Riccardo Ghedin (born 5 December 1985) is an Italian tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was 12 years old.

Riccardo Ghedin
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Born (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 38)
Rome, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed backhand)
CoachFrancesco Elia
Prize money$317,926
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 222 (10 August 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2009, 2013)
French OpenQ2 (2009)
Wimbledon1R (2009)
US OpenQ1 (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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

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Singles: 16 (5–11)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–9)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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
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