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Christian Saceanu

GER Age 58 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1985–1994

Christian Saceanu represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 60. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 71–112 and 2 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

60 (Mar 7, 1988)

Elo peak

1713 (56th percentile)

Singles record

71–112 (38.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$738,632

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 →

Christian Saceanu's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Marcos Ondruska #119	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1994*	R16	Tel Aviv	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Jan Apell #83	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1994*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #74	5-7 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1994*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Stephane Simian #133	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1994*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Carsten Arriens #129	6-7(5) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1993*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard

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Christian Saceanu's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jakob Hlasek	2	2	4	Jun 28, 1992	H2H
Michiel Schapers	1	3	4	Feb 12, 1992	H2H
Richard Krajicek	0	3	3	Jun 10, 1993	H2H
Kelly Jones	1	2	3	Jan 20, 1993	H2H
Leonardo Lavalle	0	3	3	Jan 7, 1993	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Christian Saceanu 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	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bristol
1991	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Libéma Open
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Career Results

Christian Saceanu career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1985	16	0	1	1	0.0%	636	479
1986	17	0	3	3	0.0%	475	239
1987	18	8	11	19	42.1%	239	84
1988	19	21	20	41	51.2%	82	88
1989	20	13	18	31	41.9%	81	160
1990	21	3	9	12	25.0%	126	153
1991	22	15	20	35	42.9%	152	84
1992	23	8	16	24	33.3%	83	118
1993	24	1	12	13	7.7%	118	530
1994	25	2	2	4	50.0%	530	289
Career		71	112	183	38.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Christian Saceanu 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%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1986	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1987	18	8	7	15	53.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	11	19	42.1%
1988	19	5	10	15	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	21	20	41	51.2%
1989	20	5	8	13	38.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	13	18	31	41.9%
1990	21	0	5	5	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	9	12	25.0%
1991	22	2	5	7	28.6%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	15	20	35	42.9%
1992	23	0	9	9	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1993	24	0	7	7	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	12	13	7.7%
1994	25	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
Career	—	21	53	74	28.4%	10	19	29	34.5%	23	19	42	54.8%	17	21	38	44.7%	71	112	183	38.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Christian Saceanu 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	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1986	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1987	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	7	9	16	43.8%
1988	19	0	4	4	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	9	10	10.0%	14	4	18	77.8%	17	20	37	45.9%
1989	20	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	7	9	16	43.8%	13	18	31	41.9%
1990	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1991	22	1	0	1	100.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	4	10	14	28.6%	7	5	12	58.3%	14	20	34	41.2%
1992	23	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	9	11	18.2%	5	3	8	62.5%	8	14	22	36.4%
1993	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	1	12	13	7.7%
1994	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
Career		1	6	7	14.3%	7	16	23	30.4%	15	45	60	25.0%	41	41	82	50.0%	64	108	172	37.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 172/183 (94.0%) of Christian Saceanu's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Christian Saceanu 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	33/35	5.3	4.0	60.7%	73.8%	51.8%	59.3%	40.5%	64.8%	35.7%
1992	23	18/24	4.6	5.7	64.0%	69.3%	41.6%	53.2%	41.7%	59.2%	34.0%
1993	24	12/13	3.5	6.3	59.0%	68.0%	38.0%	45.9%	41.1%	55.6%	36.3%
1994	25	4/4	4.3	6.0	59.5%	70.4%	44.9%	70.0%	81.7%	60.7%	33.6%
Career		67/183	4.7	5.0	61.2%	71.4%	46.1%	55.9%	43.4%	61.4%	35.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 67/183 (36.6%) of Christian Saceanu's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Christian Saceanu 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	1487	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.09
1986	17	1443	102.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.2%	-1.11	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.37
1987	18	1527	124.6	—	—	—	—	+53	—	—	46.2%	-0.19	3–5 (38%)	3–5 (38%)	96.6	+0.44
1988	19	1670	135.5	—	—	—	—	-17	-155	-71	52.4%	+0.27	6–6 (50%)	6–9 (40%)	99.2	-0.13
1989	20	1594	116.8	—	—	—	—	-37	-47	+25	43.9%	-0.57	5–4 (56%)	6–8 (43%)	99.5	+0.67
1990	21	1554	109.0	—	—	—	—	-45	+41	—	30.8%	-1.15	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.07
1991	22	1566	124.4	+2.09	-2.84	1.013	50.1%	-62	-29	+140	46.4%	-0.14	5–9 (36%)	10–6 (63%)	102.6	+0.13
1992	23	1602	108.4	-2.03	-2.22	0.833	47.1%	-147	—	+123	39.4%	-0.89	5–7 (42%)	8–7 (53%)	100.0	+0.06
1993	24	1456	99.2	-3.84	-1.71	0.818	45.9%	-63	—	—	16.7%	-1.83	0–3 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	96.4	+0.69
1994	25	1487	104.1	-0.77	-1.82	0.854	47.2%	—	—	—	45.5%	-0.27	1–0	—	—	+0.30
Career		1713	124.2	-0.25	-2.41	0.912	48.3%	-40	-31	+60	42.9%	-0.43	27–37 (42%)	37–43 (46%)	97.1	+1.49

