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Christo Steyn

RSA Age 65 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1983–1988

Christo Steyn represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 42. In TennisDB's records, Christo Steyn finished with a career record of 43–53 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

42 (Aug 18, 1986)

Elo peak

1749 (62nd percentile)

Singles record

43–53 (44.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$251,474

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 →

Christo Steyn's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Patrik Kuhnen #83	2-6 5-7 6-4 7-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 13, 1988*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Amos Mansdorf #18	6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 19, 1987*	R32	South African Open	ATP 250	Hard
Gilad Bloom #140	6-3 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1987*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP 250	Hard
Dan Goldie #64	6-3 3-6 5-7 7-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1987*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Ramesh Krishnan	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1987*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard

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Christo Steyn's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Amos Mansdorf	0	4	4	Nov 19, 1987	H2H
Bob Green	3	1	4	Oct 10, 1986	H2H
John McEnroe	0	3	3	Aug 13, 1987	H2H
Mel Purcell	2	1	3	Feb 4, 1987	H2H
Kevin Curren	1	2	3	Aug 17, 1986	H2H

Career Results

Christo Steyn career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	22	1	2	3	33.3%	616	616
1985	24	15	10	25	60.0%	221	77
1986	25	22	23	45	48.9%	71	67
1987	26	5	17	22	22.7%	67	278
1988	27	0	1	1	0.0%	281	601
Career		43	53	96	44.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Christo Steyn 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 %
1983	22	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1985	24	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	5	17	70.6%	—	—	—	—	15	10	25	60.0%
1986	25	13	11	24	54.2%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	22	23	45	48.9%
1987	26	4	11	15	26.7%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	17	22	22.7%
1988	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	20	27	47	42.6%	4	7	11	36.4%	16	12	28	57.1%	3	7	10	30.0%	43	53	96	44.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Christo Steyn 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 %
1983	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	24	0	4	4	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	13	10	23	56.5%
1986	25	0	2	2	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	8	10	18	44.4%	8	6	14	57.1%	19	23	42	45.2%
1987	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	4	15	19	21.1%
1988	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	7	7	0.0%	4	10	14	28.6%	12	17	29	41.4%	20	16	36	55.6%	36	50	86	41.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 86/96 (89.6%) of Christo Steyn's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Christo Steyn 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
1983	22	1506	108.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.5%	0.00	0–1	—	—	+0.34
1985	24	1658	127.9	—	—	—	—	-98	-149	+77	59.1%	+0.45	2–3 (40%)	6–3 (67%)	101.3	+2.14
1986	25	1677	129.0	—	—	—	—	-42	-146	+61	47.3%	-0.32	9–4 (69%)	9–12 (43%)	103.4	+0.56
1987	26	1531	114.3	—	—	—	—	-6	—	+120	28.8%	-1.38	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	94.1	+0.12
1988	27	1510	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.40	0–1	1–0	—	+0.09
Career		1749	127.1	—	—	—	—	-36	-147	+81	46.3%	-0.35	11–12 (48%)	17–18 (49%)	99.3	+3.39

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Christo Steyn Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	22	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1985	24	R16	—	R32	—	5–2 (71%)
1986	25	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1987	26	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1988	27	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	2–3 (40%)	9–9 (50%)

ATP 500

Christo Steyn ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1986	25	R32	R32	—	SF	7–3 (70%)
1987	26	R64	—	R128	R32	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	8–6 (57%)

ATP 250

Christo Steyn ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BAS	AUS	MEL	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	VIE	WAS	BRI	CHI	FOR	LA	LIV	LOS	MEM	MIL	ORL	PHI	SAN	SOU	STR	SYD	TEL	TOR	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1983	22	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	24	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	10–8 (56%)
1986	25	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	R32	R32	R16	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	SF	R32	R64	R16	13–17 (43%)
1987	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	R16	R64	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	3–12 (20%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	26–38 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Aug 18, 1986

First Top 100

Dec 16, 1985

First Top 50

Aug 18, 1986

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Christo Steyn ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	22	616	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	23	177	—	—	—	—	229	282	231	273	215	214	221
1985	24	200	203	188	190	197	201	144	176	174	170	170	77
1986	25	71	73	75	75	53	67	63	44	45	44	55	67
1987	26	68	73	71	77	78	87	89	175	225	264	273	278
1988	27	286	276	269	273	272	257	297	356	376	380	477	601
1989	28	614	615	620	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Christo Steyn's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Bud Schultz	USA	40	1,774	0	101	47	54	46.5%	1983–1988	Match log
Bob Green	USA	39	1,730	0	98	43	55	43.9%	1984–1988	Match log
Todd Witsken	USA	43	1,782	0	250	115	135	46.0%	1981–1993	Match log
Paul Chamberlin	USA	46	1,752	0	124	57	67	46.0%	1980–1991	Match log
Eddie Edwards	RSA	42	1,742	1	220	87	133	39.5%	1975–1988	Match log
Hans Schwaier	GER	38	1,749	0	141	57	84	40.4%	1981–1990	Match log
Peter Doohan	AUS	43	1,737	1	132	50	82	37.9%	1979–1992	Match log
Tore Meinecke	GER	46	1,715	0	91	40	51	44.0%	1985–1989	Match log
Michael Westphal	GER	49	1,755	0	170	73	97	42.9%	1982–1989	Match log
Marcel Freeman	USA	46	1,713	0	139	53	86	38.1%	1980–1988	Match log
Eric Korita	USA	46	1,726	0	61	29	32	47.5%	1982–1987	Match log
Shahar Perkiss	ISR	53	1,755	0	99	46	53	46.5%	1980–1992	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Christo Steyn?: Christo Steyn is 65 years old, born on May 1, 1961.
Which country does Christo Steyn represent?: Christo Steyn represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Christo Steyn?: Christo Steyn is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Christo Steyn left-handed or right-handed?: Christo Steyn plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Christo Steyn won?: Christo Steyn has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Christo Steyn won?: TennisDB does not group any of Christo Steyn's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Christo Steyn's highest ATP ranking?: Christo Steyn's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 42, first achieved on August 18, 1986.
What is Christo Steyn's career win-loss record?: Christo Steyn has a career ATP singles record of 43 wins and 53 losses (44.8%).
How much career prize money has Christo Steyn earned?: Christo Steyn has earned at least $251,474 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Christo Steyn's career appear in TennisDB?: Christo Steyn appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1983 through 1988.
On which surface does Christo Steyn have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Christo Steyn's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 57.1% (16–12).
Who has Christo Steyn faced most often?: Christo Steyn's most frequent opponent is Amos Mansdorf, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.