Christoph Zipf
{{Short description|German tennis player (born 1962)}}
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| image = Christoph Zipf, Dan Hadani collection (990046704760205171) (cropped).jpg
| fullname = Christoph Zipf
| country_represented = {{FRG}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|12|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Frankfurt, West Germany
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| plays = Right-handed
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| singlesrecord = 15–28
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 138 (16 July 1984)
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| doublesrecord = 17–27
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 95 (3 January 1983)
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Christoph Zipf (born 5 December 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Biography
A Munich-based right-hander, Zipf was the European Under 18s singles and doubles champion in 1979. He was also a member of the West German team which won the 1981 Galea Cup.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127055821 |title=Tennis: W. Germany beats Australia 5-0. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=28 July 1981 |accessdate=27 January 2016 |page=20 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
During his professional career he was unable to qualify for the main draw at a Grand Slam tournament, but made two finals on the Grand Prix circuit. He partnered with countryman Hans-Dieter Beutel to finish runner-up at Cologne in 1982. The following year, Zipf reached the singles finals of the 1983 Tel Aviv Open, as an unseeded player. He lost in the final to American Aaron Krickstein.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19831016&id=biJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4371,4367549&hl=en|title=American Teen Wins|date=16 October 1983|work=Star-News|page=2D|accessdate=27 January 2016}}
Zipf represented the West Germany Davis Cup team in three ties, all doubles matches. He helped the West Germans win a World Group Relegation Play-off in the 1981 Davis Cup tournament, over Brazil in São Paulo. He teamed up with Beutel to win the doubles rubber over Marcos Hocevar and Carlos Kirmayr, in a tie which was ultimately won 3–2 in the last reverse singles.{{cite news|url=http://www.ran.de/tennis/davis-cup/news/davis-cup-deutschland-gegen-brasilien-die-sechste-105319|title=Davis Cup: Deutschland gegen Brasilien, die Sechste|last=Hechler|first=Dominik|date=9 October 2013|work=Ran|language=German|accessdate=27 January 2016}}
He later worked as a chiropractor and in 1998 treated a back injury for Pete Sampras.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis-sampras-puts-faith-in-healer-1181015.html|title=Tennis: Sampras puts faith in healer|last=Roberts|first=John|date=27 October 1998|work=The Independent|accessdate=27 January 2016}}
Grand Prix career finals
=Singles: 1 (0–1)=
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!style="width:40px"|Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !style="width:55px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:145px"|Opponent !style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1 |Oct 1983 |Tel Aviv, Israel |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Krickstein |6–7, 3–6 |
=Doubles: 1 (0–1)=
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!style="width:40px"|Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !style="width:55px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:145px"|Partner !style="width:145px"|Opponents !style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1 |Oct 1982 |Cologne, West Germany |Hard |{{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Dieter Beutel |{{flagicon|URU}} José Luis Damiani |2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Challenger titles
=Doubles: (2)=
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!style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| 1.
|1982 |Barcelona, Spain |Clay |{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Casal |{{flagicon|AUS}} Broderick Dyke |5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2.
|1984 |Neunkirchen, West Germany |Clay |{{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Dieter Beutel |{{flagicon|FRG}} Ulf Fischer |7–6, 7–5 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Davis Cup player}}
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Category:West German male tennis players
Category:German male tennis players