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Christian Saceanu Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	17	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	18	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1988	19	R16	R64	R128	—	4–3 (57%)
1989	20	R64	R64	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
1991	22	R64	R128	R32	R64	4–4 (50%)
1992	23	R128	—	R16	—	3–2 (60%)
1993	24	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	25	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	2–3 (40%)	6–7 (46%)	1–2 (33%)	14–18 (44%)

Masters 1000

Christian Saceanu Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	MIA	W-L Win %
1992	23	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 500

Christian Saceanu ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	WAS	BRU	MIA	MEM	PHI	W-L Win %
1988	19	—	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	20	—	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	21	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	23	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	0–3 (0%)
1993	24	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–9 (10%)

ATP 250

Christian Saceanu ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAS	BRI	HAM	HKG	AUS	MTP	MET	NWP	QUE	ROT	SEL	STO	STU	TKY	UMA	WAS	BER	BIR	BOL	BOR	BRI	BRU	CHA	COP	FRA	GUA	JAK	KUA	LIV	LOS	EAS	ORL	PRA	LIB	SAN	SCH	SIN	STR	SYD	SYD	TAM	TEL	TOU	WEM	ZAR	W-L Win %
1985	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	17	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1987	18	—	—	—	R32	R64	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–8 (50%)
1988	19	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	QF	—	R64	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	17–16 (52%)
1989	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	QF	R32	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	11–14 (44%)
1990	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1991	22	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	10–15 (40%)
1992	23	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–10 (33%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	1–9 (10%)
1994	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–6 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–4 (43%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–1 (86%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	56–84 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 7, 1988

First Top 100

Nov 23, 1987

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Christian Saceanu ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	16	—	—	—	—	—	632	528	492	477	475	478	479
1986	17	475	463	353	320	292	295	271	236	220	206	234	239
1987	18	250	243	260	172	187	175	136	138	141	139	85	84
1988	19	69	63	65	76	70	61	70	70	72	77	84	88
1989	20	84	103	106	106	114	154	135	121	113	119	147	160
1990	21	133	123	125	133	140	152	149	161	167	172	169	153
1991	22	154	138	118	120	113	82	72	72	71	72	76	84
1992	23	81	96	101	109	118	176	147	155	157	134	118	118
1993	24	120	129	144	143	147	149	218	217	220	309	521	530
1994	25	528	522	680	717	655	673	492	505	502	392	309	289
1995	26	289	289	292	291	285	280	244	240	238	280	366	395
1996	27	393	392	396	393	431	430	1241	1262	1037	1037	1058	1066
1997	28	1066	1068	1055	1045	1053	1065	1087	1093	1093	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Christian Saceanu's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Christian Miniussi	ARG	#57	1,691	140	59	81	42.1%	$651,069	1	1984–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Ricki Osterthun	GER	#58	1,696	139	60	79	43.2%	$390,259	1	1984–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Lars Koslowski	GER	#63	1,658	45	17	28	37.8%	$265,437	0	1989–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Ken Flach	USA	#56	1,715	132	52	80	39.4%	$2,059,571	0	1982–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Gilad Bloom	ISR	#61	1,749	188	83	105	44.1%	$694,271	0	1984–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Jeremy Bates	GBR	#54	1,717	292	117	175	40.1%	$1,338,555	1	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Aki Rahunen	FIN	#57	1,682	69	27	42	39.1%	$257,054	0	1990–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Todd Nelson	USA	#58	1,650	143	53	90	37.1%	$541,277	0	1983–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Francisco Yunis	ARG	#61	1,589	67	27	40	40.3%	$198,607	0	1984–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Francisco Roig	ESP	#60	1,715	160	64	96	40.0%	$1,466,118	0	1987–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Claudio Pistolesi	ITA	#71	1,665	184	75	109	40.8%	$587,945	1	1985–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Eduardo Masso	BEL	#56	1,685	110	41	69	37.3%	$397,593	0	1986–1992	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Christian Saceanu?: Christian Saceanu is 58 years old, born on July 8, 1968.
Which country does Christian Saceanu represent?: Christian Saceanu represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Christian Saceanu?: Christian Saceanu is 190 cm / 6'3".
Is Christian Saceanu left-handed or right-handed?: Christian Saceanu plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Christian Saceanu won?: Christian Saceanu has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Christian Saceanu won?: TennisDB does not group any of Christian Saceanu's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Christian Saceanu won?: Christian Saceanu has won 2 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Rosmalen in 1991.
What is Christian Saceanu's highest ATP ranking?: Christian Saceanu's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on March 7, 1988.
What is Christian Saceanu's career win-loss record?: Christian Saceanu has a career ATP singles record of 71 wins and 112 losses (38.8%).
How much career prize money has Christian Saceanu earned?: Christian Saceanu has earned at least $738,632 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Christian Saceanu's career appear in TennisDB?: Christian Saceanu appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1985 through 1994.
On which surface does Christian Saceanu have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Christian Saceanu's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.8% (23–19).
Who has Christian Saceanu faced most often?: Christian Saceanu's most frequent opponent is Jakob Hlasek, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.