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John Chris Lewis

USA Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1977–1980

John Chris Lewis represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 100. In TennisDB's records, John Chris Lewis finished with a career record of 3–10 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

100 (Oct 23, 1978)

Elo peak

1517 (8th percentile)

Career record

3–10 (23.1%)

Career 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 →

John Chris Lewis's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Paul Mcnamee #46	6-7 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1980*	R64	Los Angeles Open	ATP 250	Hard
Fritz Buehning #79	7-5 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 1980*	R32	New Orleans	ATP 250	Carpet
Kim Warwick #49	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 23, 1979*	R16	Bombay	ATP 250	Clay
Bhanu Nunna	6-1 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 22, 1979*	R32	Bombay	ATP 250	Clay
Roscoe Tanner #5	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 16, 1979*	R16	Taipei	ATP 250	Carpet

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John Chris Lewis's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Brian Gottfried	2	2	Aug 23, 1979	H2H
Dick Stockton	2	2	Feb 14, 1979	H2H
Paul Mcnamee	1	1	Apr 16, 1980	H2H
Fritz Buehning	1	1	Apr 3, 1980	H2H
Kim Warwick	1	1	Nov 23, 1979	H2H

Career Results

John Chris Lewis career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1979	3	6	9	33.3%	208	208
1980	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career	3	10	13	23.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

John Chris Lewis career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1977	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1979	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1980	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	1	5	6	16.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	10	13	23.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

John Chris Lewis career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1977	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1979	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1980	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	8	8	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 8/13 (61.5%) of John Chris Lewis's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

John Chris Lewis advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1977	1498	113.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	—	—	-0.54
1979	1511	117.8	—	—	—	—	+36	—	—	36.4%	-0.64	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.55
1980	1496	103.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.34	0–2	1–1	—	+0.04
Career	1517	116.6	—	—	—	—	+36	—	—	31.3%	-1.10	2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	98.9	+0.38

Tournament Results by Category

ATP 500

John Chris Lewis ATP 500 results by season
Season	CIN	W-L Win %
1979	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

ATP 250

John Chris Lewis ATP 250 results by season
Season	HKG	NAP	WAS	BOM	LOS	LOU	NEW	IW	TAI	W-L Win %
1977	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1979	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	R64	R16	2–5 (29%)
1980	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–9 (18%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

100

Career-high date

Oct 23, 1978

First Top 100

Oct 23, 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

John Chris Lewis ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	365	—	—	—	—	—	308	—	—	100	—	140
1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	208

Similar Players

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

John Chris Lewis's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Tony Graham	USA	100	1,630	65	19	46	29.2%	1977–1982	Match log
Roger Guedes	BRA	89	1,500	22	5	17	22.7%	1974–1983	Match log
Randy Crawford	USA	95	1,528	22	7	15	31.8%	1975–1980	Match log
Emilio Montano	MEX	99	1,552	68	19	49	27.9%	1968–1981	Match log
Martin Robinson	GBR	105	1,581	49	13	36	26.5%	1974–1980	Match log
Rejean Genois	CAN	90	1,522	25	5	20	20.0%	1972–1982	Match log
Bruce Foxworth	USA	97	1,561	22	8	14	36.4%	1977–1985	Match log
Dale Collings	AUS	101	1,575	66	23	43	34.8%	1974–1982	Match log
Zan Guerry	USA	98	1,596	118	41	77	34.7%	1968–1982	Match log
David Dowlen	USA	95	1,589	36	10	26	27.8%	1978–1987	Match log
Robbie Venter	RSA	87	1,556	26	7	19	26.9%	1976–1984	Match log
Gianluca Rinaldini	ITA	94	1,570	36	9	27	25.0%	1978–1984	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does John Chris Lewis represent?: John Chris Lewis represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is John Chris Lewis left-handed or right-handed?: John Chris Lewis plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has John Chris Lewis won?: John Chris Lewis has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has John Chris Lewis won?: TennisDB does not group any of John Chris Lewis's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is John Chris Lewis' highest ATP ranking?: John Chris Lewis' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 100, first achieved on October 23, 1978.
What is John Chris Lewis' career win-loss record?: John Chris Lewis has a career ATP singles record of 3 wins and 10 losses (23.1%).
Which seasons of John Chris Lewis's career appear in TennisDB?: John Chris Lewis appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1977 through 1980.
Who has John Chris Lewis faced most often?: John Chris Lewis' most frequent opponent is Brian Gottfried, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.