Bogota, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Salamanca 1–6, 6–7(5-7)
Win3–7Mar 2010China F1, Kaiyuan FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–8Mar 2010China F2, Mengzi City FuturesHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zw 1–6, 4–6
Loss3–9Jun 2010Norway F1, Gausdal FuturesHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Igor Sijsling 5–7, ret.
Loss3–10Oct 2010Kuwait F1, Meshref FuturesHard Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Rieschick 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6
Win4–10Aug 2011Turkey F23, Istanbul FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brydan Klein 6–3, 6–3
Win5–10Feb 2012Turkey F5, Antalya FuturesHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Niels Desein 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss5–11Jun 2013Portugal F8, Guimaraes FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Jules Marie3–6, 6–2, 3–6


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