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Peter Elter

GER Age 68 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1976–1986

Peter Elter represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 51. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 88–115 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

51 (Oct 18, 1982)

Elo peak

1789 (69th percentile)

Singles record

88–115 (43.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$242,362

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 →

Peter Elter's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Brad Gilbert #13	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 1986*	R16	Vienna Open	ATP 250	Hard
Marko Ostoja #122	4-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 1986*	R32	Vienna Open	ATP 250	Hard
Andres Gomez #10	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1986*	R32	Stuttgart Open	ATP 250	Clay
Johan Carlsson #94	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1986*	R64	Stuttgart Open	ATP 250	Clay
Mark Dickson #83	6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1986*	R16	Metz	ATP 250	Carpet

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Peter Elter's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tomas Smid	1	5	6	Sep 21, 1984	H2H
Peter Mcnamara	2	3	5	May 21, 1982	—
Mark Dickson	0	3	3	Mar 14, 1986	H2H
Stefan Simonsson	2	1	3	May 15, 1985	H2H
Jan Gunnarsson	2	1	3	Apr 11, 1985	H2H

Career Results

Peter Elter career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	18	0	2	2	0.0%	326	310
1977	19	6	10	16	37.5%	182	182
1978	20	9	9	18	50.0%	158	114
1979	21	12	16	28	42.9%	92	117
1980	22	14	13	27	51.9%	96	110
1981	23	9	9	18	50.0%	89	77
1982	24	18	19	37	48.7%	73	83
1983	25	11	15	26	42.3%	81	91
1984	26	4	8	12	33.3%	155	113
1985	27	2	11	13	15.4%	114	179
1986	28	3	3	6	50.0%	179	155
Career		88	115	203	43.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Peter Elter 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	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1977	19	—	—	—	—	6	9	15	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	10	16	37.5%
1978	20	—	—	—	—	9	9	18	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9	18	50.0%
1979	21	3	4	7	42.9%	9	12	21	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	16	28	42.9%
1980	22	1	3	4	25.0%	13	10	23	56.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	13	27	51.9%
1981	23	4	3	7	57.1%	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	9	9	18	50.0%
1982	24	2	5	7	28.6%	14	8	22	63.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	18	19	37	48.6%
1983	25	1	2	3	33.3%	8	9	17	47.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	11	15	26	42.3%
1984	26	1	3	4	25.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1985	27	0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	11	13	15.4%
1986	28	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
Career	—	13	24	37	35.1%	70	77	147	47.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	10	13	23.1%	88	115	203	43.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Peter Elter 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	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	0	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
1978	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	2	6	66.7%
1979	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	0	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1980	22	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	0	—	—	4	9	13	30.8%
1981	23	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
1982	24	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	0	—	—	5	15	20	25.0%
1983	25	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	0	—	—	6	8	14	42.9%
1984	26	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1985	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	7	7	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	10	12	16.7%
1986	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
Career		0	11	11	0.0%	5	20	25	20.0%	27	41	68	39.7%	7	4	11	63.6%	39	76	115	33.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 115/203 (56.7%) of Peter Elter's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Peter Elter 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	18	1480	101.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.25	—	0–1	—	+0.04
1977	19	1574	134.2	—	—	—	—	—	+31	—	42.1%	-0.39	0–2	2–2 (50%)	—	-0.77
1978	20	1574	112.8	—	—	—	—	—	+24	—	46.5%	-0.28	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	100.4	+2.73
1979	21	1637	129.7	—	—	—	—	-72	-8	—	43.9%	-0.50	4–6 (40%)	8–6 (57%)	102.5	+0.62
1980	22	1663	132.5	—	—	—	—	-113	+30	—	49.3%	+0.06	9–4 (69%)	1–1	—	+1.32
1981	23	1718	142.6	—	—	—	—	-119	+25	—	50.0%	+0.03	2–2 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	103.0	-0.92
1982	24	1679	141.7	—	—	—	—	-137	+110	—	48.9%	+0.12	5–7 (42%)	5–3 (63%)	100.5	-0.05
1983	25	1624	122.3	—	—	—	—	-107	+79	—	44.9%	-0.04	5–6 (45%)	2–4 (33%)	98.4	+0.59
1984	26	1599	116.5	—	—	—	—	-94	+77	—	34.6%	-0.92	1–1	1–0	—	-0.28
1985	27	1489	102.0	—	—	—	—	—	+59	—	22.6%	-1.94	0–2	2–0	—	+0.58
1986	28	1532	115.1	—	—	—	—	-23	—	—	42.9%	-1.07	2–0	4–1 (80%)	—	+0.04
Career		1789	136.6	—	—	—	—	-104	+46	—	44.1%	-0.32	30–31 (49%)	30–25 (55%)	106.8	+1.92

