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Jan Apell

SWE Age 56 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1989–1999

Jan Apell represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 62. In TennisDB's records, Jan Apell finished with a career record of 44–67 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

62 (Jul 31, 1995)

Elo peak

1770 (66th percentile)

Career record

44–67 (39.6%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,404,957

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Jan Apell's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Andrei Pavel #47	3-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 1999*	R32	St. Petersburg	ATP 250	Carpet
Nicolas Lapentti #56	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1998*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP 250	Clay
Tim Henman #17	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1998*	R64	Hamburg Open	Masters 1000	Clay
Lionel Roux #62	3-6 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Thomas Muster #10	6-4 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Jan Apell's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tim Henman	1	2	3	May 6, 1998	H2H
Thomas Muster	1	2	3	Jan 21, 1998	H2H
Magnus Gustafsson	1	2	3	May 9, 1996	H2H
Jan Siemerink	2	0	2	Oct 9, 1997	H2H
Nicklas Kulti	2	0	2	Mar 21, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Jan Apell career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	19	0	2	2	0.0%	221	656
1990	20	0	2	2	0.0%	657	200
1991	21	1	3	4	25.0%	199	171
1992	22	3	6	9	33.3%	170	152
1993	23	1	8	9	11.1%	152	152
1994	24	17	16	33	51.5%	152	95
1995	25	17	15	32	53.1%	95	86
1996	26	3	9	12	25.0%	86	298
1997	27	1	2	3	33.3%	300	245
1998	28	1	3	4	25.0%	245	251
1999	29	0	1	1	0.0%	253	766
Career		44	67	111	39.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jan Apell career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	19	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1990	20	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	21	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1992	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1993	23	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%
1994	24	9	9	18	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	17	16	33	51.5%
1995	25	10	8	18	55.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	17	15	32	53.1%
1996	26	0	4	4	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
1997	27	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1998	28	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1999	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	22	33	55	40.0%	10	18	28	35.7%	6	5	11	54.5%	6	11	17	35.3%	44	67	111	39.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jan Apell career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1992	22	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%
1993	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	7	8	12.5%
1994	24	1	2	3	33.3%	4	8	12	33.3%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	17	16	33	51.5%
1995	25	0	5	5	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	16	15	31	51.6%
1996	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	8	11	27.3%
1997	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1998	28	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1999	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		2	8	10	20.0%	7	15	22	31.8%	18	28	46	39.1%	16	13	29	55.2%	43	64	107	40.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 107/111 (96.4%) of Jan Apell's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Jan Apell performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	21	4/4	3.5	1.8	64.1%	69.8%	54.5%	63.6%	33.1%	63.8%	45.8%
1992	22	9/9	2.9	1.9	61.9%	69.7%	49.9%	38.3%	31.6%	62.4%	36.8%
1993	23	8/9	2.5	2.6	61.7%	65.1%	52.0%	43.4%	23.4%	59.9%	33.5%
1994	24	30/33	5.4	3.0	59.6%	71.2%	51.1%	61.0%	42.2%	62.9%	38.5%
1995	25	29/32	4.7	2.7	63.2%	72.5%	53.6%	62.7%	44.6%	65.4%	36.0%
1996	26	8/12	4.6	3.1	66.8%	63.2%	42.4%	55.5%	51.9%	56.3%	33.5%
1997	27	3/3	4.0	4.0	58.3%	66.3%	47.6%	70.6%	43.1%	58.2%	39.5%
1998	28	4/4	7.0	3.3	57.2%	72.0%	44.9%	47.1%	44.5%	60.3%	33.0%
1999	29	1/1	5.0	6.0	50.0%	68.8%	47.9%	50.0%	40.0%	58.3%	30.7%
Career		96/111	4.6	2.8	61.6%	70.1%	50.8%	57.2%	40.9%	62.5%	36.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 96/111 (86.5%) of Jan Apell's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jan Apell advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1989	19	1462	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-0.37	0–2	—	—	+0.38
1990	20	1441	88.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.75	—	—	—	+0.19
1991	21	1440	111.4	+0.23	+2.79	1.267	54.1%	+49	—	—	40.0%	+0.30	0–2	0–2	—	+0.10
1992	22	1475	120.9	+0.35	-0.91	0.977	49.3%	+52	+16	—	38.1%	-0.57	1–2 (33%)	0–2	—	-0.43
1993	23	1442	114.0	-0.09	-1.62	0.836	46.5%	+21	—	—	18.2%	-1.68	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.18
1994	24	1641	137.4	+0.49	+0.80	1.039	50.5%	-60	-105	+29	51.8%	+0.07	6–7 (46%)	9–8 (53%)	104.4	-1.00
1995	25	1737	145.1	+2.92	-0.99	1.039	50.6%	-59	-101	-70	50.0%	+0.07	7–4 (64%)	6–9 (40%)	104.4	-1.74
1996	26	1614	107.9	-2.41	-1.13	0.768	45.1%	-4	-29	—	30.0%	-1.13	2–3 (40%)	0–2	—	+0.44
1997	27	1611	108.5	-0.91	+1.59	0.946	49.0%	—	—	—	42.9%	-0.57	0–1	—	—	-0.03
1998	28	1600	107.2	-0.34	-1.84	0.830	47.2%	—	—	—	41.7%	-1.00	0–1	2–0	—	-0.12
1999	29	1588	104.2	+0.12	-0.77	0.736	46.2%	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	-0.01
Career		1770	135.4	+0.83	-0.28	0.982	49.6%	-28	-68	-16	43.0%	-0.38	17–24 (41%)	18–25 (42%)	98.8	-2.16

