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Michael Stich

GER Age 57 193 cm / 6'4" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1989–1997

Michael Stich represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 2. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 351–163 and 18 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

2 (Nov 22, 1993)

Elo peak

2120 (96th percentile)

Singles record

351–163 (68.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$12,595,128

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Michael Stich's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Cedric Pioline #44	7-6 2-6 1-6 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1997*	SF	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Tim Henman #20	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997*	QF	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Mark Woodforde #64	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1997*	R16	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Sandon Stolle #70	6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997*	R32	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Justin Gimelstob #117	7-5 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Michael Stich's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Stefan Edberg	8	6	14	Oct 30, 1996	H2H
Richard Krajicek	7	6	13	Apr 24, 1997	H2H
Boris Becker	4	9	13	Oct 11, 1996	H2H
Jim Courier	6	5	11	Jun 25, 1997	H2H
Alexander Volkov	8	1	9	Feb 29, 1996	H2H

Singles Titles (18)

Michael Stich singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1990	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Memphis
1991	22	4	1	—	1	2	—	Schenectady, Vienna Open, Stuttgart Open, Wimbledon
1992	23	2	—	—	—	1	1	Libéma Open, Grand Slam Cup
1993	24	6	—	2	1	2	1	Swiss Indoors, Queen's Club Championships, Stuttgart Indoor, Hamburg Open, Stockholm Open, ATP Finals
1994	25	3	—	—	—	3	—	Halle Open, Munich Open, ABN AMRO Open
1995	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Los Angeles Open
1996	27	1	—	—	1	—	—	Antwerp
Total		18	1	2	3	10	2

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Michael Stich Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Carl-Uwe Steeb #31 def. Michael Stich #10 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Michael Stich career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	20	11	12	23	47.8%	271	100
1990	21	29	23	52	55.8%	113	42
1991	22	68	23	91	74.7%	38	4
1992	23	43	20	63	68.3%	4	15
1993	24	67	19	86	77.9%	15	2
1994	25	54	21	75	72.0%	2	9
1995	26	39	18	57	68.4%	9	12
1996	27	25	15	40	62.5%	12	16
1997	28	15	12	27	55.6%	19	64
Career		351	163	514	68.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Michael Stich career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	20	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	3	8	62.5%	3	3	6	50.0%	11	12	23	47.8%
1990	21	20	10	30	66.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	29	23	52	55.8%
1991	22	31	10	41	75.6%	16	5	21	76.2%	10	1	11	90.9%	11	7	18	61.1%	68	23	91	74.7%
1992	23	13	8	21	61.9%	12	7	19	63.2%	9	1	10	90.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	43	20	63	68.3%
1993	24	17	7	24	70.8%	17	5	22	77.3%	9	1	10	90.0%	24	6	30	80.0%	67	19	86	77.9%
1994	25	15	7	22	68.2%	16	5	21	76.2%	6	2	8	75.0%	17	7	24	70.8%	54	21	75	72.0%
1995	26	19	8	27	70.4%	8	5	13	61.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	8	3	11	72.7%	39	18	57	68.4%
1996	27	2	4	6	33.3%	7	2	9	77.8%	5	2	7	71.4%	11	7	18	61.1%	25	15	40	62.5%
1997	28	1	4	5	20.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	5	3	8	62.5%	15	12	27	55.6%
Career	—	118	60	178	66.3%	84	42	126	66.7%	58	16	74	78.4%	91	45	136	66.9%	351	163	514	68.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Michael Stich career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	20	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	9	2	11	81.8%	11	12	23	47.8%
1990	21	1	5	6	16.7%	4	7	11	36.4%	13	7	20	65.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	28	22	50	56.0%
1991	22	5	9	14	35.7%	13	7	20	65.0%	35	5	40	87.5%	14	2	16	87.5%	67	23	90	74.4%
1992	23	5	5	10	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	21	9	30	70.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	43	20	63	68.3%
1993	24	11	5	16	68.8%	19	6	25	76.0%	27	4	31	87.1%	6	3	9	66.7%	63	18	81	77.8%
1994	25	0	5	5	0.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	29	6	35	82.9%	10	4	14	71.4%	53	20	73	72.6%
1995	26	2	5	7	28.6%	6	7	13	46.2%	26	4	30	86.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	37	17	54	68.5%
1996	27	2	2	4	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	12	7	19	63.2%	4	0	4	100.0%	23	14	37	62.2%
1997	28	0	3	3	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	9	9	18	50.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	15	12	27	55.6%
Career		26	40	66	39.4%	72	43	115	62.6%	173	57	230	75.2%	69	18	87	79.3%	340	158	498	68.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 498/514 (96.9%) of Michael Stich's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Michael Stich performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	22	78/91	6.5	3.2	57.9%	76.6%	57.1%	66.4%	46.1%	68.2%	39.0%
1992	23	52/63	7.3	3.4	58.9%	76.8%	57.1%	64.9%	46.6%	68.3%	37.6%
1993	24	63/86	9.0	5.1	54.1%	79.2%	52.8%	63.0%	46.0%	67.1%	38.4%
1994	25	67/75	8.3	3.8	56.5%	80.3%	52.6%	64.5%	43.9%	68.1%	39.1%
1995	26	48/57	8.1	3.4	56.3%	78.2%	52.5%	68.3%	43.8%	67.1%	39.8%
1996	27	31/40	11.6	5.1	54.9%	80.1%	49.7%	65.1%	42.5%	66.2%	39.0%
1997	28	26/27	9.0	5.9	53.5%	75.8%	50.4%	65.7%	40.1%	64.0%	37.3%
Career		365/514	8.2	4.1	56.3%	78.2%	53.8%	65.3%	44.7%	67.4%	38.7%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 365/514 (71.0%) of Michael Stich's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Michael Stich advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1989	20	1586	127.2	—	—	—	—	-41	-34	+24	51.7%	+0.15	3–5 (38%)	2–2 (50%)	100.0	+0.27
1990	21	1785	147.1	—	—	—	—	-4	-221	-110	57.4%	+0.43	5–11 (31%)	17–10 (63%)	100.6	-2.47
1991	22	1991	162.6	+7.11	+1.14	1.226	53.3%	-46	-130	-46	69.4%	+1.15	12–7 (63%)	28–17 (62%)	110.5	-3.59
1992	23	2006	155.8	+6.32	+0.24	1.184	52.7%	-29	-142	+14	65.1%	+0.82	6–7 (46%)	19–13 (59%)	99.6	-1.90
1993	24	2084	165.9	+5.83	+1.02	1.168	52.6%	+6	-105	+36	68.4%	+0.97	23–10 (70%)	37–17 (69%)	111.3	-2.80
1994	25	1933	155.0	+5.80	+0.79	1.225	53.3%	+27	+70	+175	66.5%	+1.00	16–6 (73%)	18–18 (50%)	98.1	+0.70
1995	26	1897	154.8	+4.74	+2.25	1.210	53.3%	+35	+61	+83	65.5%	+0.98	10–6 (63%)	13–14 (48%)	100.1	-0.41
1996	27	1834	149.9	+3.10	+2.21	1.154	52.8%	+5	+182	+187	62.6%	+0.77	2–6 (25%)	15–7 (68%)	97.2	-1.26
1997	28	1844	128.8	+1.60	+0.14	1.038	50.8%	-74	+115	+189	56.0%	+0.08	5–4 (56%)	8–7 (53%)	96.8	-0.51
Career		2120	160.0	+5.49	+1.09	1.187	52.9%	-7	-44	+61	64.7%	+0.84	82–62 (57%)	157–105 (60%)	105.6	-2.34

