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Peter Wessels

NED Age 48 196 cm / 6'5" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1996–2007

Peter Wessels represented the Netherlands on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 72. In TennisDB's records, Peter Wessels finished with a career record of 43–58 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

72 (Feb 7, 2005)

Elo peak

1714 (56th percentile)

Singles record

43–58 (42.6%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$928,863

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 →

Peter Wessels's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Frantisek Cermak #768	3-6 6-3 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 14, 2009	Q1 Q	Libéma Open	ATP 250	Grass
Benjamin Becker #108	6-4 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 2008	Q1 Q	Miami Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Teymuraz Gabashvili #132	6-7(6) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2008	Q2 Q	ABN AMRO Open	ATP 500	Hard
Bart Beks #756	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2008	Q1 Q	ABN AMRO Open	ATP 500	Hard
Ivan Dodig #296	1-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 2008	Q1 Q	Marseille	ATP 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Peter Wessels's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jonas Bjorkman	1	3	4	Oct 12, 2006	H2H
Jan-Michael Gambill	2	1	3	Oct 5, 2005	H2H
Wayne Arthurs	2	1	3	Sep 15, 2005	H2H
Tommy Robredo	1	1	2	Jun 23, 2007	H2H
Cyril Saulnier	1	1	2	Sep 29, 2005	H2H

Titles (1)

Peter Wessels titles by season and category
Season	Age	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
2000	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Newport
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Peter Wessels career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1996	18	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	637	369
1997	19	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	372	321
1998	20	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	321	112
1999	21	ATP	12	15	27	44.4%	112	108
2000	22	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2000	22	ATP	7	5	12	58.3%	113	150
2001	23	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
2001	23	ATP	11	11	22	50.0%	150	110
2002	24	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2002	24	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	120	465
2003	25	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	494	203
2004	26	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
2004	26	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	203	89
2005	27	ATP	8	13	21	38.1%	89	144
2006	28	Qualifying Q	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
2006	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	145	401
2007	29	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
2007	29	ATP	4	2	6	66.7%	402	163
2008	30	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
2009	31	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	43	58	101	42.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Peter Wessels career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1996	18	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1997	19	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	20	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1999	21	ATP	10	8	18	55.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	15	27	44.4%
2000	22	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	22	ATP	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	6	1	7	85.7%	—	—	—	—	7	5	12	58.3%
2001	23	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
2001	23	ATP	6	6	12	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	11	11	22	50.0%
2002	24	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	24	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	25	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	26	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
2004	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2005	27	ATP	6	8	14	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	13	21	38.1%
2006	28	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2006	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	29	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
2007	29	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
2008	30	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2009	31	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	23	32	55	41.8%	2	7	9	22.2%	18	14	32	56.2%	0	5	5	0.0%	43	58	101	42.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Peter Wessels 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 %
1996	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1997	19	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1999	21	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	12	15	27	44.4%
2000	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	3	1	4	75.0%	7	5	12	58.3%
2001	23	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	4	10	60.0%	11	11	22	50.0%
2002	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2005	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	13	21	38.1%
2006	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	29	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	2	6	66.7%
Career		3	7	10	30.0%	1	13	14	7.1%	16	24	40	40.0%	23	14	37	62.2%	43	58	101	42.6%

