Markus Hipfl

Markus Hipfl

Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1978-04-26) 26 April 1978 Wels, Austria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$787,415
Singles
Career record	65–81
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	1–13
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 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

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.

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.

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.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1996	US Open	Hard	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)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1998	Nettingsdorf, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Clemens Trimmel	6–2, 6–0
Win	2–0	Dec 1998	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Feb 1999	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	John Van Lottum	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–2	May 1999	Espinho, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Gaston Gaudio	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 1999	Nettingsdorf, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Attila Savolt	1–6, 0–6
Loss	2–4	Apr 2001	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Félix Mantilla	3–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss	2–5	Aug 2001	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Antonio Marin	2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–6	Aug 2001	Linz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2008	Slovenia F2, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	Ruben Bemelmans Bart De Keersmaeker	1–6, 3–6

Performance timeline

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

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%

External links

• Markus Hipfl at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Markus Hipfl at the International Tennis Federation