Krešimir Ritz

Krešimir Ritz
Country (sports)	Croatia
Born	28 June 1973; Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$33,156
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 811 (23 Aug 1999)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Highest ranking	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)

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

References

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

External links

Krešimir Ritz at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Krešimir Ritz at the International Tennis Federation

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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).