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Werner Zirngibl

GER Age 70 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1973–1982

Werner Zirngibl represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 86. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 42–71 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

86 (Jun 11, 1979)

Elo peak

1635 (41st percentile)

Singles record

42–71 (37.2%)

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 →

Werner Zirngibl's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christophe Roger-Vasselin	7-5 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 1982*	R32	Munich Open	ATP 250	Clay
Ivan Lendl #3	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1982*	R32	Forest Hills Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Victor Amaya #56	3-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 4, 1982*	R64	Forest Hills Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Balazs Taroczy #15	6-3 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 1982*	R32	Linz	ATP 250	Clay
Georges Goven	3-6 7-5 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 1982*	R32	Cairo	ATP 250	Clay

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Werner Zirngibl's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hans Kary	1	3	4	Mar 27, 1980	H2H
Victor Pecci	1	3	4	Nov 15, 1979	H2H
Karl Meiler	1	2	3	Jul 15, 1981	H2H
Manuel Orantes	0	3	3	May 27, 1979	H2H
Patricio Cornejo	1	2	3	Jun 22, 1978	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Werner Zirngibl 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	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Brussels
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Werner Zirngibl career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1975	18	1	2	3	33.3%	238	238
1976	19	10	12	22	45.5%	123	108
1977	20	7	18	25	28.0%	95	122
1978	21	8	12	20	40.0%	155	100
1979	22	8	12	20	40.0%	99	169
1980	23	4	8	12	33.3%	211	211
1981	24	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
1982	25	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
Career		42	71	113	37.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Werner Zirngibl 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 %
1973	16	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1975	18	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1976	19	3	3	6	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
1977	20	0	1	1	0.0%	6	16	22	27.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	18	25	28.0%
1978	21	0	1	1	0.0%	8	11	19	42.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	12	20	40.0%
1979	22	—	—	—	—	8	12	20	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	12	20	40.0%
1980	23	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1981	24	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1982	25	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
Career	—	4	7	11	36.4%	36	60	96	37.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	42	71	113	37.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Werner Zirngibl 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 %
1976	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1977	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	13	16	18.8%
1978	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
1979	22	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1980	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1981	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1982	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	9	19	28	32.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	13	34	47	27.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 47/113 (41.6%) of Werner Zirngibl's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Werner Zirngibl 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
1973	16	1482	98.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	—	—	+0.19
1975	18	1481	102.1	—	—	—	—	—	+39	—	42.9%	-0.71	0–1	0–1	—	+0.23
1976	19	1580	122.3	—	—	—	—	-21	+12	-34	44.2%	-0.63	4–3 (57%)	3–1 (75%)	104.0	+0.70
1977	20	1536	127.8	—	—	—	—	—	-3	—	31.6%	-0.96	3–3 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	98.9	-0.27
1978	21	1586	130.9	—	—	—	—	—	+15	—	42.0%	-0.64	3–4 (43%)	2–1 (67%)	101.0	+0.08
1979	22	1603	134.0	—	—	—	—	—	+15	—	49.0%	0.00	1–6 (14%)	1–3 (25%)	93.0	+0.27
1980	23	1533	107.9	—	—	—	—	-10	+10	—	44.8%	+0.10	0–5 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	92.2	+1.94
1981	24	1572	114.3	—	—	—	—	—	+1	—	70.0%	+1.90	1–1	—	—	+0.02
1982	25	1561	119.1	—	—	—	—	—	-6	—	35.7%	-1.21	1–3 (25%)	0–1	—	-0.53
Career		1635	132.3	—	—	—	—	-18	+9	-34	42.4%	-0.44	13–27 (33%)	8–13 (38%)	90.8	+2.35

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Werner Zirngibl Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W-L Win %
1976	19	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	20	R32	R128	1–2 (33%)
1978	21	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	22	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	2–5 (29%)

ATP 250

Werner Zirngibl ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAR	BUE	GST	HAM	HKG	AUS	MAD	MUN	NAP	STG	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	AVI	BER	BOG	BOM	BRU	CAI	COL	DUS	FOR	LAG	LIN	LOU	NIC	NOR	PAL	QUI	SOU	SYD	TAI	TEH	TEL	CAN	W-L Win %
1973	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1976	19	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	10–11 (48%)
1977	20	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R16	R64	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R64	6–16 (27%)
1978	21	—	R64	R16	—	R64	—	R16	R64	R32	—	R16	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–11 (42%)
1979	22	—	R64	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–11 (39%)
1980	23	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	4–8 (33%)
1981	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1982	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	1–3 (25%)	2–6 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	40–66 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jun 11, 1979

First Top 100

Jan 16, 1977

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Werner Zirngibl ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	238
1976	19	—	—	—	—	—	123	—	—	—	—	—	108
1977	20	94	90	93	—	88	96	122	—	—	—	—	—
1978	21	160	—	—	—	—	—	120	98	95	—	—	100
1979	22	99	98	98	—	90	86	—	—	—	—	—	169
1980	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	211
1983	26	576	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Werner Zirngibl's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Meyer	USA	#83	1,689	120	44	76	36.7%	—	1	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Louk Sanders	NED	#86	1,646	126	47	79	37.3%	—	0	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Jan Norback	SWE	#84	1,670	114	36	78	31.6%	—	1	1973–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	#85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	—	0	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Rocavert	AUS	#92	1,630	98	37	61	37.8%	—	0	1975–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Pavel Hutka	CZE	#84	1,657	102	39	63	38.2%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Birger Andersson	SWE	#88	1,621	100	34	66	34.0%	—	1	1969–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Grant	USA	#88	1,568	46	15	31	32.6%	$12,600	0	1974–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	#82	1,653	264	89	175	33.7%	$3,771	0	1970–1985	Rivalries	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	#75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	—	0	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
David Carter	AUS	#78	1,732	195	76	119	39.0%	$238,612	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	#78	1,624	163	64	99	39.3%	—	0	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Werner Zirngibl?: Werner Zirngibl is 70 years old, born on September 4, 1956.
Which country does Werner Zirngibl represent?: Werner Zirngibl represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Werner Zirngibl left-handed or right-handed?: Werner Zirngibl plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Werner Zirngibl won?: Werner Zirngibl has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Werner Zirngibl won?: TennisDB does not group any of Werner Zirngibl's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Werner Zirngibl won?: Werner Zirngibl has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Brussels in 1978.
What is Werner Zirngibl's highest ATP ranking?: Werner Zirngibl's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 86, first achieved on June 11, 1979.
What is Werner Zirngibl's career win-loss record?: Werner Zirngibl has a career ATP singles record of 42 wins and 71 losses (37.2%).
Which seasons of Werner Zirngibl's career appear in TennisDB?: Werner Zirngibl appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1973 through 1982.
On which surface does Werner Zirngibl have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Werner Zirngibl's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 37.5% (36–60).
Who has Werner Zirngibl faced most often?: Werner Zirngibl's most frequent opponent is Hans Kary, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.