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Heinz Gunthardt

SUI Born Feb 8, 1959 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1976–1987

Heinz Gunthardt represented Switzerland on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 22. TennisDB's records show a 225–189 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1976 through 1987 and 5 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

22 (Apr 7, 1986)

Elo peak

1969 (89th percentile)

Singles record

225–189 (54.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,550,007

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 →

Heinz Gunthardt's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Yannick Noah #8	5-7 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1987*	R32	Swiss Indoors	ATP 250	Hard
Blaine Willenborg #183	6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 6, 1986*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Michiel Schapers #56	3-6 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 1986*	R32	Swiss Open Gstaad	ATP 250	Clay
Milan Srejber #34	3-6 6-4 6-4 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1986*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Glenn Layendecker #95	7-5 6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1986*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Heinz Gunthardt's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Wojtek Fibak	4	6	10	Oct 23, 1982	H2H
Tomas Smid	3	5	8	Mar 21, 1985	H2H
Jan Gunnarsson	5	2	7	May 14, 1986	H2H
Jimmy Connors	0	7	7	Sep 7, 1985	H2H
Balazs Taroczy	3	3	6	Nov 22, 1985	H2H

Singles Titles (5)

Heinz Gunthardt 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	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Springfield
1980	21	3	—	—	—	3	—	Swiss Open Gstaad, Johannesburg, ABN AMRO Open
1983	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Toulouse
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

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

Career Results

Heinz Gunthardt career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	17	1	4	5	20.0%	210	—
1977	18	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—
1978	19	25	25	50	50.0%	221	55
1979	20	30	23	53	56.6%	53	51
1980	21	37	21	58	63.8%	52	26
1981	22	28	22	50	56.0%	27	38
1982	23	26	25	51	51.0%	38	85
1983	24	27	15	42	64.3%	85	25
1984	25	23	19	42	54.8%	26	31
1985	26	22	19	41	53.7%	32	36
1986	27	3	9	12	25.0%	36	251
1987	28	0	1	1	0.0%	252	954
Career		225	189	414	54.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Heinz Gunthardt 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 %
1976	17	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1977	18	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	6	9	33.3%
1978	19	9	7	16	56.3%	9	12	21	42.9%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	25	25	50	50.0%
1979	20	15	9	24	62.5%	13	8	21	61.9%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	30	23	53	56.6%
1980	21	13	6	19	68.4%	11	5	16	68.8%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	9	20	55.0%	37	21	58	63.8%
1981	22	6	4	10	60.0%	15	10	25	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	28	22	50	56.0%
1982	23	2	3	5	40.0%	16	12	28	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	26	25	51	51.0%
1983	24	10	4	14	71.4%	17	9	26	65.4%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	27	15	42	64.3%
1984	25	7	6	13	53.8%	12	6	18	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	23	19	42	54.8%
1985	26	9	7	16	56.3%	6	5	11	54.5%	4	1	5	80.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	22	19	41	53.7%
1986	27	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	9	12	25.0%
1987	28	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	71	51	122	58.2%	101	76	177	57.1%	10	11	21	47.6%	43	51	94	45.7%	225	189	414	54.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Heinz Gunthardt 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	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1978	19	1	8	9	11.1%	2	4	6	33.3%	13	4	17	76.5%	0	0	—	—	16	16	32	50.0%
1979	20	0	4	4	0.0%	2	11	13	15.4%	6	1	7	85.7%	0	0	—	—	8	16	24	33.3%
1980	21	1	6	7	14.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	8	7	15	53.3%	0	0	—	—	16	17	33	48.5%
1981	22	0	5	5	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	0	—	—	13	18	31	41.9%
1982	23	0	8	8	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	0	—	—	14	20	34	41.2%
1983	24	0	2	2	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	10	1	11	90.9%	0	0	—	—	14	8	22	63.6%
1984	25	1	4	5	20.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	7	2	9	77.8%	19	18	37	51.4%
1985	26	0	4	4	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	7	2	9	77.8%	19	18	37	51.4%
1986	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1987	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		3	44	47	6.4%	32	42	74	43.2%	74	50	124	59.7%	14	7	21	66.7%	123	143	266	46.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 266/414 (64.3%) of Heinz Gunthardt's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Heinz Gunthardt 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
1976	17	1497	106.8	—	—	—	—	—	+44	—	27.3%	-2.09	0–1	0–1	—	-0.15
1977	18	1510	115.1	—	—	—	—	+44	—	—	40.0%	-0.60	0–2	1–1	—	+0.49
1978	19	1766	146.9	—	—	—	—	+3	-145	-225	48.8%	-0.21	10–7 (59%)	9–7 (56%)	107.7	-3.10
1979	20	1815	145.2	—	—	—	—	-9	-69	—	54.6%	+0.22	11–8 (58%)	11–6 (65%)	106.3	-1.34
1980	21	1835	148.3	—	—	—	—	+31	-60	-191	59.5%	+0.48	12–8 (60%)	11–5 (69%)	105.9	-2.27
1981	22	1813	148.5	—	—	—	—	-9	+4	—	53.1%	+0.19	8–4 (67%)	8–6 (57%)	106.5	-2.56
1982	23	1722	150.4	—	—	—	—	+6	+108	—	50.0%	+0.01	5–3 (63%)	8–8 (50%)	100.4	-3.00
1983	24	1853	151.4	—	—	—	—	-33	0	—	59.8%	+0.76	10–9 (53%)	5–9 (36%)	96.3	-0.24
1984	25	1779	140.0	—	—	—	—	-19	+105	—	50.5%	+0.08	9–3 (75%)	10–13 (43%)	103.8	-0.50
1985	26	1820	135.6	—	—	—	—	-43	-26	-105	50.0%	+0.11	11–6 (65%)	6–11 (35%)	100.8	0.00
1986	27	1672	117.2	—	—	—	—	+63	+24	—	38.2%	-0.35	0–4 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	88.0	+0.03
1987	28	1665	110.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	-0.32
Career		1969	150.6	—	—	—	—	-3	-3	-167	52.3%	+0.15	76–56 (58%)	71–74 (49%)	103.5	-3.13

