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Hans Joachim Ploetz

GER Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1976

Hans Joachim Ploetz represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 65. In TennisDB's records, Hans Joachim Ploetz finished with a career record of 73–98 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

65 (Apr 14, 1975)

Elo peak

1645 (43rd percentile)

Career record

73–98 (42.7%)

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 →

Hans Joachim Ploetz's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Tim Gullikson	4-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Nov 25, 1976*	R32	Bangalore	ATP 250	Clay
Paul Mcnamee	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 17, 1976*	R64	Manila	ATP 250	Hard
Ken Rosewall	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1976*	R64	Hong Kong Open	ATP 250	Hard
Jeff Borowiak	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1976*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Gerald Battrick #94	3-6 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1976*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

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Hans Joachim Ploetz's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Zeljko Franulovic	2	3	5	Mar 29, 1970	H2H
Ilie Nastase	0	4	4	Feb 14, 1975	H2H
Geoff Masters	1	2	3	Jun 2, 1976	H2H
Francois Jauffret	0	3	3	May 8, 1976	H2H
Stan Smith	0	3	3	Aug 20, 1975	H2H

Career Results

Hans Joachim Ploetz career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	15	12	27	55.6%	—	—
1969	18	16	34	52.9%	—	—
1970	12	18	30	40.0%	—	—
1971	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1972	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1973	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1974	5	9	14	35.7%	111	95
1975	15	18	33	45.5%	97	76
1976	2	10	12	16.7%	74	185
Career	73	98	171	42.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Hans Joachim Ploetz 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 %
1968	5	4	9	55.6%	8	5	13	61.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	12	27	55.6%
1969	4	4	8	50.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	18	16	34	52.9%
1970	0	3	3	0.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	12	18	30	40.0%
1971	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1972	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1973	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1974	—	—	—	—	5	8	13	38.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
1975	—	—	—	—	14	17	31	45.2%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	15	18	33	45.5%
1976	0	3	3	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	10	12	16.7%
Career	10	15	25	40.0%	48	59	107	44.9%	9	16	25	36.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	73	98	171	42.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Hans Joachim Ploetz 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 %
1974	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1975	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1976	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	11	12	8.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 12/171 (7.0%) of Hans Joachim Ploetz's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Hans Joachim Ploetz 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
1968	1524	101.0	—	—	—	—	+24	+27	—	46.0%	-0.57	4–1 (80%)	—	—	+0.31
1969	1601	114.3	—	—	—	—	-8	-13	-51	50.0%	+0.09	7–5 (58%)	—	—	+1.53
1970	1597	116.7	—	—	—	—	-108	+21	-49	37.7%	-0.62	4–2 (67%)	—	—	+0.09
1971	1559	105.2	—	—	—	—	—	+5	—	37.5%	-1.58	0–1	0–1	—	+0.29
1972	1526	106.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	+20	31.6%	-1.37	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.13
1973	1508	106.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	+4	12.5%	-2.37	—	—	—	-0.48
1974	1563	120.7	—	—	—	—	—	+8	—	37.5%	-0.82	3–2 (60%)	3–0 (100%)	105.8	-0.61
1975	1615	117.7	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	44.7%	-0.47	6–4 (60%)	4–5 (44%)	103.8	+3.22
1976	1515	102.4	—	—	—	—	-53	+34	—	22.6%	-1.74	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+0.60
Career	1645	115.7	—	—	—	—	-18	+9	-18	40.4%	-0.69	26–19 (58%)	8–7 (53%)	108.8	+3.04

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Hans Joachim Ploetz Grand Slams results by season
Season	AO	RG	W	W-L Win %
1968	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1969	—	R128	R32	2–2 (50%)
1970	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1971	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1972	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1973	R32	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1974	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1975	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L	1–1 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	4–8 (33%)	8–14 (36%)

ATP 500

Hans Joachim Ploetz ATP 500 results by season
Season	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1975	—	QF	3–1 (75%)
1976	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)

ATP 250

Hans Joachim Ploetz ATP 250 results by season
Season	ADE	ASB	SWE	BAR	BAS	BRI	DAL	GST	HAM	HKG	HOU	AUS	MAD	MUN	NAP	QUE	SPB	WAS	ALG	BAN	BAR	BER	BLO	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAN	CAP	CAR	DUR	DUS	DUT	HAM	JAC	KIN	AUS	QUE	LOU	MAC	MAN	NIC	NOR	PHI	POR	SAL	SAN	SYD	U.S	VAL	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	15–11 (58%)
1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	16–14 (53%)
1970	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	10–16 (38%)
1971	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1972	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1973	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1974	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1975	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	12–16 (43%)
1976	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–7 (12%)
W-L	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–9 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–7 (46%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	62–82 (43%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Apr 14, 1975

First Top 100

Aug 12, 1974

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Hans Joachim Ploetz ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	—	—	—	—	—	111	142	92	92	—	96	95
1975	97	—	79	65	70	130	—	—	—	—	—	76
1976	—	—	—	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	185
1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	281	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Hans Joachim Ploetz's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Frank Froehling	USA	67	1,844	0	199	83	116	41.7%	1968–1975	Match log
Patricio Cornejo	CHI	65	1,709	0	344	142	202	41.3%	1968–1978	Match log
Wanaro N'Godrella	FRA	71	1,742	0	140	58	82	41.4%	1968–1976	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	63	1,726	0	306	125	181	40.8%	1968–1982	Match log
Nicola Spear	SRB	68	1,710	0	284	111	173	39.1%	1968–1980	Match log
Julian Ganzabal	ARG	73	1,729	0	122	53	69	43.4%	1968–1977	Match log
Harald Elschenbroich	GER	69	1,789	0	226	115	111	50.9%	1968–1979	Match log
Milan Holecek	CZE	71	1,698	1	274	117	157	42.7%	1968–1976	Match log
Eric Deblicker	FRA	65	1,739	0	155	66	89	42.6%	1971–1982	Match log
Graham Stilwell	GBR	62	1,731	0	276	96	180	34.8%	1968–1975	Match log
Owen Davidson	AUS	73	1,806	0	200	89	111	44.5%	1968–1979	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	66	1,587	0	141	47	94	33.3%	1968–1983	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Hans Joachim Ploetz represent?: Hans Joachim Ploetz represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Hans Joachim Ploetz left-handed or right-handed?: Hans Joachim Ploetz plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Hans Joachim Ploetz won?: Hans Joachim Ploetz has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Hans Joachim Ploetz won?: TennisDB does not group any of Hans Joachim Ploetz's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Hans Joachim Ploetz's highest ATP ranking?: Hans Joachim Ploetz's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, first achieved on April 14, 1975.
What is Hans Joachim Ploetz's career win-loss record?: Hans Joachim Ploetz has a career ATP singles record of 73 wins and 98 losses (42.7%).
Which seasons of Hans Joachim Ploetz's career appear in TennisDB?: Hans Joachim Ploetz appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1976.
On which surface does Hans Joachim Ploetz have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Hans Joachim Ploetz's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 44.9% (48–59).
Who has Hans Joachim Ploetz faced most often?: Hans Joachim Ploetz's most frequent opponent is Zeljko Franulovic, with a head-to-head record of 2–3 across 5 meetings.