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Hank Pfister

USA Born Oct 9, 1953 193 cm / 6'4" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1975–1988

Hank Pfister represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 19. TennisDB's records show a 260–213 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1975 through 1988 and 2 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

19 (May 2, 1983)

Elo peak

1930 (85th percentile)

Singles record

260–213 (55.0%)

Singles titles

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 →

Hank Pfister's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jim Grabb #67	6-3 3-6 4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 13, 1988*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Paul Chamberlin #231	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1987*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Michael Westphal #107	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1987*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Greg Holmes #64	7-6 6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1987*	R32	Orlando	ATP 250	Hard
Ramesh Krishnan	3-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 1987*	R128	Miami Open	ATP 500	Hard

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Hank Pfister's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jimmy Connors	1	9	10	Aug 31, 1985	H2H
Tom Gullikson	5	4	9	Oct 11, 1984	—
Tim Gullikson	5	4	9	Jul 8, 1983	—
Stan Smith	5	3	8	Apr 14, 1983	H2H
Roscoe Tanner	5	3	8	Feb 19, 1982	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Hank Pfister 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
1981	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Maui
1982	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	Newport
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Career Results

Hank Pfister career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1975	21	0	4	4	0.0%	—	252
1976	22	8	12	20	40.0%	221	101
1977	23	37	27	64	57.8%	76	40
1978	24	43	26	69	62.3%	48	29
1979	25	33	27	60	55.0%	30	30
1980	26	21	25	46	45.7%	42	62
1981	27	37	21	58	63.8%	75	39
1982	28	35	21	56	62.5%	25	24
1983	29	19	17	36	52.8%	34	41
1984	30	15	18	33	45.5%	34	86
1985	31	12	10	22	54.6%	87	68
1987	33	0	4	4	0.0%	—	595
1988	34	0	1	1	0.0%	595	980
Career		260	213	473	55.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Hank Pfister 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 %
1975	21	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
1976	22	4	5	9	44.4%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
1977	23	9	6	15	60.0%	10	8	18	55.6%	16	8	24	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	37	27	64	57.8%
1978	24	10	6	16	62.5%	6	6	12	50.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	14	8	22	63.6%	43	26	69	62.3%
1979	25	6	9	15	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	6	18	66.7%	15	11	26	57.7%	33	27	60	55.0%
1980	26	6	7	13	46.2%	4	4	8	50.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	21	25	46	45.7%
1981	27	22	9	31	71.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	37	21	58	63.8%
1982	28	10	9	19	52.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	20	7	27	74.1%	3	4	7	42.9%	35	21	56	62.5%
1983	29	9	6	15	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	19	17	36	52.8%
1984	30	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	15	18	33	45.5%
1985	31	11	6	17	64.7%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	10	22	54.5%
1987	33	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1988	34	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	95	74	169	56.2%	22	30	52	42.3%	96	53	149	64.4%	47	56	103	45.6%	260	213	473	55.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Hank Pfister 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 %
1977	23	2	6	8	25.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	13	8	21	61.9%	3	0	3	100.0%	19	20	39	48.7%
1978	24	2	6	8	25.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%	0	0	—	—	16	18	34	47.1%
1979	25	3	6	9	33.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	11	9	20	55.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	17	37	54.1%
1980	26	1	5	6	16.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	11	14	21.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	20	28	28.6%
1981	27	3	3	6	50.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	10	4	14	71.4%	0	0	—	—	16	15	31	51.6%
1982	28	0	6	6	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	13	5	18	72.2%	0	0	—	—	15	14	29	51.7%
1983	29	1	3	4	25.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	0	—	—	8	10	18	44.4%
1984	30	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	11	13	24	45.8%
1985	31	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	1	8	87.5%	3	1	4	75.0%	11	9	20	55.0%
1987	33	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1988	34	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		12	38	50	24.0%	25	36	61	41.0%	77	59	136	56.6%	10	7	17	58.8%	124	140	264	47.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 264/473 (55.8%) of Hank Pfister's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Hank Pfister 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
1975	21	1459	98.4	—	—	—	—	—	+48	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–2	1–0	—	+0.30
1976	22	1547	123.5	—	—	—	—	+11	-71	+47	45.7%	-0.20	3–5 (38%)	2–6 (25%)	98.4	+1.09
1977	23	1743	140.1	—	—	—	—	-58	-137	+17	54.4%	+0.11	14–9 (61%)	8–9 (47%)	107.2	+0.19
1978	24	1841	145.9	—	—	—	—	0	-227	+11	61.6%	+0.92	12–10 (55%)	11–10 (52%)	105.0	+2.99
1979	25	1842	151.6	—	—	—	—	+8	—	+56	53.5%	+0.39	10–11 (48%)	8–9 (47%)	98.7	-3.48
1980	26	1730	143.8	—	—	—	—	-6	-128	+175	46.7%	-0.19	7–6 (54%)	8–10 (44%)	100.0	-3.62
1981	27	1870	147.1	—	—	—	—	-14	-301	+93	61.2%	+0.53	9–6 (60%)	14–6 (70%)	106.1	-1.71
1982	28	1833	143.1	—	—	—	—	-50	-232	+127	59.2%	+0.47	9–6 (60%)	14–7 (67%)	103.1	-3.17
1983	29	1751	142.3	—	—	—	—	+74	—	+118	50.5%	-0.02	8–9 (47%)	6–6 (50%)	94.9	-3.26
1984	30	1724	131.5	—	—	—	—	+56	—	+53	45.8%	-0.40	6–5 (55%)	3–2 (60%)	101.1	-0.93
1985	31	1765	136.6	—	—	—	—	+34	—	-33	53.6%	+0.43	4–4 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	97.1	-1.13
1987	33	1679	104.0	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	10.0%	-2.10	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.12
1988	34	1656	102.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.07
Career		1930	147.9	—	—	—	—	+4	-158	+75	53.9%	+0.24	82–74 (53%)	81–73 (53%)	103.1	-2.69

