Markus Hipfl

Markus Hipfl
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceMonte 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 Open2R (2002)
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
US Open2R (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.

Career

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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

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1996 US Open Hard Germany Daniel Elsner 3–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2001 St. Polten, Austria International Series Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 0–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 8 (2–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1998 Nettingsdorf, Austria Challenger Clay Austria Clemens Trimmel 6–2, 6–0
Win 2–0 Dec 1998 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui 6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–1 Feb 1999 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Challenger Hard Netherlands John Van Lottum 6–7, 2–6
Loss 2–2 May 1999 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 1999 Nettingsdorf, Austria Challenger Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt 1–6, 0–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2001 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Félix Mantilla 3–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss 2–5 Aug 2001 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín 2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–6 Aug 2001 Linz, Austria Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jan Vacek 6–1, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2008 Slovenia F2, Maribor Futures Clay Austria Marco Mirnegg Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Belgium Bart De Keersmaeker 		1–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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

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Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 1R 1R A 2R A Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open Q1 A 1R 2R 1R 1R Q1 A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
US Open A A 2R 1R 1R A Q1 A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–4 0–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 14 3–14 18%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A 1R 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte Carlo A A A Q2 2R 2R Q1 A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A A Q1 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A A Q1 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Stuttgart A A A A Q1 Not Held 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 4–5 44%
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References

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  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.
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