Sam Riffice

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Sam Riffice
Full nameSam Riffice
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Orlando, Florida
Born (1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 25)
Sacramento, California
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College University of Florida
CoachTanner Stump
Prize money $42,189
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 487 (17 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 509 (13 March 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 1R (2021)
Last updated on: 17 March 2023.

Sam Riffice (born 1 March 1999) is an American tennis player. [1] [2]

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Early life and career

His mother, Lori Riffice, is a national coach with USTA Player Development. [3] The family relocated to Central Florida to be a part of the USTA National Campus staff when it first opened in January 2017. [4]

Whilst studying at the University of Florida Riffice won the 2021 SEC championship. Riffice then won the 2021 NCAA Singles Tournament at the USTA National Campus where as the No. 6-seed Riffice defeated No. 2-seeded Daniel Rodrigues of South Carolina by a score of 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final. [5] He was also captain of the Florida Gators as they won the 2021 NCAA team title.

Career

Riffice was given his ATP tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 US Open, [6] where he lost in the first round to 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov. [7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2017USA F15, Vero Beach FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Calvin Hemery 3–6, 1–6
Loss0–2May 2017Romania F1, Bucharest FuturesClay Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Frunză3–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Jun 2018USA F17, Tulsa FuturesHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc-Andrea Hüsler 4–6, 2–6
Win1–3Jun 2019M25 Wichita, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Holt 6–1, 6–4
Loss1–4Jun 2019M25 Tulsa, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Maxime Cressy 3–6, 1–6
Win2–4Sep 2022M15 Fayetteville, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Blu Baker5–1 ret.

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