Alexander Ritschard
Ritschard at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)  Switzerland (2010–2018; 2022–present)
 United States (2018–2022)
Born (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeVirginia
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 OpenQ3 (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (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.

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.

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2013 Germany F7, Roemerberg Futures Clay France Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 2018 Sweden F1, Karlskrona Futures Clay Slovenia Mike Urbanija 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 May 2018 Sweden F2, Kalmar Futures Clay Germany Frederik Press 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2018 Sweden F3, Lund Futures Clay France Manuel Guinard 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–1 Mar 2019 M25 Calabasas, USA World Tennis Tour Hard United States Stefan Kozlov 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4–2 Jan 2020 M25 Los Angeles, USA World Tennis Tour Hard Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–2 Feb 2020 M25 Palm Coast, USA World Tennis Tour Clay Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Loss 5–3 Oct 2021 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor 3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–4 Feb 2022 Forlì, Italy Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jack Draper 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)
win 6–4 Oct 2022 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Henri Laaksonen 7–5, 6–5 ret.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Five Minutes From Amputee? Ritschard 'Lucky' To Be On Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers". ATP Tour.
  3. ↑ "Stefanos Tsitsipas Passes Alexander Ritschard Test At Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Sarkar, Pritha (28 June 2022). "Tsitsipas wriggles out of trouble to reach Wimbledon second round". Reuters.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Alexander Ritschard Stuns Joao Sousa, Jiri Lehecka Books Ruud Clash in Gstaad | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. ↑ "Meet the 2022 US Open Men's Qualifiers". usopen.org. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "#NextGenATP Cerundolo, Bellucci Continue Challenger Tour Hot Streak | ATP Tour | Tennis".


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