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Chris Lewis

NZL Born Mar 9, 1957 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1973–1985

Chris Lewis represented New Zealand on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 19. TennisDB's records show a 221–196 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1973 through 1985 and 3 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

19 (Apr 16, 1984)

Elo peak

1865 (79th percentile)

Singles record

221–196 (53.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$647,550

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 →

Chris Lewis's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Tim Gullikson	6-4 2-6 4-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Nov 29, 1985*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Matt Mitchell #166	2-6 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 27, 1985*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Blaine Willenborg #178	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1985*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay
Pablo Arraya #80	2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1985*	R32	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Clay
Dan Goldie #108	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 1985*	R64	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Clay

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Chris Lewis's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mark Edmondson	3	4	7	Jun 13, 1985	H2H
John Alexander	4	3	7	May 15, 1984	H2H
Rod Frawley	5	1	6	Oct 6, 1983	H2H
Tomas Smid	1	5	6	Aug 17, 1983	H2H
Balazs Taroczy	1	4	5	Jul 25, 1984	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Chris Lewis 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
1978	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Austrian Open Kitzbühel
1981	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Munich Open
1985	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

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

Career Results

Chris Lewis career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	17	1	2	3	33.3%	—	318
1975	18	0	1	1	0.0%	323	—
1976	19	9	16	25	36.0%	168	127
1977	20	18	12	30	60.0%	—	55
1978	21	34	26	60	56.7%	51	40
1979	22	10	18	28	35.7%	40	65
1980	23	24	24	48	50.0%	68	59
1981	24	41	24	65	63.1%	66	31
1982	25	30	20	50	60.0%	—	48
1983	26	28	23	51	54.9%	57	—
1984	27	15	18	33	45.5%	25	93
1985	28	11	11	22	50.0%	101	120
Career		221	196	417	53.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Chris Lewis 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 %
1973	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1976	19	1	3	4	25.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1977	20	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%	13	7	20	65.0%	—	—	—	—	18	12	30	60.0%
1978	21	0	2	2	0.0%	30	16	46	65.2%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	34	26	60	56.7%
1979	22	0	3	3	0.0%	10	13	23	43.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	10	18	28	35.7%
1980	23	0	3	3	0.0%	16	10	26	61.5%	4	6	10	40.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	24	24	48	50.0%
1981	24	14	7	21	66.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	13	7	20	65.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	41	24	65	63.1%
1982	25	5	4	9	55.6%	16	9	25	64.0%	9	7	16	56.3%	—	—	—	—	30	20	50	60.0%
1983	26	8	6	14	57.1%	9	8	17	52.9%	10	4	14	71.4%	1	5	6	16.7%	28	23	51	54.9%
1984	27	3	4	7	42.9%	11	10	21	52.4%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	18	33	45.5%
1985	28	5	1	6	83.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	11	22	50.0%
Career	—	36	33	69	52.2%	110	88	198	55.6%	58	51	109	53.2%	17	24	41	41.5%	221	196	417	53.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Chris Lewis 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 %
1976	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1977	20	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	0	0	—	—	9	7	16	56.2%
1978	21	2	3	5	40.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	3	0	3	100.0%	12	14	26	46.2%
1979	22	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	0	0	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
1980	23	0	3	3	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	0	—	—	7	15	22	31.8%
1981	24	0	4	4	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	16	7	23	69.6%	0	0	—	—	17	18	35	48.6%
1982	25	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	0	—	—	9	12	21	42.9%
1983	26	0	1	1	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	3	0	3	100.0%	17	18	35	48.6%
1984	27	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	9	16	43.8%	3	2	5	60.0%	12	15	27	44.4%
1985	28	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	10	10	20	50.0%
Career		2	19	21	9.5%	13	43	56	23.2%	67	51	118	56.8%	18	8	26	69.2%	100	121	221	45.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 221/417 (53.0%) of Chris Lewis's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Chris Lewis 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
1973	16	1491	97.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.05
1974	17	1478	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	+14	42.9%	-0.38	1–1	—	—	+0.45
1975	18	1462	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.75	—	0–1	—	+0.08
1976	19	1525	125.9	—	—	—	—	+42	+7	+6	42.9%	-0.55	2–9 (18%)	5–2 (71%)	95.1	+1.53
1977	20	1746	143.6	—	—	—	—	—	-125	+1	58.1%	+0.59	4–4 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	103.9	+0.23
1978	21	1796	149.0	—	—	—	—	-214	+9	-64	58.1%	+0.80	6–6 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	102.6	+0.28
1979	22	1626	126.5	—	—	—	—	-84	+70	—	39.4%	-0.66	3–6 (33%)	3–6 (33%)	94.5	+0.17
1980	23	1679	133.7	—	—	—	—	-146	+67	+21	49.1%	-0.12	6–4 (60%)	6–8 (43%)	100.1	+1.31
1981	24	1831	147.2	—	—	—	—	-63	-49	-7	56.1%	+0.43	18–5 (78%)	10–11 (48%)	112.7	+0.80
1982	25	1724	133.3	—	—	—	—	+32	+57	+33	62.9%	+0.82	4–4 (50%)	11–4 (73%)	102.5	+2.19
1983	26	1776	139.5	—	—	—	—	-75	-1	+127	52.1%	+0.13	13–8 (62%)	13–18 (42%)	100.1	-0.32
1984	27	1657	127.2	—	—	—	—	+2	+105	+134	42.3%	-0.62	7–2 (78%)	5–2 (71%)	107.2	-0.18
1985	28	1598	117.4	—	—	—	—	+95	+79	+146	51.6%	+0.09	3–4 (43%)	4–3 (57%)	96.8	+2.69
Career		1865	142.6	—	—	—	—	-52	+31	+33	52.4%	+0.18	67–53 (56%)	64–64 (50%)	105.0	+2.22

