Chris Rodesch

Chris Rodesch
Rodesch with the Virginia Cavaliers in 2024
Country (sports) Luxembourg
Born (2001-07-18) 18 July 2001
PlaysRight-Handed (Two-Handed Backhand)
CollegeVirginia
Prize moneyUS $348,906
Singles
Career record6–5
Career titles0
1 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 137 (2 March 2026)
Current rankingNo. 137 (2 March 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2026)
French OpenQ1 (2025)
Wimbledon1R (2025)
US OpenQ1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record3–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 500 (28 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 1,201 (2 March 2026)
Last updated on: 2 March 2026.

Chris Rodesch (born 18 July 2001) is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 2 March 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 500 reached on 28 July 2025. He is currently the No. 1 singles player from Luxembourg.

Rodesch represents his nation at the Davis Cup,[1] where he has a W/L record of 16–13.[2]

Junior career

Rodesch had mixed results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 62–31 singles win-loss record.

He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 57 on 14 January 2019.[3]

College years

Rodesch played college tennis at the University of Virginia and won the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships and 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships playing at position No. 1 for the Virginia Cavaliers.[4][5]

Professional career

2024: Maiden Challenger final

In November, Rodesch reached his first ATP Challenger final in Drummondville, Canada, losing to American Aidan Mayo in the final.[6]

2025: First Challenger title, major debut, top 150

In April, Rodesch won his first Challenger title in Tallahassee, United States. He defeated Emilio Nava in the final.[7][8]

In July, he made his major debut at Wimbledon as a qualifier by defeating top seed Márton Fucsovics in the final qualifying round.[9][10][5]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

ATP Challenger Tour Finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2024 Drummondville, Canada Challenger Hard (i) Aidan Mayo 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2025 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Clay Emilio Nava 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jan 2026 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) Zsombor Piros 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jan 2026 Oeiras II, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) Daniil Glinka 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2024 Charlottesville,
United States
Challenger Hard (i) William Woodall Robert Cash
JJ Tracy
6–4, 6–7(7–9), [7–10]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2022 M15 Duffel, Belgium WTT Clay Gauthier Onclin 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 M15 Vejle, Denmark WTT Clay Mick Veldheer 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Loss 1–2 Jun 2023 M15 Cluj-Napoca, Romania WTT Clay Radu Mihai Papoe 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2023 M25 Southaven, US WTT Hard Martin Damm Jr. 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Jun 2024 M15 Alkmaar, Netherlands WTT Clay Deney Wassermann 6–7(8–10), 4–6
Win 3–3 Jul 2024 M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg WTT Clay Gauthier Onclin 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4–3 Aug 2024 M15 Ystad, Sweden WTT Clay Louis Wessels 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 5–3 Aug 2024 M25 Hong Kong, China SAR WTT Hard Alexey Zakharov 7–5, 6–4
Win 6–3 Sep 2024 M15 Hong Kong, China SAR WTT Hard Colin Sinclair 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 7–3 Oct 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Émilien Demanet 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7–4 Mar 2025 M25 Loulé, Portugal WTT Hard Ryan Peniston 6–3, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 M15 Duffel, Belgium WTT Clay Alex Knaff Franco Emanuel Egea
Marcelo Zormann
6–1, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jul 2022 M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg WTT Clay Alex Knaff Raphael Calzi
Marlon Vankan
6–1, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jul 2023 M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg WTT Clay Alex Knaff Dimitris Sakellaridis
Stefanos Sakellaridis
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–0 Oct 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard William Woodall Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
Luc Fomba
6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 4–1 Oct 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard William Woodall Ewen Lumsden
Loris Pourroy
walkover

References

  1. ^ "Davis Cup: Luxembourg wins against Iceland and stays in Europe Group III". today.rtl.lu.
  2. ^ "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Chris Rodesch Junior Results".
  4. ^ "Chris Rodesch". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. July 15, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Chris Rodesch Qualifies for Wimbledon". 26 June 2025.
  6. ^ "#NextGenATP Blockx & Quinn claim first Challenger titles". ATPTour. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Rodesch Claims Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Title". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Rodesch halts Nava's historic Challenger run in Tallahassee final". ATPTour. 21 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Wimbledon: Héroique, Rodesch rallie le tableau principal" (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  10. ^ "What were the key Wimbledon qualifying results?". 26 June 2025.