Alexander Ritschard (born March 24, 1994) is a

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 163 achieved on 12 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 388 achieved on 4 April 2022.

Career

Ritschard made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw partnering

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. At the age of 28 he made his Grand Slam and ATP debut in singles after qualifying for the

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. He drew fourth seeded

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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. At the 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad he won his maiden ATP tour match defeating eight seed Joao Sousa as a wildcard. He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier. He won his Maiden Challenger title in

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, defeating

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, 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.https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/96763/ritschard-reigns-in-hamburg-lifts-maiden-challenger-trophy

Personal life

Ritschard attended the

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, graduating in 2017. He took an Arts Administration class with the iconic George Sampson. In April 2018, Ritschard started representing the

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. On 28 February 2022, he decided to once again represent

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Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

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