.jpg) Ritschard at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Switzerland (2010–2018; 2022–present)  United States (2018–2022) |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1994 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Virginia |
| Coach | Hans Ritschard, Juan Ramirez[1] |
| Prize money | US $469,980 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 4–6 (40.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 160 (19 June 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 197 (15 January 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q3 (2024) |
| French Open | Q3 (2022) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
| US Open | 1R (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 388 (4 April 2022) |
| Last updated on: 19 January 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. 160 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 388 achieved on 4 April 2022.
Ritschard made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw partnering Alexander Sadecky.
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]
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]
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]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | Germany F7, Roemerberg | Futures | Clay |  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2018 | Sweden F1, Karlskrona | Futures | Clay |  Mike Urbanija
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6–2, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2018 | Sweden F2, Kalmar | Futures | Clay |  Frederik Press
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2018 | Sweden F3, Lund | Futures | Clay | Manuel Guinard
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6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Mar 2019 | M25 Calabasas, USA | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Stefan Kozlov
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6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jan 2020 | M25 Los Angeles, USA | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Francisco Cerúndolo
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Feb 2020 | M25 Palm Coast, USA | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Mārtiņš Podžus
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7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Oct 2021 | Naples, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Tallon Griekspoor
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Jack Draper
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6–3, 3–6, 6–7(8–10) |
| win | 6–4 | Oct 2022 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Henri Laaksonen
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7–5, 6–5 ret. |
