Challenger Canberra | 01/02 03:20 | 25 | [292] Jiří Veselý v Alexander Ritschard [221] | 3-6,5-7 | |
Challenger Canberra | 01/01 00:20 | 19 | [187] Daniel Rincon v Alexander Ritschard [221] | 3-6,6-7 | |
Challenger Canberra | 12/31 05:00 | 45 | Thomas Nicholas Gadecki v Alexander Ritschard | 2-6,2-6 | |
Challenger Knoxville | 11/10 17:00 | 27 | [229] Alexander Ritschard v Tennys Sandgren [267] | 6-7,4-6 | |
Challenger Knoxville | 11/08 16:00 | 26 | [229] Alexander Ritschard v Mitchell Krueger [297] | 6-2,6-4 | |
Challenger Knoxville | 11/06 22:15 | 25 | [184] Juncheng Shang v Alexander Ritschard [229] | 6-3,6-7,2-6 | |
Challenger Charlottesville | 11/03 18:55 | 27 | [242] Alexander Ritschard v Aidan Mayo [376] | 3-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Charlottesville | 11/02 16:00 | 26 | [101] Michael Mmoh v Alexander Ritschard [242] | 3-6,6-7 | |
Challenger Charlottesville | 10/31 14:00 | 25 | [242] Alexander Ritschard v Aidan Mchugh [360] | 6-4,6-4 | |
Challenger Fairfield | 10/14 19:25 | 28 | [170] Zachary Svajda v Alexander Ritschard [209] | 6-3,6-1 | |
Challenger Fairfield | 10/13 17:00 | 27 | [209] Alexander Ritschard v Mitchell Krueger [290] | 6-3,6-3 | |
Challenger Fairfield | 10/11 17:00 | 26 | [209] Alexander Ritschard v Aidan Mayo [387] | 7-5,6-3 | |
Challenger Fairfield | 10/10 17:00 | 25 | Alexander Ritschard v Keegan Smith | 7-6,7-6 | |
Challenger Tiburon | 10/06 21:50 | 27 | [174] Alexis Galarneau v Alexander Ritschard [209] | 6-3,6-7,7-5 | |
Challenger Tiburon | 10/04 18:00 | 26 | [199] Johannus Monday v Alexander Ritschard [210] | 3-6,7-6,6-7 | |
Challenger Tiburon | 10/02 20:40 | 25 | [210] Alexander Ritschard v Nicolas Moreno De Alboran [156] | 6-2,7-5 | |
Challenger Charleston | 09/26 13:30 | 25 | Stefan Dostanic v Alexander Ritschard | 6-4,6-4 | |
Challenger Columbus | 09/20 18:50 | 25 | [449] Cannon Kingsley v Alexander Ritschard [212] | 6-1,6-4 | |
Challenger Mallorca | 08/30 14:45 | 25 | [211] Damir Dzumhur v Alexander Ritschard [183] | 3-6,6-3,7-6 | |
US Open | 08/22 18:30 | 14 | [244] Brandon Holt v Alexander Ritschard [185] | 6-1,6-4 | |
Challenger Cary | 08/09 21:15 | 26 | [186] Alexander Ritschard v Rinky Hijikata [118] | 6-7,3-6 | |
Challenger Cary | 08/07 20:30 | 25 | Bjorn Fratangelo v Alexander Ritschard | 3-6,6-4,2-6 | |
Challenger Zug | 07/27 17:35 | 26 | [173] Alexander Ritschard v Jakub Mensik [200] | 4-6,4-6 | |
Challenger Zug | 07/25 10:30 | 25 | [173] Alexander Ritschard v Tim Handel [498] | 6-2,6-1 | |
ATP Gstaad | 07/17 10:05 | 25 | [110] Jaume Munar v Alexander Ritschard [163] | 6-3,6-3 | |
Challenger Salzburg | 07/10 16:05 | 25 | [161] Alexander Ritschard v Marco Trungelliti [236] | 6-1,3-6,5-7 | |
Wimbledon | 06/26 15:35 | 14 | [346] Billy Harris v Alexander Ritschard [161] | 5-7,7-6,6-2 | |
Challenger Ilkley | 06/20 12:55 | 25 | [97] Jason Kubler v Alexander Ritschard [160] | 6-3,6-7,6-3 | |
Challenger Lyon | 06/18 13:00 | 29 | [156] Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves v Alexander Ritschard [195] | 6-4,0-6,7-6 | |
Challenger Lyon | 06/17 15:40 | 28 | Alexander Ritschard v Gabriel Debru | 6-7,6-3,6-2 |
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.