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Krešimir Ritz

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Krešimir Ritz
Country (sports) Croatia
Born (1973-06-28) 28 June 1973 (age 51)
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$33,156
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 811 (23 Aug 1999)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Highest rankingNo. 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

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Doubles: 18 (8–10)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1998 Croatia F3, Mali Lošinj Clay Croatia Goran Prpić Croatia Bora Celiščak
Germany Valentino Pest
6–0, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 1998 Croatia F6, Umag Clay Croatia Josip Dumanić Australia Tim Crichton
Australia David McNamara
0–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–1 Feb 1999 Croatia F1, Zagreb Hard Croatia Ivan Cinkuš Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Nir Welgreen
2–6, 1–6
Win 3–1 Jun 2000 Slovenia F1, Portorož Clay Spain David Morente-Guerrero Slovakia Frantisek Babej
Egypt Karim Maamoun
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Oct 2000 Greece F6, Kos Hard Croatia Ivan Cinkuš Slovakia Viktor Bruthans
Slovakia Branislav Sekáč
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Nov 2000 Greece F7, Heraklion Hard Croatia Ivan Cinkuš Austria Johannes Ager
Austria Konstantin Gruber
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Nov 2000 Cyprus F1, Nicosia Clay Croatia Ivan Cinkuš Slovenia Andrej Kračman
Slovenia Marko Tkalec
w/o
Loss 4–4 Jun 2002 Slovenia F1, Maribor Clay Slovenia Marko Tkalec Croatia Ivan Cinkuš
Slovenia Andrej Kračman
0–6, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Jun 2002 Slovenia F2, Maribor Clay Slovenia Marko Tkalec Croatia Ivan Cinkuš
Slovenia Andrej Kračman
6–7(5), 4–6
Win 5–5 Aug 2002 Austria F3, Kramsach Clay Croatia Ivan Cinkuš New Zealand Rob Cheyne
Belgium Stefan Wauters
6–4, 7–6(4)
Win 6–5 Nov 2002 Mexico F18, Leon Hard Republic of Ireland Sean Cooper Mexico Álvaro Domínguez
Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo
3–4, ret.
Win 7–5 Aug 2004 Croatia F4, Čakovec Clay Croatia Ivan Cerović Hungary Sebő Kiss
Hungary Zsolt Tatár
7–6(8), 6–4
Loss 7–6 Sep 2006 Croatia F6, Zagreb Clay Slovenia Rok Jarc Croatia Luka Kukulić
Croatia Joško Topić
2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–7 Jun 2007 Macedonia F2, Skopje Clay France Marc Auradou North Macedonia Lazar Magdinčev
North Macedonia Predrag Rusevski
3–6, 4–6
Win 8–7 Aug 2007 Croatia F6, Vinkovci Clay Spain Adolfo Gomez-Pinter Croatia Goran Jukopila
Croatia Albert Lončarić
6–4, 7–5
Loss 8–8 Aug 2010 Croatia F4, Čakovec Clay Germany Guido Troester Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Dino Marcan
2–6, 4–6
Loss 8–9 Apr 2012 Croatia F6, Vrsar Clay Croatia Joško Topić Austria Lukas Jastraunig
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 8–10 May 2012 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Clay Croatia Joško Topić Slovenia Miha Mlakar
Slovenia Tomislav Ternar
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Hrvat najstariji na Touru: 'Igraju i sa 90 godina, ja sam u 41. još mladić'". Večernji list (in Croatian). 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Croat Oldest Tennis Player on ATP Tour". Croatia Week. 3 April 2014.
  3. ^ Vidovich, Ilvio (8 April 2015). "Kresimir Ritz: quando il tennis non ha età". Ubitennis (in Italian).
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