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Chris Johnstone

AUS Age 66 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1979–1984

Chris Johnstone represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 70. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 36–63 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

70 (Jul 5, 1982)

Elo peak

1632 (40th percentile)

Singles record

36–63 (36.4%)

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 →

Chris Johnstone's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Matt Mitchell #164	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 1984*	R32	Melbourne Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Vijay Amritraj #48	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1984*	R32	Sydney Indoor	ATP 250	Hard
Gabriel Urpi #143	6-4 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 1, 1984*	R64	North Conway	ATP 250	Clay
Francisco Maciel #136	6-3 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1984*	R32	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay
Jonathan Canter	4-6 6-2 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1983*	R32	Adelaide International	ATP 250	Grass

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Chris Johnstone's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Paul Mcnamee	0	3	3	Dec 3, 1983	H2H
Rod Frawley	1	2	3	Jun 9, 1982	H2H
Jonathan Canter	1	1	2	Dec 22, 1983	H2H
Mike De Palmer	2	0	2	Dec 1, 1983	—
Mike Bauer	0	2	2	Nov 11, 1983	H2H

Career Results

Chris Johnstone career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1979	18	0	2	2	0.0%	339	339
1980	19	4	9	13	30.8%	137	137
1981	20	11	15	26	42.3%	93	93
1982	21	15	18	33	45.5%	97	94
1983	22	6	15	21	28.6%	132	100
1984	23	0	4	4	0.0%	198	311
Career		36	63	99	36.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Chris Johnstone 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 %
1979	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1980	19	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1981	20	1	4	5	20.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	11	15	26	42.3%
1982	21	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	10	7	17	58.8%	1	3	4	25.0%	15	18	33	45.5%
1983	22	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	15	21	28.6%
1984	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
Career	—	3	9	12	25.0%	6	17	23	26.1%	21	28	49	42.9%	6	9	15	40.0%	36	63	99	36.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Chris Johnstone 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 %
1979	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1981	20	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	0	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
1982	21	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1983	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	0	0	—	—	4	7	11	36.4%
1984	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	11	23	34	32.4%	1	5	6	16.7%	13	35	48	27.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 48/99 (48.5%) of Chris Johnstone's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Chris Johnstone 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
1979	18	1463	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-0.37	0–2	1–0	—	+0.42
1980	19	1502	113.5	—	—	—	—	+32	—	+8	42.1%	-0.82	1–5 (17%)	3–1 (75%)	97.8	+0.25
1981	20	1587	122.6	—	—	—	—	-15	-89	0	42.4%	-0.12	4–3 (57%)	1–5 (17%)	100.3	+1.34
1982	21	1605	122.3	—	—	—	—	-62	-112	+35	51.1%	+0.32	3–11 (21%)	6–8 (43%)	91.0	+2.64
1983	22	1540	109.6	—	—	—	—	+9	-61	+16	36.2%	-0.72	4–6 (40%)	3–7 (30%)	95.0	+0.91
1984	23	1485	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	0–2	—	—	+0.54
Career		1632	119.6	—	—	—	—	-16	-90	+17	42.9%	-0.29	12–29 (29%)	14–21 (40%)	87.8	+6.16

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Chris Johnstone Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	W-L Win %
1979	18	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	19	R32	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1981	20	R64	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1982	21	R64	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1983	22	R64	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	7–10 (41%)

ATP 250

Chris Johnstone ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BRI	HOU	AUS	MEL	MET	NAP	NWP	QUE	STU	WAS	BAN	BOU	BRI	CAP	DUT	FOR	HIL	HOB	JOH	LIN	NIC	NOR	PER	SOU	SYD	SYD	TAI	TAM	U.S	W-L Win %
1979	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	19	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	3–7 (30%)
1981	20	QF	R32	R32	—	R64	SF	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	9–12 (43%)
1982	21	F	R16	—	—	R64	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	12–14 (46%)
1983	22	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	R64	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	R16	R64	5–13 (28%)
1984	23	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
W-L		6–3 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	29–51 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 5, 1982

First Top 100

Dec 21, 1981

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Chris Johnstone ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	429	—	—	—	—	555
1979	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	339
1980	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	137
1981	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	93
1982	21	97	—	—	—	91	75	94	80	87	76	94	—
1983	22	132	—	—	—	93	100	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	23	198	—	—	—	—	197	241	241	239	242	259	311
1985	24	314	319	329	475	491	486	579	663	657	721	—	—

Similar Players

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

Chris Johnstone's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Tom Cain	USA	#70	1,650	110	43	67	39.1%	$139,482	0	1980–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Roland Stadler	SUI	#68	1,684	119	47	72	39.5%	$110,370	0	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Jiri Granat	CZE	#68	1,653	105	38	67	36.2%	$1,334	0	1975–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Lloyd Bourne	USA	#71	1,742	159	68	91	42.8%	$295,736	0	1978–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Florin Segarceanu	ROU	#73	1,719	99	37	62	37.4%	$192,212	0	1980–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Juan Avendano	ESP	#71	1,676	116	39	77	33.6%	$216,639	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Javier Soler	ESP	#74	1,655	79	27	52	34.2%	$283	0	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Meister	USA	#69	1,645	93	30	63	32.3%	$233,795	0	1981–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Joao Soares	BRA	#74	1,615	141	42	99	29.8%	$73,074	0	1974–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Erick Iskersky	USA	#64	1,657	94	33	61	35.1%	$1,260	1	1978–1985	Rivalries	Match log
David Carter	AUS	#78	1,732	195	76	119	39.0%	$238,612	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Jerome Potier	FRA	#68	1,688	146	54	92	37.0%	$315,454	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Chris Johnstone?: Chris Johnstone is 66 years old, born on October 12, 1960.
Which country does Chris Johnstone represent?: Chris Johnstone represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Chris Johnstone?: Chris Johnstone is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Chris Johnstone left-handed or right-handed?: Chris Johnstone plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Chris Johnstone won?: Chris Johnstone has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Chris Johnstone won?: TennisDB does not group any of Chris Johnstone's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Chris Johnstone's highest ATP ranking?: Chris Johnstone's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 70, first achieved on July 5, 1982.
What is Chris Johnstone's career win-loss record?: Chris Johnstone has a career ATP singles record of 36 wins and 63 losses (36.4%).
Which seasons of Chris Johnstone's career appear in TennisDB?: Chris Johnstone appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1979 through 1984.
On which surface does Chris Johnstone have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Chris Johnstone's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 42.9% (21–28).
Who has Chris Johnstone faced most often?: Chris Johnstone's most frequent opponent is Paul Mcnamee, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.