Leandro Riedi

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Leandro Riedi
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceBassersdorf, Switzerland
Born (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 22)
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachYannik Steinegger
Prize moneyUS $494,930
Singles
Career record3–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 117 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 131 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record4–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 211 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 660 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2020)
Last updated on: 22 October 2024.

Leandro Riedi (born 27 January 2002) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 117 achieved on 5 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 211 achieved on 6 February 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Swiss player.[1]

Junior career

As a junior, Riedi reached as high as world no. 6 in the combined singles and doubles ITF Junior Circuit rankings, which he attained on 12 October 2020.

With Romanian partner Nicholas David Ionel, he captured the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title by defeating Mikołaj Lorens and Kārlis Ozoliņš 6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4] in the final.[2] He also reached the boys' singles final at the 2020 French Open, losing to compatriot Dominic Stricker 2–6, 4–6.

Professional career

2021: ATP debut

Riedi reached five finals on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour, winning three and losing two. In May, he won the first doubles title of his career, with Dominic Stricker, when they won the M15 Majadahonda tournament on clay courts in Spain. In October, he won his first singles title at the M15 Selva Gardena tournament on hard courts in Italy.[3]

Riedi made his ATP debut at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, receiving a wildcard in both the singles draw and the doubles draw with Jakub Paul. He lost the singles in the first round against Federico Delbonis in straight sets.

2022: First Challenger title, Top 200 debut in singles and top 250 in doubles

In March, he reached his first singles and doubles finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, both at the 2022 Challenger Città di Lugano, Switzerland. He also received a wildcard for the 2022 Geneva Open for the singles and doubles, partnering with Jakub Paul. In the same month, he also won the M25 tournament in Trimbach, Switzerland and in May another M25 in Notthingham, United Kingdom.

In October, in doubles he won the Challenger tournament at Tiburon, California with Valentin Vacherot. In November, he won the 2022 HPP Open Challenger in Helsinki as a qualifier defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov and Jelle Sels,[4] moving 80 positions up in the rankings, finishing the year in the top 200 at No. 197 on 21 November 2022. A week earlier, he reached the top 250 in doubles. The following week he won his next Challenger singles title in Andria, moving up 36 positions to No. 161 on 28 November 2022.[5]

2023: First ATP win, Masters 1000 and top 130 debut

He reached the top 150 on 9 January 2023 at world No. 135 following a final showing at the Challenger in Canberra, Australia.

At the 2023 Open 13 Provence in Marseille, he recorded his first ATP win against Arthur Rinderknech. He lost to eventual champion Hubert Hurkacz.[6] He made his Masters 1000 main draw debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier where he lost to Jack Draper.[7] He reached a new career-high of No. 126 on 20 March 2023. In July at the 2023 Hopman Cup, Riedi upset world No. 6 Holger Rune in straight sets.

In October, he received a wildcard for his home tournament the 2023 Swiss Indoors but lost to wildcard and eventual champion Felix Auger-Aliassime.[8]

2024: Two Challenger titles, top 125 debut

In January, he won back-to-back Challenger titles in Oeiras, Portugal and in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium defeating in the latter, world No. 40 Borna Coric for the title, his highest win by ranking thus far, and returned to the top 175 on 29 January 2024.[9][10]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Italy Luca Nardi 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2022 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Tomáš Macháč 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Nov 2022 Andria, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jan 2023 Canberra, Australia Challenger Hard Hungary Márton Fucsovics 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 2023 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ryan Peniston 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3–3 Jan 2024 Oeiras II, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) United States Martin Damm Jr. 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win 4–3 Jan 2024 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Challenger Hard (i) Croatia Borna Coric 7–5, 6–2
Loss 4–4 Feb 2024 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Finland Otto Virtanen 5–7, 5–7
Loss 4–5 Apr 2024 Madrid, Spain Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Napolitano 3–6, 3–6
Loss 4–6 Jun 2024 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass South Africa Lloyd Harris 6–7(8–10), 5–7

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Jérôme Kym Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Germany Daniel Masur
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2022 Tiburon, USA Challenger Hard Monaco Valentin Vacherot United States Ezekiel Clark
United States Alfredo Perez
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–2]
Win 2–1 Aug 2023 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard Canada Gabriel Diallo Canada Taha Baadi
Canada Juan Carlos Aguilar
6–2, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 M15 Selva Gardena, Italy WTT Hard (i) Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Mar 2022 M25 Trimbach, Switzerland WTT Carpet (i) United Kingdom Alastair Gray 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–0 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom WTT Hard United Kingdom Stuart Parker 6–1, 6–7(9–11), 6–1
Loss 3–1 Aug 2022 M25 Aldershot, United Kingdom WTT Hard Poland Filip Peliwo 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2020 M15 Torelló, Spain WTT Hard France Arthur Cazaux Spain Oriol Roca Batalla
Spain Gerard Granollers-Pujol
6–7(7–9), 6–3, [9–11]
Win 1–1 May 2021 M15 Madrid, Spain WTT Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker Switzerland Johan Nikles
Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win 2–1 Jun 2021 M25 Grasse, France WTT Clay France Dan Added Italy Franco Agamenone
Poland Piotr Matuszewski
6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jun 2021 M25 Klosters, Switzerland WTT Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker Germany Fabian Fallert
United States Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [6–10]
Loss 2–3 Jul 2021 M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, France WTT Clay Switzerland Damien Wenger Sweden Markus Eriksson
Switzerland Jakub Paul
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Win 3–3 Aug 2021 M25 Caslano, Switzerland WTT Clay Switzerland Jakub Paul United States Jack Vance
United States Jamie Vance
6–0, 6–4
Win 4–3 Oct 2021 M25 Hamburg, Germany WTT Hard Switzerland Yannik Steinegger Norway Viktor Durasovic
Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov
6–3, 6–2
Win 5–3 Nov 2021 M25 Columbus, USA WTT Hard Switzerland Adrien Burdet United States Robert Cash
United States James Tracy
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 5–4 Feb 2022 M15 Grenoble, France WTT Hard Switzerland Louroi Martinez France Arthur Bouquier
France Martin Breysach
2–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2020 French Open Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2020 Australian Open Hard Romania Nicholas David Ionel Poland Mikołaj Lorens
Latvia Kārlis Ozoliņš
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [10–4]

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