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Horst Skoff

AUT Died Jun 7, 2008 (age 39) 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1985–1995

Horst Skoff represented Austria on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 18. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 208–191 and 4 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

18 (Jan 1, 1990)

Elo peak

1868 (79th percentile)

Singles record

208–191 (52.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,651,858

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 →

Horst Skoff's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Adrian Voinea #62	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1995*	R16	San Marino	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Bohdan Ulihrach #44	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1995*	R32	San Marino	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Gilbert Schaller #26	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 10, 1995*	R64	Hamburg Open	Masters 1000	Clay
Karol Kucera #59	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 4, 1995*	R32	Munich Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Cedric Pioline #52	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 26, 1995*	R64	Monte-Carlo Masters	Masters 1000	Clay

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Horst Skoff's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Thomas Muster	5	6	11	May 26, 1993	H2H
Diego Perez	3	3	6	Jun 17, 1993	H2H
Jordi Arrese	2	4	6	Oct 9, 1992	H2H
Karel Novacek	2	4	6	Jul 9, 1992	H2H
Emilio Sanchez	1	5	6	May 27, 1992	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Horst Skoff 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
1988	19	2	—	—	—	2	—	Athens, Vienna Open
1990	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Geneva Open
1993	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Swedish Open
Total		4	—	—	—	4	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Horst Skoff Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	First Round	0	1	Stefan Edberg #3 def. Horst Skoff #63 7-6(3) 6-2 6-3	H2H	Match data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Magnus Larsson #35 def. Horst Skoff #59 6-2 6-2 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Horst Skoff career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1985	16	1	2	3	33.3%	552	299
1986	17	12	7	19	63.2%	299	42
1987	18	20	20	40	50.0%	42	63
1988	19	25	19	44	56.8%	64	45
1989	20	35	22	57	61.4%	44	25
1990	21	31	22	53	58.5%	18	26
1991	22	34	29	63	54.0%	25	33
1992	23	20	25	45	44.4%	33	92
1993	24	17	18	35	48.6%	92	74
1994	25	11	14	25	44.0%	74	47
1995	26	2	13	15	13.3%	47	392
Career		208	191	399	52.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Horst Skoff 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 %
1985	16	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1986	17	1	3	4	25.0%	11	4	15	73.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	7	19	63.2%
1987	18	4	5	9	44.4%	16	13	29	55.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	20	40	50.0%
1988	19	0	6	6	0.0%	20	12	32	62.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	25	19	44	56.8%
1989	20	7	5	12	58.3%	25	13	38	65.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	35	22	57	61.4%
1990	21	3	2	5	60.0%	20	14	34	58.8%	—	—	—	—	8	6	14	57.1%	31	22	53	58.5%
1991	22	5	6	11	45.5%	25	15	40	62.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	34	29	63	54.0%
1992	23	1	8	9	11.1%	17	14	31	54.8%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	20	25	45	44.4%
