Michael Ryderstedt

Michael Ryderstedt (born 12 November 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Michael Ryderstedt

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Stockholm, Sweden
Born	(1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 (age 40) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2012
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$313,148
Singles
Career record	8–13 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 130 (18 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2005, 2006)
French Open	Q1 (2005)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2005)
US Open	Q2 (2007, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	5–7 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 150 (13 July 2009)
Last updated on: 30 January 2012.

Ryderstedt was born in Stockholm. In August 2001, at the Fischer Junior Open he captured the doubles title with Dudi Sela of Israel.^[1]

His best accomplishment on the ATP tour until 2011 is his semifinal at the 2004 If Stockholm Open, where he was defeated by that year's eventual winner Thomas Johansson.

Ryderstedt's highest singles ranking was World No. 130 (July 2005) and his highest doubles ranking was World No. 154 (June 2009).^[2] In October 2012, Ryderstedt announced his retirement from tennis.^[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Johan Brunström	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	1–6, 3–6

Challenger Singles titles

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	7 February 2005	Dallas, U.S.	Hard	André Sá	26–7, 7–65, 6–2

Challenger Doubles titles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	1 May 2006	Telde, Spain	Clay	Adam Chadaj	David Marrero Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
2.	28 July 2008	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Ervin Eleskovic	Harri Heliövaara Henri Kontinen	6–3, 6–4

Runners-up (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	19 July 2004	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 6–4
2.	31 July 2006	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Ervin Eleskovic	Victor Crivoi Victor Ioniță	6–3, 6–4
3.	17 July 2007	Manchester, United Kingdom	Grass	Jesse Huta Galung	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
4.	29 October 2007	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	John Isner Travis Parrott	6–4, 6–4
5.	9 November 2008	Rimouski, Canada	Hard (i)	Kristian Pless	Vasek Pospisil Milos Raonic	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
6.	7 August 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]

References

1. Junior Tennis News Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Clgandjrtennis.com. Retrieved on 9 July 2011.
2. Tennis – ATP World Tour – Tennis Players – Michael Ryderstedt. ATP World Tour. Retrieved on 9 July 2011.
3. "Michael Ryderstedt lägger av". 12 October 2012.

External links

• Michael Ryderstedt at the Association of Tennis Professionals