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Chris Lewis Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1976	19	R32	—	R64	—	2–2 (50%)
1977	20	R16	R32	R128	—	4–3 (57%)
1978	21	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1979	22	R64	R64	—	R128	1–3 (25%)
1980	23	R64	R64	R64	—	2–3 (40%)
1981	24	R16	R64	R64	R64	5–4 (56%)
1982	25	R32	R64	R32	R32	6–4 (60%)
1983	26	R32	R128	F	R64	8–4 (67%)
1984	27	R64	R128	R64	R128	1–4 (20%)
1985	28	R64	R64	R64	—	3–3 (50%)
W-L		8–9 (47%)	8–9 (47%)	13–9 (59%)	4–6 (40%)	33–33 (50%)

ATP 500

Chris Lewis ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	21	—	R64	SF	4–2 (67%)
1979	22	—	R32	R64	1–2 (33%)
1981	24	F	—	R64	5–2 (71%)
1982	25	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	26	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	27	—	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	3–3 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	12–9 (57%)

ATP 250

Chris Lewis ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	SWE	BAR	BRI	BUE	DAL	FLR	GST	HAM	HKG	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MEL	MUN	NAP	QUE	ROT	STG	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	AIX	BAL	BAN	BIR	MIA	BOG	BOR	BOU	BRI	BRU	CHR	CLE	COL	FOR	HAM	HIL	LA	LAS	LIN	LIT	EAS	MAU	MEM	MIL	MIL	NAN	NEW	NIC	NOR	EAS	IW	PHI	QUI	SAL	SAO	SOU	ST.	SUR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TEH	U.S	W-L Win %
1973	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1975	18	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	19	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	7–14 (33%)
1977	20	F	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	14–8 (64%)
1978	21	—	—	QF	R64	—	QF	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	W	R16	R32	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	29–21 (58%)
1979	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	8–13 (38%)
1980	23	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R16	QF	R16	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	22–21 (51%)
1981	24	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	—	R32	SF	W	R32	R64	R32	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	31–18 (63%)
1982	25	R32	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	24–15 (62%)
1983	26	QF	SF	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	20–17 (54%)
1984	27	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	12–13 (48%)
1985	28	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	8–8 (50%)
W-L		8–4 (67%)	15–7 (68%)	2–1 (67%)	2–4 (33%)	5–3 (62%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	7–7 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	9–4 (69%)	4–2 (67%)	0–5 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	9–3 (75%)	7–6 (54%)	7–7 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	13–5 (72%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	5–3 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	5–2 (71%)	5–3 (62%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	8–7 (53%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	176–152 (54%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 16, 1984