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jan Apell Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1989	19	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	24	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1995	25	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1996	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	28	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–9 (31%)

Masters 1000

Jan Apell Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	MC	MIA	STO	W-L Win %
1990	20	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	23	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1994	24	R32	R64	R32	R32	4–4 (50%)
1995	25	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	28	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	5–8 (38%)

ATP 500

Jan Apell ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	NAP	STU	TKY	VIE	NEW	PHI	W-L Win %
1991	21	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	25	R16	F	QF	—	—	R32	10–4 (71%)
1997	27	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	5–1 (83%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	12–8 (60%)

ATP 250

Jan Apell ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	SWE	BUC	DOH	HKG	AUS	MRS	QUE	ROT	SEL	SPB	VIE	BER	COP	DUT	JAK	KUA	LOS	EAS	EAS	PIN	PRA	SCH	SCO	SOU	SYD	TAM	TEL	TOU	ZAR	W-L Win %
1989	19	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1993	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	1–6 (14%)
1994	24	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	11–10 (52%)
1995	25	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1996	26	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1997	27	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	28	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	23–42 (35%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 31, 1995

First Top 100

Jun 13, 1994

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jan Apell ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	713	723	733	745
1988	18	743	640	644	544	548	392	313	281	271	200	208	214
1989	19	232	221	231	250	255	281	316	333	379	554	661	656
1990	20	724	716	446	301	279	247	236	240	191	203	201	200
1991	21	196	191	203	206	199	216	177	184	190	173	170	171
1992	22	169	162	138	146	132	129	153	153	161	152	151	152
1993	23	152	141	170	166	186	191	177	157	149	181	152	152
1994	24	142	147	133	133	126	93	102	82	85	81	90	95
1995	25	99	89	106	68	77	97	62	74	76	87	88	86
1996	26	89	95	85	109	109	115	235	297	306	297	298	298
1997	27	303	316	573	1260	1302	—	738	742	734	377	352	245
1998	28	243	165	165	165	154	159	163	163	159	196	252	251
1999	29	252	418	424	443	530	538	540	548	594	590	757	766
2000	30	837	835	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Jan Apell's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Francisco Roig	ESP	60	1,715	160	64	96	40.0%	1987–1999	Match log
Rodolphe Gilbert	FRA	61	1,711	182	67	115	36.8%	1987–1999	Match log
German Lopez	ESP	61	1,693	77	32	45	41.6%	1988–1997	Match log
Lars Koslowski	GER	63	1,658	45	17	28	37.8%	1989–1993	Match log
Diego Nargiso	ITA	67	1,702	248	95	153	38.3%	1987–2000	Match log
Daniel Nestor	CAN	58	1,735	174	71	103	40.8%	1989–2006	Match log
Aki Rahunen	FIN	57	1,682	69	27	42	39.1%	1990–1992	Match log
Joern Renzenbrink	GER	70	1,711	88	34	54	38.6%	1993–1996	Match log
Lars Jonsson	SWE	67	1,717	218	86	132	39.4%	1987–1997	Match log
Oscar Martinez	ESP	68	1,643	46	19	27	41.3%	1994–1996	Match log
Tomas Nydahl	SWE	72	1,579	97	35	62	36.1%	1987–1998	Match log
Markus Naewie	GER	70	1,611	57	21	36	36.8%	1991–1994	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jan Apell?: Jan Apell is 56 years old, born on November 4, 1969.
Which country does Jan Apell represent?: Jan Apell represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jan Apell?: Jan Apell is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Jan Apell left-handed or right-handed?: Jan Apell plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jan Apell won?: Jan Apell has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jan Apell won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jan Apell's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Jan Apell's highest ATP ranking?: Jan Apell's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 62, first achieved on July 31, 1995.
What is Jan Apell's career win-loss record?: Jan Apell has a career ATP singles record of 44 wins and 67 losses (39.6%).
How much career prize money has Jan Apell earned?: Jan Apell has earned at least $1,404,957 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jan Apell's career appear in TennisDB?: Jan Apell appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1989 through 1999.
On which surface does Jan Apell have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jan Apell's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 40.0% (22–33).
Who has Jan Apell faced most often?: Jan Apell's most frequent opponent is Tim Henman, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.