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Sam Riffice (born 1 March 1999) is an American tennis player.^[1]^[2]

Early life and career

His mother, Lori Riffice, is a national coach with USTA Player Development.^[3] The family relocated to Central Florida to be a part of the USTA National Campus staff when it first opened in January 2017.^[4]

Whilst studying at the University of Florida Riffice won the 2021 SEC championship. Riffice then won the 2021 NCAA Singles Tournament at the USTA National Campus where as the No. 6-seed Riffice defeated No. 2-seeded Daniel Rodrigues of South Carolina by a score of 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.^[5] He was also captain of the Florida Gators as they won the 2021 NCAA team title.

Career

Riffice was given his ATP tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 US Open,^[6] where he lost in the first round to 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov.^[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2017	USA F15, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Calvin Hemery	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 2017	Romania F1, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Nicolae Frunză	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2018	USA F17, Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Jun 2019	M25 Wichita, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Brandon Holt	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–4	Jun 2019	M25 Tulsa, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Maxime Cressy	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2022	M15 Fayetteville, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Blu Baker	5–1 ret.