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Heinz Gunthardt Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	19	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1979	20	R128	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1980	21	R32	R32	R64	5–3 (62%)
1981	22	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1982	23	R32	R128	R32	4–3 (57%)
1983	24	R32	—	R16	5–2 (71%)
1984	25	R32	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
1985	26	R16	QF	QF	11–3 (79%)
1986	27	R128	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		12–9 (57%)	8–8 (50%)	11–7 (61%)	31–24 (56%)

ATP 500

Heinz Gunthardt ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	ITA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1976	17	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	19	—	—	R64	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1979	20	—	—	R32	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1980	21	R64	—	—	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1981	22	—	—	—	—	QF	3–1 (75%)
1982	23	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	24	R64	—	SF	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1984	25	—	—	R32	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1985	26	—	R128	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1986	27	—	—	R32	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	8–7 (53%)	0–1 (0%)	8–6 (57%)	16–17 (48%)

ATP 250

Heinz Gunthardt ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	DAL	GEN	GST	HAM	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	NAP	QUE	ROT	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	AIX	AMS	BIR	BIR	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAP	CHI	COL	DEN	DOR	DUT	FOR	FRA	JOH	LA	LIS	LOU	LUX	MEM	MIL	NIC	NOR	EAS	OVI	IW	PHI	IW	RIC	SOU	SPR	STR	TOU	U.S	WEM	ZEL	ZUR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1976	17	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1977	18	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–6 (33%)
1978	19	—	R64	QF	—	—	QF	R16	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	W	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	22–20 (52%)
1979	20	QF	R16	R16	—	—	QF	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	27–19 (59%)
1980	21	QF	—	R16	QF	QF	W	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	QF	W	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	30–16 (65%)
1981	22	—	—	SF	—	QF	SF	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	23–17 (58%)
1982	23	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	R16	—	QF	R16	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	R32	F	—	R32	22–20 (52%)
1983	24	—	R64	R32	—	QF	—	R64	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R32	—	—	—	18–11 (62%)
1984	25	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	20–14 (59%)
1985	26	—	—	R16	—	R16	QF	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	10–14 (42%)
1986	27	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1987	28	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	10–9 (53%)	0–1 (0%)	8–5 (62%)	18–9 (67%)	7–8 (47%)	3–2 (60%)	5–5 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	6–8 (43%)	7–2 (78%)	3–1 (75%)	8–4 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–2 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	2–2 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	6–5 (55%)	5–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	9–1 (90%)	2–2 (50%)	0–8 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	176–146 (55%)

