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Jay Berger

USA Age 59 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1985–1991

Jay Berger represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 7. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 141–80 and 3 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

7 (Apr 16, 1990)

Elo peak

1948 (87th percentile)

Singles record

141–80 (63.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$992,136

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 →

Jay Berger's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kevin Curren #60	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 1991*	R32	Philadelphia	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Carpet
Patrick McEnroe #114	1-6 5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1991*	R32	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Todd Witsken #57	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1991*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Magnus Larsson #44	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1991*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Johan Anderson #192	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1991*	R32	Sydney International	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard

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Jay Berger's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Boris Becker	1	4	5	Aug 18, 1990	H2H
Andres Gomez	3	2	5	Jul 15, 1989	H2H
Richey Reneberg	2	2	4	Oct 25, 1990	H2H
Jaime Yzaga	2	2	4	Apr 26, 1990	H2H
Jordi Arrese	2	2	4	Apr 13, 1990	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Jay Berger singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1986	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Argentina Open
1988	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Sao Paulo
1989	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Charleston
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Jay Berger career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1985	18	3	2	5	60.0%	739	250
1986	19	7	3	10	70.0%	250	82
1987	20	28	19	47	59.6%	85	47
1988	21	28	16	44	63.6%	50	34
1989	22	41	19	60	68.3%	34	10
1990	23	32	18	50	64.0%	9	18
1991	24	2	3	5	40.0%	18	387
Career		141	80	221	63.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jay Berger 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 %
1985	18	3	1	4	75.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1986	19	1	2	3	33.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%
1987	20	13	9	22	59.1%	14	9	23	60.9%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	28	19	47	59.6%
1988	21	20	9	29	69.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	28	16	44	63.6%
1989	22	23	12	35	65.7%	14	4	18	77.8%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	41	19	60	68.3%
1990	23	19	7	26	73.1%	9	8	17	52.9%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	32	18	50	64.0%
1991	24	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career	—	81	42	123	65.9%	50	28	78	64.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	9	18	50.0%	141	80	221	63.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jay Berger 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 %
1985	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	2	5	60.0%
1986	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	7	2	9	77.8%
1987	20	1	6	7	14.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	10	1	11	90.9%	15	4	19	78.9%	27	18	45	60.0%
1988	21	2	5	7	28.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	6	15	60.0%	13	2	15	86.7%	25	15	40	62.5%
1989	22	4	3	7	57.1%	4	5	9	44.4%	14	5	19	73.7%	18	6	24	75.0%	40	19	59	67.8%
1990	23	0	5	5	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	16	7	23	69.6%	11	1	12	91.7%	30	18	48	62.5%
1991	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career		7	21	28	25.0%	9	20	29	31.0%	55	20	75	73.3%	63	16	79	79.7%	134	77	211	63.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 211/221 (95.5%) of Jay Berger's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Jay Berger 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	24	3/5	1.7	5.0	53.8%	71.5%	39.4%	51.9%	43.3%	56.6%	42.5%
Career		3/221	1.7	5.0	53.8%	71.5%	39.4%	51.9%	43.3%	56.6%	42.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 3/221 (1.4%) of Jay Berger's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jay Berger 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
1985	18	1572	112.9	—	—	—	—	+57	—	—	57.9%	-0.10	1–1	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.70
1986	19	1665	116.1	—	—	—	—	-50	-34	—	61.5%	-0.04	3–1 (75%)	—	—	+0.72
1987	20	1768	146.6	—	—	—	—	-24	-22	—	59.7%	+0.65	7–6 (54%)	6–7 (46%)	101.2	-0.38
1988	21	1785	145.3	—	—	—	—	+58	-65	—	63.1%	+1.00	5–6 (45%)	3–6 (33%)	94.0	-0.25
1989	22	1842	151.4	—	—	—	—	-18	+50	—	64.2%	+1.07	10–6 (63%)	4–7 (36%)	97.7	+0.56
1990	23	1845	149.4	—	—	—	—	+64	-35	—	56.8%	+0.30	13–6 (68%)	10–4 (71%)	106.4	+2.67
1991	24	1801	113.3	-1.34	+0.15	0.979	50.1%	+47	—	—	46.2%	+0.16	—	—	—	+0.13
Career		1948	150.8	-1.34	+0.15	0.979	50.1%	+20	-16	—	60.6%	+0.68	39–26 (60%)	26–25 (51%)	102.1	+1.89

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jay Berger Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1985	18	—	—	—	R16	3–1 (75%)
1986	19	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1987	20	—	R32	—	R64	3–2 (60%)
1988	21	—	R64	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1989	22	—	QF	—	QF	8–2 (80%)
1990	23	—	R128	—	R16	3–2 (60%)
1991	24	R32	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	1–1 (50%)	13–6 (68%)	23–12 (66%)

