Challenger Savannah | 04/28 16:00 | 29 | [209] Alexander Ritschard v Andres Andrade [475] | 6-2,6-4 | |
Challenger Savannah | 04/27 17:35 | 28 | [209] Alexander Ritschard v Dmitry Popko [234] | 6-4,7-6 | |
Challenger Savannah | 04/26 16:50 | 27 | Calvin Hemery v Alexander Ritschard | 5-7,5-7 | |
Challenger Savannah | 04/25 19:10 | 26 | [212] Omar Jasika v Alexander Ritschard [209] | 1-6,1-6 | |
Challenger Savannah | 04/23 14:00 | 25 | [451] Stefan Kozlov v Alexander Ritschard [209] | 3-6,5-7 | |
Challenger Tallahassee | 04/19 17:40 | 27 | Alexander Ritschard v Calvin Hemery | 5-7,7-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Tallahassee | 04/18 16:30 | 26 | [195] Alexander Ritschard v Bogdan Bobrov [404] | 6-3,3-6,6-1 | |
Challenger Tallahassee | 04/16 18:30 | 25 | [195] Alexander Ritschard v Bruno Kuzuhara [468] | 6-4,7-5 | |
Challenger Sarasota | 04/11 23:30 | 26 | [195] Alexander Ritschard v Thanasi Kokkinakis [106] | 2-6,1-6 | |
Challenger Sarasota | 04/09 20:30 | 25 | [195] Alexander Ritschard v Giovanni Fonio [304] | 6-3,6-1 | |
ATP Houston | 04/02 01:10 | 25 | [194] Alexander Ritschard v J.J. Wolf [96] | 3-6,6-2,4-6 | |
ATP Houston | 03/31 16:00 | 19 | [146] Valentin Vacherot v Alexander Ritschard [194] | 6-7,6-7 | |
ATP Houston | 03/30 18:25 | 14 | [320] Alex Rybakov v Alexander Ritschard [194] | 4-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Hamburg | 03/15 11:00 | 27 | [307] Alexander Blockx v Alexander Ritschard [198] | 7-5,6-2 | |
Challenger Hamburg | 03/14 09:30 | 26 | [247] Jakub Paul v Alexander Ritschard [198] | 6-3,6-7,2-6 | |
Challenger Hamburg | 03/12 14:00 | 25 | [493] Kenny de Schepper v Alexander Ritschard [198] | 6-3,1-6,3-6 | |
Challenger Lugano | 03/06 14:05 | 26 | [152] Radu Albot v Alexander Ritschard [198] | 1-6,6-4,6-4 | |
Challenger Lugano | 03/05 10:40 | 25 | [198] Alexander Ritschard v Ricardas Berankis [254] | 4-6,6-1,6-4 | |
ATP Doha | 02/17 10:20 | 14 | [73] Alexandre Muller v Alexander Ritschard [181] | 6-1,6-2 | |
Challenger Manama | 02/14 10:00 | 26 | [181] Alexander Ritschard v Mikhail Kukushkin [231] | 4-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Manama | 02/13 13:05 | 25 | [158] Elias Ymer v Alexander Ritschard [181] | 2-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Nottingham | 02/07 14:55 | 26 | [183] Alexander Ritschard v Alexander Blockx [338] | 6-7,6-3,4-6 | |
Challenger Nottingham | 02/06 10:30 | 25 | [183] Alexander Ritschard v Lorenzo Giustino [329] | 6-4,6-3 | |
Challenger Ottignies | 01/25 09:00 | 26 | [197] Alexander Ritschard v Marc-Andrea Huesler [200] | 2-6,1-6 | |
Challenger Ottignies | 01/23 15:15 | 25 | [259] Raul Brancaccio v Alexander Ritschard [197] | 0-6,4-6 | |
Australian Open | 01/11 23:00 | 19 | [198] Alexander Ritschard v Giulio Zeppieri [134] | 3-6,3-6 | |
Australian Open | 01/10 23:00 | 15 | [224] Jules Marie v Alexander Ritschard [198] | 7-6,3-6,2-6 | |
Australian Open | 01/09 03:00 | 14 | [198] Alexander Ritschard v Clement Tabur [232] | 7-6,6-3 | |
Challenger Canberra | 01/04 03:05 | 27 | Jakub Mensik v Alexander Ritschard | Walkover | |
Challenger Canberra | 01/03 02:00 | 26 | [221] Alexander Ritschard v Damir Dzumhur [154] | Retired |
Alexander Ritschard (born March 24, 1994) is a Swiss-American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 160, achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 388, achieved on 4 April 2022.
Ritschard made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw, partnering Alexander Sadecky.
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.
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.
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. He returned to the top 175 with lifting his second trophy at the 2024 Savannah Challenger.