Riccardo Ghedin (born 5 December 1985) is an Italian tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was 12 years old.
Country (sports) | Italy |
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Residence | Rome, Italy |
Born | Rome, Italy | 5 December 1985
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed backhand) |
Coach | Francesco Elia |
Prize money | $317,926 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 222 (10 August 2009) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2009, 2013) |
French Open | Q2 (2009) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2009) |
US Open | Q1 (2009, 2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 109 (15 August 2016) |
Last updated on: 17 April 2021. |
At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Ghedin advanced successfully through the qualifying rounds to reach his first and only grand slam main draw. He lost in three sets in the first round to Latvian Ernests Gulbis 2–6, 4–6, 4–6. In his career, he has reached 16 singles finals on the ITF Futures Tour which have resulted in winning five singles titles, and finishing runner-up 11 times. In doubles, he has won seven Challenger titles and 16 Futures titles.
Ghedin reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 222 on 10 August 2009. He reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 109 on August 15, 2016.
He has played in four ATP Tour level matches, three in singles and one in doubles, but has yet to win one.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
editSingles: 16 (5–11)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2005 | Mexico F17, Leon | Futures | Hard | Victor Romero | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2006 | Norway F2, Gausdal | Futures | Hard | Thomas Oger | 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2006 | Great Britain F12, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Conor Niland | 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Win | 1–3 | May 2008 | Greece F1, Kos | Futures | Hard | Shane La Porte | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–4 | May 2008 | Kuwait F2, Meshref | Futures | Hard | Miles Armstrong | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 2–4 | Jun 2008 | Norway F1, Gausdal | Futures | Hard | Stian Boretti | 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–5 | Jul 2008 | Syria F1, Damascus | Futures | Hard | Pierre-Ludovic Duclos | 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–6 | Sep 2008 | Quito, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Giovanni Lapentti | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–7 | Sep 2009 | Bogota, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Salamanca | 1–6, 6–7(5-7) |
Win | 3–7 | Mar 2010 | China F1, Kaiyuan | Futures | Hard | Fabrice Martin | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–8 | Mar 2010 | China F2, Mengzi City | Futures | Hard | Zhang Zw | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–9 | Jun 2010 | Norway F1, Gausdal | Futures | Hard | Igor Sijsling | 5–7, ret. |
Loss | 3–10 | Oct 2010 | Kuwait F1, Meshref | Futures | Hard | Sebastian Rieschick | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6 |
Win | 4–10 | Aug 2011 | Turkey F23, Istanbul | Futures | Hard | Brydan Klein | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5–10 | Feb 2012 | Turkey F5, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Niels Desein | 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 5–11 | Jun 2013 | Portugal F8, Guimaraes | Futures | Hard | Jules Marie | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
External links
edit- Riccardo Ghedin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Riccardo Ghedin at the International Tennis Federation