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Hank Pfister Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	23	R16	—	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
1978	24	SF	R64	R16	R64	9–4 (69%)
1979	25	R64	R128	R32	R32	4–4 (50%)
1980	26	R64	R128	R16	R32	5–4 (56%)
1981	27	SF	R128	—	R128	4–3 (57%)
1982	28	SF	—	R16	R64	9–3 (75%)
1983	29	R64	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1984	30	R32	—	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
1985	31	—	—	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1988	34	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		17–9 (65%)	1–4 (20%)	12–8 (60%)	7–7 (50%)	37–28 (57%)

ATP 500

Hank Pfister ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	ITA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	24	—	—	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1979	25	R64	—	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1980	26	R64	—	R16	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1982	28	R16	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1983	29	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1984	30	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	31	QF	R32	—	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1987	33	R64	—	—	R128	R64	0–3 (0%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	11–13 (46%)

ATP 250

Hank Pfister ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BRI	CIN	HAM	HKG	HOU	MEL	NAP	NWP	QUE	ROT	STO	STU	TKY	WAS	ALA	BER	BIR	MIA	BOL	BRI	BRU	CLE	COL	DAY	DEN	FER	FOR	FOR	GUA	HAM	HAR	HOB	JOH	LA	LA	LAS	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LUX	MAN	MAU	MEM	MIL	MON	NAP	NOR	ORL	TKY	IW	PER	PHI	PHI	IW	RIC	SAL	SAN	SAN	SOU	SUR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TAM	CAN	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1975	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1976	22	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	8–12 (40%)
1977	23	R16	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	F	SF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	34–22 (61%)
1978	24	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	R64	R16	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	32–21 (60%)
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R64	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	QF	QF	R32	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	SF	29–21 (58%)
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R64	R32	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R16	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	14–19 (42%)
1981	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	SF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	W	R32	—	—	SF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	33–18 (65%)
1982	28	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	24–17 (59%)
1983	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	QF	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	18–14 (56%)
1984	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	13–15 (46%)
1985	31	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–6 (50%)
1987	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	20–7 (74%)	13–9 (59%)	2–3 (40%)	7–4 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	6–7 (46%)	3–5 (38%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	2–2 (50%)	8–4 (67%)	10–4 (71%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	9–5 (64%)	3–5 (38%)	6–2 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	3–5 (38%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	8–7 (53%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	18–8 (69%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	211–170 (55%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 2, 1983

