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Christoph Zipf

GER Age 63 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1980–1986

Christoph Zipf represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 138. In TennisDB's records, Christoph Zipf finished with a career record of 15–27 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

138 (Jul 16, 1984)

Elo peak

1619 (36th percentile)

Singles record

15–27 (35.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$3,305

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 →

Christoph Zipf's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Matt Anger #60	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1986*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard
Pavel Slozil #73	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1984*	R64	Barcelona Open	ATP 250	Clay
Cesar Kist #315	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1984*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Anders Jarryd #10	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1984*	R32	Swedish Open	ATP 250	Clay
Stefan Simonsson #58	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 24, 1983*	R32	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard

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Christoph Zipf's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rolf Gehring	1	1	2	Oct 15, 1983	H2H
Gilles Moretton	1	1	2	Oct 15, 1983	H2H
Hans Simonsson	0	2	2	Nov 20, 1982	H2H
Ilie Nastase	0	2	2	Oct 30, 1981	H2H
Matt Anger	0	1	1	Oct 15, 1986	H2H

Career Results

Christoph Zipf career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	17	2	3	5	40.0%	309	309
1981	18	5	9	14	35.7%	—	—
1982	19	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—
1983	20	6	5	11	54.6%	297	297
1984	21	0	3	3	0.0%	140	255
1986	23	0	1	1	0.0%	417	489
Career		15	27	42	35.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Christoph Zipf 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 %
1980	17	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1981	18	2	3	5	40.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1982	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1983	20	4	3	7	57.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%
1984	21	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1986	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	6	8	14	42.9%	5	14	19	26.3%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%	15	27	42	35.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Christoph Zipf 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 %
1980	17	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1981	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1982	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1983	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1984	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1986	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	12	14	14.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	17	20	15.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 20/42 (47.6%) of Christoph Zipf's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Christoph Zipf 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
1980	17	1526	120.1	—	—	—	—	—	+35	—	41.7%	-0.42	1–1	0–1	—	-0.19
1981	18	1520	107.0	—	—	—	—	+40	+5	—	38.2%	-0.85	3–3 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	99.9	+1.83
1982	19	1507	117.7	—	—	—	—	+59	-12	—	31.6%	-1.05	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	+0.44
1983	20	1557	110.2	—	—	—	—	+7	-22	—	45.8%	-0.46	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	105.3	+1.30
1984	21	1524	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	-8	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.08
1986	23	1516	100.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.11
Career		1619	116.4	—	—	—	—	+32	+4	—	36.1%	-0.96	8–7 (53%)	6–8 (43%)	103.0	+7.60

Tournament Results by Category

ATP 250

Christoph Zipf ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	HAM	AUS	MUN	PAR	SOF	STG	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	ANC	CAI	DUT	FER	FRA	QUI	TEL	TOU	W-L Win %
1980	17	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1981	18	—	—	R64	—	R32	R16	QF	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	5–9 (36%)
1982	19	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	2–6 (25%)
1983	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	F	R32	6–5 (55%)
1984	21	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1986	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–2 (0%)	15–27 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

138

Career-high date

Jul 16, 1984

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Christoph Zipf ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1980	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	309
1983	20	297	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	21	140	—	—	—	—	141	162	177	175	242	247	255
1985	22	260	260	314	348	357	333	412	415	402	414	426	419
1986	23	417	368	424	419	415	468	482	499	499	472	479	489
1987	24	491	572	594	619	592	605	641	656	657	757	676	694
1988	25	693	670	805	798	694	704	712	720	751	744	842	718
1989	26	721	749	756	758	907	891	925	948	936	960	952	952

Similar Players

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

Christoph Zipf's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Chris Dunk	USA	129	1,581	50	18	32	36.0%	1977–1986	Match log
Gustavo Tiberti	ARG	130	1,582	41	13	28	31.7%	1980–1986	Match log
Howard Sands	USA	142	1,516	15	5	10	33.3%	1984–1985	Match log
Dave Siegler	USA	137	1,546	40	15	25	37.5%	1979–1983	Match log
Jeff Turpin	USA	138	1,532	21	8	13	38.1%	1979–1985	Match log
Sean Brawley	USA	148	1,526	11	4	7	36.4%	1982–1984	Match log
Paul Torre	FRA	145	1,648	35	15	20	42.9%	1980–1986	Match log
John Mattke	USA	125	1,565	14	5	9	35.7%	1982–1985	Match log
Scott Lipton	USA	132	1,550	19	6	13	31.6%	1982–1983	Match log
Pender Murphy	USA	124	1,556	24	8	16	33.3%	1982–1983	Match log
Patrice Kuchna	FRA	125	1,578	21	7	14	33.3%	1980–1988	Match log
Andy Kohlberg	USA	142	1,517	50	13	37	26.0%	1978–1988	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Christoph Zipf?: Christoph Zipf is 63 years old, born on December 5, 1962.
Which country does Christoph Zipf represent?: Christoph Zipf represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Christoph Zipf?: Christoph Zipf is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Christoph Zipf left-handed or right-handed?: Christoph Zipf plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Christoph Zipf won?: Christoph Zipf has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Christoph Zipf won?: TennisDB does not group any of Christoph Zipf's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Christoph Zipf's highest ATP ranking?: Christoph Zipf's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 138, first achieved on July 16, 1984.
What is Christoph Zipf's career win-loss record?: Christoph Zipf has a career ATP singles record of 15 wins and 27 losses (35.7%).
How much career prize money has Christoph Zipf earned?: Christoph Zipf has earned at least $3,305 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Christoph Zipf's career appear in TennisDB?: Christoph Zipf appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1980 through 1986.
Who has Christoph Zipf faced most often?: Christoph Zipf's most frequent opponent is Rolf Gehring, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.