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Michael Stich Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1990	21	R32	R64	R32	R64	6–4 (60%)
1991	22	R32	SF	W	QF	18–3 (86%)
1992	23	QF	R32	QF	R64	11–4 (73%)
1993	24	SF	R16	QF	R128	12–4 (75%)
1994	25	R128	R64	R128	F	7–4 (64%)
1995	26	R32	R16	R128	R16	8–4 (67%)
1996	27	—	F	R16	R64	10–3 (77%)
1997	28	R64	—	SF	—	6–2 (75%)
W-L		16–7 (70%)	22–8 (73%)	25–8 (76%)	16–8 (67%)	79–31 (72%)

Masters 1000

Michael Stich Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	PAR	ITA	STO	STU	W-L Win %
1990	21	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R64	QF	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1991	22	—	—	SF	SF	—	R16	—	R64	R32	—	10–5 (67%)
1992	23	—	—	F	SF	QF	—	R16	R64	R16	—	11–6 (65%)
1993	24	—	QF	W	R32	R32	R16	QF	—	W	—	16–5 (76%)
1994	25	—	SF	SF	—	R16	—	R32	QF	QF	—	13–6 (68%)
1995	26	QF	SF	R16	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
1997	28	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	8–3 (73%)	18–6 (75%)	8–4 (67%)	5–6 (45%)	5–4 (56%)	6–5 (55%)	4–4 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	1–1 (50%)	66–38 (63%)

ATP 500

Michael Stich ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	BAR	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	MEM	MIL	NEW	PHI	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1991	22	—	—	W	QF	—	—	F	—	—	QF	13–3 (81%)
1992	23	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	5–4 (56%)
1993	24	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	8–2 (80%)
1994	25	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	6–3 (67%)
1995	26	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	6–3 (67%)
1996	27	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	7–2 (78%)
1997	28	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		5–1 (83%)	2–3 (40%)	17–4 (81%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	6–5 (55%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	49–23 (68%)

