Krešimir Ritz Explained

Krešimir Ritz
Birth Date:28 June 1973
Birth Place:Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$33,156
Highestsinglesranking:No. 811 (23 Aug 1999)
Doublesrecord:0–2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 425 (8 Dec 1997)

Krešimir Ritz (born 28 June 1973) is a Croatian former professional tennis player.[1]

Born in Zagreb, Ritz played professionally from the age of 15 and competed mostly in ITF level tournaments during his career. He however twice featured in the doubles main draw at Umag, with Marcelo Manola in 1995 and Ivo Karlović in 1996. At the age of 41 in 2014 he became the oldest player on tour with an ATP ranking.[2]

Ritz's mother Neda is a well known television journalist in Croatia.[3]

ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 18 (8–10)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Croatia F3, Mali LošinjClay Goran Prpić Bora Celiščak
Valentino Pest
6–0, 6–3
Win2–0Croatia F6, UmagClay Josip Dumanić Tim Crichton
David McNamara
0–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss2–1Croatia F1, ZagrebHard Ivan Cinkuš Jonathan Erlich
Nir Welgreen
2–6, 1–6
Win3–1Slovenia F1, PortorožClay David Morente-Guerrero Frantisek Babej
Karim Maamoun
6–2, 6–4
Loss3–2Greece F6, KosHard Ivan Cinkuš Viktor Bruthans
Branislav Sekáč
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win4–2Greece F7, HeraklionHard Ivan Cinkuš Johannes Ager
Konstantin Gruber
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss4–3Cyprus F1, NicosiaClay Ivan Cinkuš Andrej Kračman
Marko Tkalec
w/o
Loss4–4Slovenia F1, MariborClay Marko Tkalec Ivan Cinkuš
Andrej Kračman
0–6, 3–6
Loss4–5Slovenia F2, MariborClay Marko Tkalec Ivan Cinkuš
Andrej Kračman
6–7(5), 4–6
Win5–5Austria F3, KramsachClay Ivan Cinkuš Rob Cheyne
Stefan Wauters
6–4, 7–6(4)
Win6–5Mexico F18, LeonHard Sean Cooper Álvaro Domínguez
Juan Manuel Elizondo
3–4, ret.
Win7–5Croatia F4, ČakovecClay Ivan Cerović Sebő Kiss
Zsolt Tatár
7–6(8), 6–4
Loss7–6Croatia F6, ZagrebClay Rok Jarc Luka Kukulić
Joško Topić
2–6, 4–6
Loss7–7Macedonia F2, SkopjeClay Marc Auradou Lazar Magdinčev
Predrag Rusevski
3–6, 4–6
Win8–7Croatia F6, VinkovciClay Adolfo Gomez-Pinter Goran Jukopila
Albert Lončarić
6–4, 7–5
Loss8–8Croatia F4, ČakovecClay Guido Troester Marin Draganja
Dino Marcan
2–6, 4–6
Loss8–9Croatia F6, VrsarClay Joško Topić Lukas Jastraunig
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss8–10Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, DobojClay Joško Topić Miha Mlakar
Tomislav Ternar
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hrvat najstariji na Touru: 'Igraju i sa 90 godina, ja sam u 41. još mladić' . . 26 March 2015 . hr.
  2. News: Croat Oldest Tennis Player on ATP Tour . Croatia Week . 3 April 2014 . en.
  3. Web site: Vidovich . Ilvio . Kresimir Ritz: quando il tennis non ha età . Ubitennis . it-IT . 8 April 2015.