First Top 100

Apr 25, 1977

First Top 50

Jan 16, 1978

First Top 20

Apr 16, 1984

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Chris Lewis ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	318
1975	18	323	—	355	324	333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976	19	—	—	—	—	—	168	—	—	—	—	—	127
1977	20	—	—	—	100	—	97	—	—	—	—	—	55
1978	21	44	40	45	46	46	51	50	27	32	33	32	40
1979	22	40	44	44	41	32	36	49	70	58	57	65	65
1980	23	70	69	66	64	65	58	55	52	58	57	62	59
1981	24	68	64	52	56	52	59	68	48	51	43	44	31
1982	25	33	35	41	37	38	34	34	37	35	40	35	48
1983	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	27	22	21	23	22	22	22	58	69	82	91	78	93
1985	28	80	81	83	85	121	96	125	125	116	119	117	120
1986	29	192	187	196	193	224	330	558	564	569	566	573	—
2001	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1054	—

Similar Players

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

Chris Lewis's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Ulrich Pinner	GER	#19	1,893	250	132	118	52.8%	—	2	1973–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Hank Pfister	USA	#19	1,929	473	260	213	55.0%	—	2	1975–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Karl Meiler	GER	#20	1,903	442	252	190	57.0%	$2,148	4	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Onny Parun	NZL	#19	1,990	714	374	340	52.4%	$4,000	6	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Borowiak	USA	#20	1,958	593	290	303	48.9%	$598	5	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Kim Warwick	AUS	#15	1,946	556	288	268	51.8%	$989,620	3	1969–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Phil Dent	AUS	#17	1,958	758	414	344	54.6%	—	3	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Vijay Amritraj	IND	#18	2,008	681	387	294	56.8%	$1,331,913	16	1970–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Victor Amaya	USA	#15	1,991	360	187	173	51.9%	$694,304	3	1973–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Fritz Buehning	USA	#21	1,887	234	113	121	48.3%	$608,506	1	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Paul Mcnamee	AUS	#24	1,900	446	229	217	51.3%	$1,233,615	2	1972–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Heinz Gunthardt	SUI	#22	1,969	414	225	189	54.3%	$1,550,007	5	1976–1987	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Chris Lewis born?: Chris Lewis was born on March 9, 1957.
Which country did Chris Lewis represent?: Chris Lewis represented New Zealand in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Chris Lewis?: Chris Lewis is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Chris Lewis left-handed or right-handed?: Chris Lewis plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Chris Lewis won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Chris Lewis in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Chris Lewis won?: TennisDB does not group any of Chris Lewis's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Chris Lewis won?: TennisDB records 3 ATP singles titles for Chris Lewis across all categories. The most recent was Auckland in 1985.
What is Chris Lewis' highest ATP ranking?: Chris Lewis' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 19, first achieved on April 16, 1984.
What is Chris Lewis' career win-loss record?: Chris Lewis has 221 wins and 196 losses (53.0%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1973 through 1985.
How much career prize money has Chris Lewis earned?: Chris Lewis has earned at least $647,550 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Chris Lewis's career appear in TennisDB?: Chris Lewis appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1973 through 1985.
On which surface does Chris Lewis have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Chris Lewis's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 55.6% (110–88).
Who has Chris Lewis faced most often?: Chris Lewis' most frequent opponent is Mark Edmondson, with a head-to-head record of 3–4 across 7 meetings.