1993	24	1	2	3	33.3%	16	13	29	55.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	17	18	35	48.6%
1994	25	0	1	1	0.0%	11	9	20	55.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	11	14	25	44.0%
1995	26	1	5	6	16.7%	1	7	8	12.5%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	13	15	13.3%
Career	—	23	44	67	34.3%	163	115	278	58.6%	1	6	7	14.3%	21	26	47	44.7%	208	191	399	52.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Horst Skoff 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 %
1985	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1986	17	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	10	6	16	62.5%
1987	18	1	5	6	16.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	7	14	50.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	20	19	39	51.3%
1988	19	0	2	2	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	8	9	17	47.1%	9	2	11	81.8%	24	18	42	57.1%
1989	20	1	9	10	10.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	5	16	68.8%	19	7	26	73.1%	33	22	55	60.0%
1990	21	3	1	4	75.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	14	12	26	53.8%	12	4	16	75.0%	30	22	52	57.7%
1991	22	2	4	6	33.3%	5	7	12	41.7%	17	13	30	56.7%	10	5	15	66.7%	34	29	63	54.0%
1992	23	0	4	4	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	6	9	15	40.0%	11	5	16	68.8%	19	23	42	45.2%
1993	24	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	8	2	10	80.0%	17	15	32	53.1%
1994	25	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	7	14	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	11	13	24	45.8%
1995	26	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	0	0	—	—	2	13	15	13.3%
Career		7	29	36	19.4%	22	34	56	39.3%	85	82	167	50.9%	87	36	123	70.7%	201	181	382	52.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 382/399 (95.7%) of Horst Skoff's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Horst Skoff 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	54/63	2.5	2.5	60.3%	67.2%	50.6%	54.8%	43.8%	60.0%	41.0%
1992	23	35/45	3.2	2.3	58.9%	65.4%	48.2%	54.2%	42.6%	58.1%	39.3%
1993	24	30/35	3.1	3.1	54.0%	68.2%	51.0%	57.1%	45.0%	60.1%	42.6%
1994	25	22/25	3.1	2.7	54.7%	66.0%	49.0%	51.5%	43.2%	58.4%	37.2%
1995	26	14/15	2.2	3.4	55.2%	59.3%	43.4%	58.9%	39.5%	52.6%	34.2%
Career		155/399	2.8	2.7	57.5%	66.1%	49.3%	55.0%	43.3%	58.7%	39.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 155/399 (38.8%) of Horst Skoff's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Horst Skoff 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
1985	16	1500	103.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-0.87	1–1	—	—	+0.07
1986	17	1605	126.2	—	—	—	—	-99	+79	—	61.4%	+0.36	2–3 (40%)	4–3 (57%)	100.0	+1.31
1987	18	1636	132.6	—	—	—	—	-111	+62	—	47.3%	-0.18	9–3 (75%)	8–5 (62%)	110.8	+0.29
1988	19	1776	144.9	—	—	—	—	-172	-12	—	51.8%	+0.22	9–8 (53%)	7–6 (54%)	102.5	-1.42
1989	20	1789	147.2	—	—	—	—	-77	+36	—	56.3%	+0.51	10–4 (71%)	7–5 (58%)	105.4	-1.46
1990	21	1755	146.7	—	—	—	—	-30	+96	—	59.8%	+0.65	12–14 (46%)	8–10 (44%)	97.1	+0.91
1991	22	1745	142.6	-0.44	+1.98	1.025	50.5%	-64	+97	-227	51.9%	+0.28	13–9 (59%)	9–12 (43%)	99.0	-0.59
1992	23	1666	129.9	-2.26	-0.10	0.938	48.6%	-94	+113	—	45.7%	-0.46	5–4 (56%)	7–4 (64%)	100.3	+1.10
1993	24	1658	127.4	-0.67	+2.55	1.068	51.4%	-125	+88	—	51.4%	+0.04	2–2 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	99.8	+0.24
1994	25	1610	124.0	-1.71	-1.57	0.894	48.2%	-116	+111	—	45.5%	-0.29	6–3 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	101.5	+1.40
1995	26	1532	117.1	-4.63	-2.24	0.722	44.2%	-38	+103	—	12.9%	-2.52	0–1	0–3 (0%)	—	-1.07
Career		1868	143.4	-1.45	+0.74	0.963	49.4%	-83	+73	-227	51.1%	+0.08	69–52 (57%)	57–56 (50%)	103.6	+0.20