ATP Finals

Heinz Gunthardt ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	NAP	W-L Win %
1982	23	QF	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 7, 1986

First Top 100

Feb 13, 1978

First Top 50

May 22, 1978

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Heinz Gunthardt ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1976	17	—	—	—	—	—	210	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	19	—	59	59	58	53	61	63	56	59	61	56	55
1979	20	53	73	75	62	60	55	53	58	56	54	53	51
1980	21	50	50	36	32	32	32	26	25	26	24	28	26
1981	22	26	28	39	44	42	43	47	47	48	46	39	38
1982	23	37	36	37	43	42	40	44	46	44	44	—	85
1983	24	82	61	79	88	44	42	29	36	32	34	25	25
1984	25	23	25	26	24	31	30	34	27	31	29	31	31
1985	26	39	47	50	52	58	56	39	47	29	27	34	36
1986	27	36	25	24	22	22	27	51	60	143	148	251	251
1987	28	254	255	323	341	438	456	901	—	—	941	950	954
1988	29	953	951	960	950	964	984	992	991	1029	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Heinz Gunthardt's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Shlomo Glickstein	ISR	#22	1,864	306	159	147	52.0%	$588,443	2	1979–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Mel Purcell	USA	#21	1,992	354	190	164	53.7%	$796,760	3	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Paul Mcnamee	AUS	#24	1,900	446	229	217	51.3%	$1,233,615	2	1972–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Hank Pfister	USA	#19	1,929	473	260	213	55.0%	—	2	1975–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Tim Wilkison	USA	#23	1,896	592	294	298	49.7%	$1,278,210	6	1977–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Fritz Buehning	USA	#21	1,887	234	113	121	48.3%	$608,506	1	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Karl Meiler	GER	#20	1,903	442	252	190	57.0%	$2,148	4	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Lewis	NZL	#19	1,865	417	221	196	53.0%	$647,550	3	1973–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Ben Testerman	USA	#22	1,815	189	87	102	46.0%	$371,244	0	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
Jeff Borowiak	USA	#20	1,958	593	290	303	48.9%	$598	5	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Fitzgerald	AUS	#25	1,859	452	230	222	50.9%	$3,207,272	6	1979–1995	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Heinz Gunthardt born?: Heinz Gunthardt was born on February 8, 1959.
Which country did Heinz Gunthardt represent?: Heinz Gunthardt represented Switzerland in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Heinz Gunthardt?: Heinz Gunthardt is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Heinz Gunthardt left-handed or right-handed?: Heinz Gunthardt plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Heinz Gunthardt won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Heinz Gunthardt in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Heinz Gunthardt won?: TennisDB does not group any of Heinz Gunthardt's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Heinz Gunthardt won?: TennisDB records 5 ATP singles titles for Heinz Gunthardt across all categories. The most recent was Toulouse in 1983.
What is Heinz Gunthardt's highest ATP ranking?: Heinz Gunthardt's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 22, first achieved on April 7, 1986.
What is Heinz Gunthardt's career win-loss record?: Heinz Gunthardt has 225 wins and 189 losses (54.3%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1976 through 1987.
How much career prize money has Heinz Gunthardt earned?: Heinz Gunthardt has earned at least $1,550,007 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Heinz Gunthardt's career appear in TennisDB?: Heinz Gunthardt appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1976 through 1987.
On which surface does Heinz Gunthardt have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Heinz Gunthardt's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 58.2% (71–51).
Who has Heinz Gunthardt faced most often?: Heinz Gunthardt's most frequent opponent is Wojtek Fibak, with a head-to-head record of 4–6 across 10 meetings.