Peter Elter

{{Short description|West German tennis player (born 1958)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Peter Elter

| image = Tennis Het Melkhuisje Peter Elter in actie, Bestanddeelnr 929-8365.jpg

| caption = Elter at the 1978 Dutch Open

| country = {{FRG}}

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|6|10}}

| birth_place = Frankfurt, West Germany

| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| turnedpro =

| retired =

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $242,362

| singlesrecord = 87–120

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 51 (18 October 1982)

| AustralianOpenresult =

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1977, 1982)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1982, 1983)

| USOpenresult =

| doublesrecord = 26–66

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking = No. 100 (25 June 1984)

}}

Peter Elter (born 10 June 1958) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.

During his career, Elter did not win any singles titles but finished runner-up on three occasions. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 51 in October 1982.

Elter played in four ties for the West German Davis Cup team between 1978 and 1981.{{cite web |title=Peter Elter |url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800176191 |website=Davis Cup |publisher=International Tennis Federation}}