Masters 1000

Jay Berger Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	ITA	STO	W-L Win %
1990	23	F	R16	QF	QF	R32	SF	R32	R32	14–8 (64%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	14–8 (64%)

ATP 500

Jay Berger ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	CIN	IW	U.S	ITA	MIA	MIA	CAN	PHI	TOR	W-L Win %
1986	19	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	20	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	QF	R16	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1988	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	6–2 (75%)
1989	22	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	R128	SF	—	—	10–4 (71%)
1990	23	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	9–4 (69%)
1991	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	8–3 (73%)	7–3 (70%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	32–16 (67%)

ATP 250

Jay Berger ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAS	BUE	EST	MAD	MC	U.S	TKY	VIE	WAS	BAR	CHA	FOR	FRA	GUA	ITA	LOS	MEM	NIC	ORL	SAN	SAO	SCO	SOU	STR	SYD	U.S	W-L Win %
1985	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1986	19	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–1 (86%)
1987	20	—	F	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	R16	SF	R32	—	—	—	R32	18–13 (58%)
1988	21	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	QF	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	W	R32	—	QF	—	R32	19–11 (63%)
1989	22	R32	—	—	—	—	F	R64	QF	R16	—	W	R64	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	R16	R32	—	QF	23–13 (64%)
1990	23	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1991	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	11–2 (85%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	6–4 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	7–1 (88%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	10–2 (83%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	72–44 (62%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 16, 1990

First Top 100

Nov 17, 1986

First Top 50

Mar 9, 1987

First Top 20

Aug 14, 1989

First Top 10

Oct 23, 1989

Ranking History Matrix

Jay Berger ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	722	730	257	257	253	250
1986	19	250	250	254	256	255	260	273	204	199	173	83	82
1987	20	84	84	43	37	34	35	39	37	41	41	46	47
1988	21	50	51	37	34	34	38	36	35	35	34	34	34
1989	22	33	31	27	40	28	22	24	13	11	10	10	10
1990	23	11	10	8	8	12	13	10	14	17	17	18	18
1991	24	17	24	41	52	71	75	126	235	382	377	387	387
1992	25	1125	1121	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Jay Berger's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	M1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Tim Mayotte	USA	#7	2,049	533	338	195	63.4%	$2,663,672	12	0	0	1979–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Johan Kriek	USA	#7	2,053	603	380	223	63.0%	$2,383,794	14	2	0	1977–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Jakob Hlasek	SUI	#7	2,062	695	393	302	56.5%	$5,890,993	5	0	0	1982–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Juan Aguilera	ESP	#7	1,931	270	139	131	51.5%	$825,000	5	0	1	1981–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Emilio Sanchez	ESP	#7	2,037	680	406	274	59.7%	$5,332,145	15	0	1	1984–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Aaron Krickstein	USA	#6	2,043	633	381	252	60.2%	$3,709,772	9	0	0	1983–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Joakim Nystrom	SWE	#7	2,121	393	257	136	65.4%	$2,067,447	13	0	0	1980–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Eliot Teltscher	USA	#6	2,093	599	392	207	65.4%	$1,653,997	10	0	0	1976–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Alberto Mancini	ARG	#8	1,977	258	140	118	54.3%	$1,535,520	3	0	0	1987–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Karel Novacek	CZE	#8	1,997	518	287	231	55.4%	$3,729,540	13	0	1	1984–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Kevin Curren	USA	#5	2,088	577	339	238	58.8%	$3,054,423	5	0	0	1978–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Henrik Sundstrom	SWE	#6	1,993	249	143	106	57.4%	$819,393	5	0	0	1981–1989	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jay Berger?: Jay Berger is 59 years old, born on November 26, 1966.
Which country does Jay Berger represent?: Jay Berger represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jay Berger?: Jay Berger is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Jay Berger left-handed or right-handed?: Jay Berger plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jay Berger won?: Jay Berger has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jay Berger won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jay Berger's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Jay Berger won?: Jay Berger has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Charleston in 1989.
What is Jay Berger's highest ATP ranking?: Jay Berger's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, first achieved on April 16, 1990.
What is Jay Berger's career win-loss record?: Jay Berger has a career ATP singles record of 141 wins and 80 losses (63.8%).
How much career prize money has Jay Berger earned?: Jay Berger has earned at least $992,136 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jay Berger's career appear in TennisDB?: Jay Berger appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1985 through 1991.
On which surface does Jay Berger have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jay Berger's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 65.9% (81–42).
Who has Jay Berger faced most often?: Jay Berger's most frequent opponent is Boris Becker, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.