Alexander Ritschard (born March 24, 1994) is a Swiss-American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 99, achieved on 30 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 388, achieved on 4 April 2022.
Career 2013: ATP Tour debut in doubles Ritschard made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw, partnering Alexander Sadecky.
2022: ATP & Major debuts & first singles win At the age of 28, he made his Grand Slam and ATP Tour debut in singles, after qualifying for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. He drew fourth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas who, 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.
At the Swiss Open, he won his maiden ATP Tour match defeating eighth seed Joao Sousa as a wildcard.
He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier. In October, he won his maiden Challenger title in 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.
2023–2024: Three Challenger titles, top 100 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.
Ranked No. 194, he also qualified into the main draw of the 2024 US Clay Court Championships. In April, he returned to the top 175 with lifting his second trophy at the 2024 Savannah Challenger.
Following a Challenger final at the 2024 Heilbronner Neckarcup in June and a title at the 2024 Salzburg Open in July, he reached a new career-high of No. 135 on 29 July 2024.
Following a semifinal showing at the 2024 Copa Sevilla, he reached the top 125 at No. 121 in the singles rankings on 23 September 2024. A week later, after winning his third Challenger at the 2024 Lisboa Belém Open, he reached the top 100 at world No. 99 on 30 September 2025, at 30 years of age.
Personal life Ritschard attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 2017.
In April 2018, Ritschard started representing the United States. On 28 February 2022, he decided to once again represent Switzerland.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament2022202320242025SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q3A0 / 00–0French OpenQ3Q1Q3A0 / 00–0Wimbledon1RQ1Q2A0 / 10–1US Open1RQ1Q1A0 / 10–1Win–loss0–20–00–00–00 / 20–2ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAQ10 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAQ10 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNHAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (4–5)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (3–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Tallon Griekspoor3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Forlì V, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Jack Draper6–3, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)Win1–2Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Henri Laaksonen7–5, 6–5 ret.Loss1–3Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Felipe Meligeni Alves4–6, 6–0, 6–7(7–9)Win2–3Savannah, USAChallengerClay (green) Andrés Andrade6–2, 6–4Loss2–4Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerClay Sumit Nagal1–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Win3–4Salzburg, AustriaChallengerClay Kyrian Jacquet6–4, 6–2Win4–4Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Raphaël Collignon6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3Loss4–5Augsburg, GermanyChallengerClay Cedrik-Marcel Stebe3–6, 3–6
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (7–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (6–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Germany F7, RoemerbergFuturesClay Pierre-Hugues Herbert4–6, 4–6Win1–1Sweden F1, KarlskronaFuturesClay Mike Urbanija6–2, 2–6, 6–1Win2–1Sweden F2, KalmarFuturesClay Frederik Press6–4, 6–3Win3–1Sweden F3, LundFuturesClay Manuel Guinard6–3, 6–3Win4–1M25 Calabasas, USAWTTHard Stefan Kozlov6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5)Loss4–2M25 Los Angeles, USAWTTHard Francisco Cerúndolo3–6, 3–6Win5–2M25 Palm Coast, USAWTTClay Mārtiņš Podžus7–6(9–7), 6–4Loss5–3M25 Santander, SpainWTTClay Carlos Sánchez Jover3–6, 0–4 ret.Win6–3M25 Oviedo, SpainWTTClay Sergi Perez Contri7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)Win7–3M25 Zaragoza, SpainWTTClay Alejandro Moro Cañas6–3, 6–2
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