Markus Hipfl

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Markus Hipfl
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1978-04-26) 26 April 1978 (age 46)
Wels, Austria
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $787,415
Singles
Career record65–81
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 63 (18 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2002)
French Open 2R (2000)
Wimbledon 1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
US Open 2R (1999)
Doubles
Career record1–13
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 381 (1 May 2000)
Last updated on: 14 May 2022.

Markus Hipfl (born 26 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

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Career

Hipfl had a noteworthy junior career. He won the Under-16s Orange Bowl in 1994 and was also a finalist in that year's European Championship. In 1996 he finished runner-up in the 1996 US Open Boys' Singles, losing in the final to German Daniel Elsner. [1]

During the 1999 ATP Tour, Hipfl broke into the top 100 for the first time. He made the semi-finals of Morocco's Grand Prix Hassan II and was a quarter-finalist at four tournaments, in San Marino, Sankt Pölten, Sicily and Majorca.

His best performances in 2000 included being a semi-finalist at the Swedish Open and making another quarter-final appearance in the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix at Sankt Pölten.

Hipfl bettered his previous two efforts at the Sankt Pölten tournament in 2001, making it into the final, which he lost to fellow wild card Andrea Gaudenzi. He also reached quarter-finals at the 2001 Copa AT&T and the 2001 Estoril Open.

In 2002, he reached another International Raiffeisen Grand Prix quarter-final and was also a quarter-finalist at the 2002 BellSouth Open, after which he attained his career high ranking of 63.

At Grand Slams during his career he won a total of three matches, all in separate tournaments. His wins came against Andrew Ilie at the 1999 US Open, Nicolas Mahut in the 2000 French Open and Nikolay Davydenko at the 2002 Australian Open. He competed in four successive Wimbledon Championships from 1999 to 2002 but on each occasion lost in the opening round by five sets. The closest he got to registering a win was in 2002 when he lost 9–11 in the final set, to French qualifier Nicolas Thomann, despite serving 38 aces. [2]

He took part in five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during his career, only once failing to get past the first round. In both the 2001 and 2002 Monte-Carlo Masters he defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov, the second time coming when the Russian was the third-ranked player in the ATP rankings.

Hipfl also played in seven Davis Cup ties for the Austrian team and had a 10–3 record, all in singles. In 1999, he helped Austria qualify for the following year's World Group with a straight sets win over Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson, in the fifth and decisive rubber. He had earlier upset world number 23 Magnus Norman. [3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1996 US Open Hard Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Elsner 3–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 May 2001 St. Polten, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Gaudenzi 0–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 1998 Nettingsdorf, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Clemens Trimmel 6–2, 6–0
Win2–0Dec 1998 Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Morocco.svg Younes El Aynaoui 6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss2–1Feb 1999 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Van Lottum 6–7, 2–6
Loss2–2May 1999 Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio 4–6, 1–6
Loss2–3Aug 1999 Nettingsdorf, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Sávolt 1–6, 0–6
Loss2–4Apr 2001 Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Félix Mantilla 3–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss2–5Aug 2001 San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Flag of Costa Rica.svg Juan Antonio Marín 2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Loss2–6Aug 2001 Linz, AustriaChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Vacek 6–1, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 2008Slovenia F2, Maribor FuturesClay Flag of Austria.svg Marco Mirnegg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruben Bemelmans
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bart De Keersmaeker
1–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 1R 1R A 2R A Q1 0 / 31–325%
French Open Q1 A 1R 2R 1R 1R Q1 A0 / 41–420%
Wimbledon AA 1R 1R 1R 1R AA0 / 40–40%
US Open AA 2R 1R 1R A Q1 A0 / 31–325%
Win–loss0–00–01–41–40–31–30–00–00 / 143–1418%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAA Q1 A Q1 AA0 / 00–0  
Miami AAA 1R 2R AAA0 / 21–233%
Monte Carlo AAA Q2 2R 2R Q1 A0 / 22–250%
Hamburg AAAA Q1 Q2 AA0 / 00–0  
Rome AAAA Q1 2R AA0 / 11–150%
Stuttgart AAAA Q1 Not Held0 / 00–0  
ParisAAAA Q1 AAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–12–22–20–00–00 / 54–544%

References

  1. "ITF Tennis Junior Record". Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  2. ATP World Tour Profile
  3. "Davis Cup Profile". Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2012-01-28.