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Horst Skoff Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	17	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1987	18	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	19	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1989	20	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1991	22	R128	R64	R64	R64	3–4 (43%)
1992	23	R128	R128	—	R128	0–3 (0%)
1993	24	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1995	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–5 (0%)	3–6 (33%)	1–5 (17%)	1–5 (17%)	5–21 (19%)

Masters 1000

Horst Skoff Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	PAR	ITA	STO	W-L Win %
1990	21	R64	R16	QF	R32	R64	—	—	6–5 (55%)
1991	22	R32	—	SF	R32	R32	R32	R64	8–6 (57%)
1992	23	R16	R64	R64	R64	—	R32	—	3–5 (38%)
1994	25	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	R64	2–3 (40%)
1995	26	R64	R32	R64	R128	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	3–4 (43%)	9–5 (64%)	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	20–23 (47%)

ATP 500

Horst Skoff ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	IW	ITA	STU	BRU	MIA	MEM	PHI	W-L Win %
1987	18	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	19	—	R64	R64	—	—	R128	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1989	20	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1990	21	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1991	22	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1992	23	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	3–3 (50%)
1993	24	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	25	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1995	26	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	14–20 (41%)

ATP 250

Horst Skoff ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ANT	ATL	SWE	BAR	BAS	BUC	BUE	EST	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	AUS	MAD	MC	MRS	MUN	PAR	STO	STU	UMA	VIE	ATH	BER	BOL	BOL	BOR	CAS	CHA	DUT	GEN	ITA	JAK	EAS	MEX	MIL	MOS	NIC	OST	PAL	PRA	SAN	SAO	SCH	SCO	ST.	SYD	TAM	TOU	WEM	W-L Win %
1985	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1986	17	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	12–6 (67%)
1987	18	—	—	—	—	R64	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	18–16 (53%)
1988	19	—	—	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	R16	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25–11 (69%)
1989	20	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	R64	QF	SF	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	31–16 (66%)
1990	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	W	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	20–14 (59%)
1991	22	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	F	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	22–15 (59%)
1992	23	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	14–13 (52%)
1993	24	—	—	R16	W	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	R16	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	16–14 (53%)
1994	25	—	R32	—	F	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–10 (41%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	10–2 (83%)	11–4 (73%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	4–4 (50%)	9–2 (82%)	5–5 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	11–10 (52%)	2–1 (67%)	9–3 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	14–8 (64%)	8–2 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	6–3 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	10–5 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	167–123 (58%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 1, 1990

First Top 100

Aug 11, 1986

First Top 50

Sep 29, 1986

First Top 20

Oct 9, 1989

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Horst Skoff ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	547	540	555
1985	16	553	537	341	334	341	338	350	317	295	312	307	299
1986	17	299	294	306	299	310	193	102	75	44	39	40	42
1987	18	44	45	48	28	31	37	42	40	63	57	63	63
1988	19	66	60	63	113	93	73	64	63	63	45	42	45
1989	20	41	41	40	36	26	25	33	29	22	28	25	25
1990	21	20	20	20	20	28	29	27	23	23	26	26	26
1991	22	28	31	36	28	25	22	25	25	26	32	33	33
1992	23	38	39	39	49	47	52	59	75	98	87	91	92
1993	24	92	96	75	67	73	80	48	55	59	62	72	74
1994	25	74	82	94	120	78	67	60	44	46	45	48	47
1995	26	49	47	48	50	84	102	252	379	381	380	396	392
1996	27	396	401	438	455	465	395	343	334	331	324	337	339
1997	28	338	338	361	364	241	224	191	195	200	198	191	199
1998	29	202	205	202	205	269	313	516	710	713	721	720	722
1999	30	714	713	710	608	586	498	504	429	419	415	418	429
2000	31	423	427	436	460	524	669	682	1311	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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Horst Skoff's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
David Pate	USA	#18	1,875	349	181	168	51.9%	$2,028,823	2	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Jaime Yzaga	PER	#18	1,872	445	239	206	53.7%	$2,235,560	8	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Woodforde	AUS	#19	1,921	607	313	294	51.6%	$8,551,305	4	1985–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Omar Camporese	ITA	#18	1,916	286	138	148	48.3%	$1,610,475	2	1986–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Amos Mansdorf	ISR	#18	1,895	505	290	215	57.4%	$2,412,016	6	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Jason Stoltenberg	AUS	#19	1,924	555	295	260	53.2%	$3,259,607	4	1987–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Goran Prpic	CRO	#16	1,948	221	115	106	52.0%	$1,303,639	1	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Richey Reneberg	USA	#20	1,920	567	305	262	53.8%	$4,407,308	3	1986–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Gilbert Schaller	AUT	#17	1,816	238	112	126	47.1%	$1,317,163	1	1986–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Paul Haarhuis	NED	#18	1,887	498	251	247	50.4%	$7,751,962	1	1988–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Wally Masur	AUS	#15	1,894	581	313	268	53.9%	$3,134,718	3	1980–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Jacco Eltingh	NED	#19	1,876	265	124	141	46.8%	$4,920,410	4	1989–1997	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Horst Skoff represent?: Horst Skoff represents Austria in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Horst Skoff?: Horst Skoff is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Horst Skoff left-handed or right-handed?: Horst Skoff plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Horst Skoff won?: Horst Skoff has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Horst Skoff won?: TennisDB does not group any of Horst Skoff's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Horst Skoff won?: Horst Skoff has won 4 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Bastad in 1993.
What is Horst Skoff's highest ATP ranking?: Horst Skoff's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 18, first achieved on January 1, 1990.
What is Horst Skoff's career win-loss record?: Horst Skoff has a career ATP singles record of 208 wins and 191 losses (52.1%).
How much career prize money has Horst Skoff earned?: Horst Skoff has earned at least $1,651,858 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Horst Skoff's career appear in TennisDB?: Horst Skoff appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1985 through 1995.
On which surface does Horst Skoff have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Horst Skoff's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 58.6% (163–115).
Who has Horst Skoff faced most often?: Horst Skoff's most frequent opponent is Thomas Muster, with a head-to-head record of 5–6 across 11 meetings.