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.^[1]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1979	Bombay, India	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Mar 1981	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	May 1982	Munich, Germany	Clay	Gene Mayer	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 1–6

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1983	Tel Aviv, Israel	Clay	Peter Feigl	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltán Kuhárszky	4–6, 5–7

• Peter Elter at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Peter Elter at the International Tennis Federation
• Peter Elter at the Davis Cup