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Peter Elter Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1977	19	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1978	20	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	21	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	22	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	24	R32	R64	3–2 (60%)
1983	25	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1985	27	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		5–7 (42%)	2–3 (40%)	7–10 (41%)

ATP 500

Peter Elter ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	MIA	ITA	W-L Win %
1985	27	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Peter Elter ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BAR	BAS	BUE	DLB	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MET	MUN	ROT	STG	STO	STU	VIE	AIX	BER	BOL	BOM	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAP	COL	DOR	DUS	DUT	FRA	GEN	JOH	IW	LAG	MAR	MON	NIC	RIC	SOU	TEL	TOU	VIN	W-L Win %
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1977	19	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1978	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	9–8 (53%)
1979	21	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	F	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	12–15 (44%)
1980	22	—	—	R16	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	14–12 (54%)
1981	23	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	9–9 (50%)
1982	24	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	R64	—	R16	—	F	R32	—	R64	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14–16 (47%)
1983	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	R16	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	8–12 (40%)
1984	26	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	4–8 (33%)
1985	27	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1986	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–5 (38%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	1–7 (12%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	5–5 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	11–6 (65%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	7–7 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	79–101 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 18, 1982

First Top 100

Aug 21, 1978

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Peter Elter ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	326	—	—	—	—	—	310
1977	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	182	—	—	—	—	—
1978	20	156	—	—	—	—	—	171	87	83	97	—	114
1979	21	—	—	—	—	82	81	—	—	—	—	—	117
1980	22	—	—	—	86	91	—	72	78	84	76	75	110
1981	23	—	—	92	89	81	69	91	90	91	99	75	77
1982	24	73	61	63	95	67	65	52	52	53	56	81	83
1983	25	80	83	83	79	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	26	155	—	—	—	—	124	94	105	111	114	110	113
1985	27	110	111	111	124	128	149	202	199	213	220	211	179
1986	28	179	173	217	192	183	206	149	138	139	124	133	155
1987	29	157	206	210	226	208	196	310	302	335	401	405	415
1988	30	414	421	473	486	553	653	769	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Peter Elter's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Stefan Simonsson	SWE	#48	1,788	219	98	121	44.7%	$278,086	0	1977–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Tony Giammalva	USA	#54	1,737	132	54	78	40.9%	$307,994	0	1976–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Russell Simpson	NZL	#47	1,767	326	131	195	40.2%	$326,467	0	1972–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Rodney Harmon	USA	#56	1,750	76	34	42	44.7%	$102,003	0	1980–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Alejandro Ganzabal	ARG	#58	1,663	110	46	64	41.8%	$151,882	0	1976–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Matt Mitchell	USA	#53	1,718	163	60	103	36.8%	$303,978	1	1976–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Westphal	GER	#49	1,755	170	73	97	42.9%	$255,317	0	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Ricardo Ycaza	ECU	#44	1,750	151	60	91	39.7%	$133,237	0	1977–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Pascal Portes	FRA	#41	1,864	215	98	117	45.6%	$227,283	0	1977–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Trevor Allan	AUS	#57	1,693	59	24	35	40.7%	$79,423	0	1974–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Damir Keretic	GER	#58	1,741	207	87	120	42.0%	$338,421	0	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Blaine Willenborg	USA	#50	1,624	87	33	54	37.9%	$249,307	0	1979–1988	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Peter Elter?: Peter Elter is 68 years old, born on June 10, 1958.
Which country does Peter Elter represent?: Peter Elter represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Peter Elter?: Peter Elter is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Peter Elter left-handed or right-handed?: Peter Elter plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Peter Elter won?: Peter Elter has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Peter Elter won?: TennisDB does not group any of Peter Elter's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Peter Elter's highest ATP ranking?: Peter Elter's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 51, first achieved on October 18, 1982.
What is Peter Elter's career win-loss record?: Peter Elter has a career ATP singles record of 88 wins and 115 losses (43.3%).
How much career prize money has Peter Elter earned?: Peter Elter has earned at least $242,362 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Peter Elter's career appear in TennisDB?: Peter Elter appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1976 through 1986.
On which surface does Peter Elter have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Peter Elter's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 47.6% (70–77).
Who has Peter Elter faced most often?: Peter Elter's most frequent opponent is Tomas Smid, with a head-to-head record of 1–5 across 6 meetings.