ATP 250

Michael Stich ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ANT	ASB	BAS	BUC	DOH	GST	HAL	HAM	HKG	MTP	MRS	MUN	QUE	ROT	SPB	STU	VIE	BER	BOL	BRI	FRA	LON	LOS	MEM	MOS	NIC	OST	LIB	SCH	SOU	SYD	TOU	WEM	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	10–9 (53%)
1990	21	QF	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	W	R32	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	14–11 (56%)
1991	22	F	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	W	—	F	—	—	25–8 (76%)
1992	23	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	R32	—	—	11–5 (69%)
1993	24	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–6 (76%)
1994	25	—	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	W	—	—	—	SF	W	R16	W	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	26–7 (79%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18–5 (78%)
1996	27	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–6 (50%)
1997	28	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
W-L		6–2 (75%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	9–5 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	2–1 (67%)	11–2 (85%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	16–6 (73%)	11–3 (79%)	7–1 (88%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	11–4 (73%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	6–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	9–2 (82%)	6–1 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	136–62 (69%)

ATP Finals

Michael Stich ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	GRA	W-L Win %
1991	22	RR	SF	2–4 (33%)
1992	23	—	W	4–0 (100%)
1993	24	W	F	8–1 (89%)
1996	27	—	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	9–3 (75%)	14–6 (70%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 22, 1993

First Top 100

Jun 19, 1989

First Top 50

Nov 5, 1990

First Top 20

Feb 25, 1991

First Top 10

Jun 10, 1991

Ranking History Matrix

Michael Stich ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	755	771	779	789	798	564
1988	19	564	569	571	573	568	564	496	500	522	533	494	269
1989	20	276	276	127	125	119	75	77	84	89	95	83	100
1990	21	79	80	60	63	69	80	65	65	65	67	42	42
1991	22	30	18	19	15	12	7	3	4	5	4	4	4
1992	23	3	5	5	5	5	4	10	12	15	17	15	15
1993	24	15	10	10	12	10	8	6	6	6	4	2	2
1994	25	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	2	4	9	9
1995	26	8	9	8	6	12	10	9	8	12	13	12	12
1996	27	13	12	13	14	16	12	14	18	21	17	16	16
1997	28	19	32	31	26	28	88	48	48	51	64	64	64
1998	29	65	70	90	92	94	116	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Michael Stich's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	M1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Chang	USA	#2	2,113	954	649	305	68.0%	$19,145,632	34	1	7	1987–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Goran Ivanisevic	CRO	#2	2,126	885	565	320	63.8%	$19,878,007	22	1	2	1988–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Petr Korda	CZE	#2	2,110	616	378	238	61.4%	$10,448,900	10	1	1	1985–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Alex Corretja	ESP	#2	1,998	695	417	278	60.0%	$10,411,354	17	0	2	1992–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Magnus Norman	SWE	#2	2,041	400	236	164	59.0%	$4,537,247	12	0	1	1992–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Jim Courier	USA	#1	2,216	712	489	223	68.7%	$14,034,132	23	4	5	1987–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Sergi Bruguera	ESP	#3	2,099	677	420	257	62.0%	$11,632,199	14	2	2	1988–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Yannick Noah	FRA	#3	2,199	650	456	194	70.2%	$3,440,660	23	1	0	1977–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Thomas Muster	AUT	#1	2,165	858	590	268	68.8%	$12,266,977	44	1	8	1984–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Boris Becker	GER	#1	2,268	892	672	220	75.3%	$25,080,956	49	6	5	1983–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Tommy Haas	GER	#2	2,116	873	540	333	61.9%	$13,609,987	15	0	1	1996–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Patrick Rafter	AUS	#1	2,105	511	333	178	65.2%	$11,133,128	11	2	2	1991–2001	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Michael Stich?: Michael Stich is 57 years old, born on October 18, 1968.
Which country does Michael Stich represent?: Michael Stich represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Michael Stich?: Michael Stich is 193 cm / 6'4".
Does Michael Stich use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Michael Stich uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Michael Stich left-handed or right-handed?: Michael Stich plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Michael Stich won?: Michael Stich has won 1 Grand Slam singles title. The most recent was Wimbledon in 1991.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Michael Stich won?: TennisDB groups 2 of Michael Stich's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category. All 2 were won under documented predecessor category names and are shown using the modern equivalent. The most recent was Stockholm Masters in 1993.
How many ATP titles has Michael Stich won?: Michael Stich has won 18 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Antwerp in 1996.
What is Michael Stich's highest ATP ranking?: Michael Stich's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 2, first achieved on November 22, 1993.
What is Michael Stich's career win-loss record?: Michael Stich has a career ATP singles record of 351 wins and 163 losses (68.3%).
How much career prize money has Michael Stich earned?: Michael Stich has earned at least $12,595,128 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Michael Stich's career appear in TennisDB?: Michael Stich appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1989 through 1997.
On which surface does Michael Stich have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Michael Stich's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 78.4% (58–16).
Who has Michael Stich faced most often?: Michael Stich's most frequent opponent is Stefan Edberg, with a head-to-head record of 8–6 across 14 meetings.