First Top 100

Jan 3, 1977

First Top 50

Jul 11, 1977

First Top 20

Apr 25, 1983

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Hank Pfister ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	252
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	221	—	—	—	—	—	101
1977	23	60	69	80	66	66	52	41	40	45	40	44	40
1978	24	52	42	34	43	31	39	39	41	40	40	37	29
1979	25	30	33	32	45	46	46	42	44	40	38	36	30
1980	26	42	35	36	38	37	38	39	40	48	44	63	62
1981	27	77	99	86	81	83	74	76	66	74	62	45	39
1982	28	25	25	25	31	34	32	32	31	27	27	33	24
1983	29	32	32	29	20	19	19	24	27	26	20	26	41
1984	30	37	35	46	—	—	125	148	96	103	108	115	86
1985	31	89	74	73	71	65	62	58	48	43	51	49	68
1986	32	69	113	120	126	121	126	128	474	—	—	—	—
1987	33	—	—	626	650	661	673	682	573	569	567	576	595
1988	34	561	566	705	701	697	709	720	923	954	945	962	980
1989	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Chris Lewis	NZL	#19	1,865	417	221	196	53.0%	$647,550	3	1973–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Ulrich Pinner	GER	#19	1,893	250	132	118	52.8%	—	2	1973–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Mel Purcell	USA	#21	1,992	354	190	164	53.7%	$796,760	3	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Shlomo Glickstein	ISR	#22	1,864	306	159	147	52.0%	$588,443	2	1979–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Vijay Amritraj	IND	#18	2,008	681	387	294	56.8%	$1,331,913	16	1970–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Heinz Gunthardt	SUI	#22	1,969	414	225	189	54.3%	$1,550,007	5	1976–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Fritz Buehning	USA	#21	1,887	234	113	121	48.3%	$608,506	1	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Sadri	USA	#14	1,980	403	214	189	53.1%	$894,995	2	1976–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Karl Meiler	GER	#20	1,903	442	252	190	57.0%	$2,148	4	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Paul Mcnamee	AUS	#24	1,900	446	229	217	51.3%	$1,233,615	2	1972–1988	Rivalries	Match log
David Pate	USA	#18	1,875	349	181	168	51.9%	$2,028,823	2	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Kim Warwick	AUS	#15	1,946	556	288	268	51.8%	$989,620	3	1969–1988	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Hank Pfister born?: Hank Pfister was born on October 9, 1953.
Which country did Hank Pfister represent?: Hank Pfister represented United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Hank Pfister?: Hank Pfister is 193 cm / 6'4".
Does Hank Pfister use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Hank Pfister uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Hank Pfister left-handed or right-handed?: Hank Pfister plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Hank Pfister won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Hank Pfister in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Hank Pfister won?: TennisDB does not group any of Hank Pfister's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Hank Pfister won?: TennisDB records 2 ATP singles titles for Hank Pfister across all categories. The most recent was Newport in 1982.
What is Hank Pfister's highest ATP ranking?: Hank Pfister's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 19, first achieved on May 2, 1983.
What is Hank Pfister's career win-loss record?: Hank Pfister has 260 wins and 213 losses (55.0%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1975 through 1988.
Which seasons of Hank Pfister's career appear in TennisDB?: Hank Pfister appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1975 through 1988.
On which surface does Hank Pfister have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Hank Pfister's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 64.4% (96–53).
Who has Hank Pfister faced most often?: Hank Pfister's most frequent opponent is Jimmy Connors, with a head-to-head record of 1–9 across 10 meetings.