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Robbie Venter

RSA Died Aug 7, 2024 (age 64) 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1976–1984

Robbie Venter represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 87. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 7–19 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

87 (Jun 6, 1983)

Elo peak

1556 (20th percentile)

Singles record

7–19 (26.9%)

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 →

Robbie Venter's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jose Luis Clerc #39	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 22, 1984*	R32	South African Open	ATP 250	Hard
Phil Lehnhoff	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1984*	R64	Forest Hills Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Claudio Panatta #86	6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 24, 1983*	R32	South African Open	ATP 250	Hard
Peter Elter	5-7 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1983*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP 250	Hard
Tomas Smid #28	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 1983*	R64	Barcelona Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Robbie Venter's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jose Luis Clerc	2	2	Nov 22, 1984	H2H
Phil Lehnhoff	1	1	May 8, 1984	H2H
Claudio Panatta	1	1	Nov 24, 1983	H2H
Peter Elter	1	1	Oct 13, 1983	H2H
Tomas Smid	1	1	Oct 5, 1983	H2H

Career Results

Robbie Venter career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	16	0	1	1	0.0%	360	360
1977	17	2	1	3	66.7%	194	194
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	224	224
1981	21	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
1982	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1983	23	2	9	11	18.2%	217	92
1984	24	0	2	2	0.0%	148	320
Career		7	19	26	26.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Robbie Venter career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1976	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	17	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	21	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1982	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	23	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1984	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	2	7	9	22.2%	5	11	16	31.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	19	26	26.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Robbie Venter 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	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1980	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	21	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1982	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1984	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	0	0	—	—	2	13	15	13.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 15/26 (57.7%) of Robbie Venter's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Robbie Venter 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	16	1484	98.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+0.24
1977	17	1518	106.5	—	—	—	—	+55	—	—	57.1%	-0.43	1–0	0–1	—	+0.43
1980	20	1513	104.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	-0.05
1981	21	1539	114.3	—	—	—	—	—	+1	—	47.4%	-0.42	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.11
1982	22	1528	103.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	—	—	0.00
1983	23	1487	111.1	—	—	—	—	—	+32	—	25.9%	-1.45	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	96.3	-0.40
1984	24	1467	98.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.05
Career		1556	113.2	—	—	—	—	+55	+18	—	33.8%	-1.16	4–7 (36%)	2–6 (25%)	95.8	+0.62

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Robbie Venter Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	W	W-L Win %
1983	23	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

Robbie Venter ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	GEN	AUS	NAP	WAS	DUT	FOR	JOH	NOR	IW	SOU	TEL	U.S	VIN	W-L Win %
1976	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	21	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1982	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	23	R64	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R64	R16	2–8 (20%)
1984	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–18 (28%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jun 6, 1983

First Top 100

May 16, 1983

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Robbie Venter ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1976	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	360
1977	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	194	—	—	—	—	—
1978	18	207	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	347
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	224
1983	23	217	—	—	—	89	89	92	—	—	—	—	—
1984	24	148	—	—	—	—	315	415	443	426	320	317	320
1985	25	314	319	365	368	382	376	394	394	407	796	800	—

Similar Players

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

Robbie Venter's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
John Mccurdy	AUS	#83	1,605	23	6	17	26.1%	—	1980–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Haroon Ismail	ZIM	#87	1,611	66	20	46	30.3%	$86,308	1978–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Gianluca Rinaldini	ITA	#94	1,570	36	9	27	25.0%	—	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Ron Hightower	USA	#97	1,550	27	7	20	25.9%	$796	1980–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Gustavo Guerrero	ARG	#78	1,521	26	6	20	23.1%	$34,433	1971–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Guedes	BRA	#89	1,500	22	5	17	22.7%	$7,784	1974–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Ben Mckown	USA	#94	1,526	13	4	9	30.8%	—	1980–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Leo Palin	FIN	#92	1,560	88	28	60	31.8%	$140,695	1975–1985	Rivalries	Match log
John Hayes	USA	#92	1,588	43	15	28	34.9%	$35,062	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Andy Andrews	USA	#78	1,591	56	18	38	32.1%	$12,270	1975–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Tony Graham	USA	#100	1,630	65	19	46	29.2%	—	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	#85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	—	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Robbie Venter represent?: Robbie Venter represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Robbie Venter?: Robbie Venter is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Robbie Venter left-handed or right-handed?: Robbie Venter plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Robbie Venter won?: Robbie Venter has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Robbie Venter won?: TennisDB does not group any of Robbie Venter's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Robbie Venter's highest ATP ranking?: Robbie Venter's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 87, first achieved on June 6, 1983.
What is Robbie Venter's career win-loss record?: Robbie Venter has a career ATP singles record of 7 wins and 19 losses (26.9%).
Which seasons of Robbie Venter's career appear in TennisDB?: Robbie Venter appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1976 through 1984.
Who has Robbie Venter faced most often?: Robbie Venter's most frequent opponent is Jose Luis Clerc, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.