Performance Stats

Peter Wessels 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%
1996	18	3/3	8.3	3.0	61.5%	62.5%	32.4%	55.7%	61.1%	51.3%	34.7%
1997	19	2/2	10.0	2.0	60.1%	73.6%	38.5%	58.5%	0.0%	59.6%	17.6%
1998	20	1/3	12.0	4.0	61.3%	66.2%	53.5%	66.7%	100.0%	61.3%	21.1%
1999	21	27/27	9.5	4.6	61.2%	75.2%	49.1%	61.8%	39.6%	65.1%	33.9%
2000	22	11/12	10.4	2.3	66.2%	73.9%	57.2%	52.5%	42.9%	68.6%	31.6%
2001	23	19/22	9.0	3.5	59.8%	74.1%	53.4%	63.5%	51.5%	65.9%	34.5%
2002	24	1/1	4.0	9.0	57.5%	67.4%	44.1%	72.7%	50.0%	57.5%	30.6%
2003	25	1/1	4.0	4.0	47.4%	59.3%	33.3%	64.3%	50.0%	45.6%	31.1%
2004	26	2/2	4.0	3.0	67.0%	63.1%	28.0%	43.7%	25.0%	51.4%	34.9%
2005	27	21/21	8.0	2.5	65.9%	72.9%	49.9%	59.9%	30.0%	64.9%	32.2%
2006	28	1/1	3.0	3.0	55.4%	54.8%	28.0%	40.0%	60.0%	42.9%	37.7%
2007	29	6/6	12.0	2.7	65.6%	83.8%	56.3%	79.2%	46.6%	74.5%	34.8%
Career		95/101	9.0	3.4	62.7%	73.6%	49.9%	61.0%	41.3%	64.8%	33.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 95/101 (94.1%) of Peter Wessels's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Peter Wessels 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
1996	18	1475	102.0	-0.08	-2.50	0.713	43.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.83	—	—	—	-0.11
1997	19	1467	105.2	-1.39	+2.61	0.437	40.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.40	—	—	—	-0.38
1998	20	1480	109.1	+1.72	+5.01	0.543	44.9%	—	—	—	42.9%	-0.28	0–1	0–3 (0%)	—	-0.10
1999	21	1591	118.8	+2.37	-3.00	0.971	49.5%	+12	—	-32	45.3%	-0.21	6–6 (50%)	8–10 (44%)	102.7	+1.84
2000	22	1641	122.2	+2.17	-2.35	1.006	50.2%	-75	—	+51	54.2%	+0.17	2–0	3–3 (50%)	—	+0.27
2001	23	1605	120.2	+2.47	-1.70	1.013	50.4%	-16	—	+82	50.0%	+0.06	2–3 (40%)	7–3 (70%)	101.4	+0.81
2002	24	1564	101.9	+1.56	-0.70	0.721	45.8%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	0–1	—	-0.13
2003	25	1557	102.3	-0.62	+1.54	0.572	39.2%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.10
2004	26	1527	100.6	-2.69	-2.56	0.718	43.4%	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–1	—	—	+0.05
2005	27	1564	122.2	+1.32	-2.48	0.918	48.4%	-13	-82	—	44.4%	-0.24	1–4 (20%)	5–8 (38%)	96.4	+0.36
2006	28	1528	99.1	-2.36	-1.00	0.660	40.2%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.05
2007	29	1613	113.3	+3.68	-0.01	1.362	53.2%	—	—	+120	71.4%	+0.93	0–2	4–3 (57%)	—	+0.38
2008	30	1574	105.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	31	1554	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1714	121.4	+1.86	-2.04	0.937	49.0%	-10	-82	+56	44.8%	-0.29	11–17 (39%)	27–31 (47%)	99.5	+2.81

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Peter Wessels Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1997	19	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1999	21	R128	—	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
2000	22	R128	Q1	—	R128	0–3 (0%)
2001	23	R128	Q1	R128	Q1	3–4 (43%)
2002	24	Q1	—	—	Q1	0–2 (0%)
2004	26	Q1	Q2	—	Q3	3–3 (50%)
2005	27	R64	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
2006	28	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q3	3–4 (43%)
2007	29	—	—	—	Q1	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–7 (36%)	2–5 (29%)	1–4 (20%)	7–9 (44%)	14–25 (36%)

Masters 1000

Peter Wessels Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	MIA	W-L Win %
2005	27	R128	0–1 (0%)
2008	30	Q1	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 500

Peter Wessels ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	ROT	TKY	WAS	NEW	W-L Win %
1997	19	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1999	21	—	R32	R64	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
2000	22	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2001	23	—	R32	—	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
2003	25	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2005	27	R32	R32	R64	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2008	30	—	Q2	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–12 (29%)

ATP 250

Peter Wessels ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CHN	DLB	LIB	MRS	MUN	NWP	QUE	ROT	SHA	STO	COP	DUT	SHA	OST	LIB	SAN	TAS	W-L Win %
1996	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1998	20	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1999	21	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	QF	R64	—	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	9–9 (50%)
2000	22	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
2001	23	—	QF	SF	R16	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	10–7 (59%)
2002	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2005	27	QF	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	4–5 (44%)
2006	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2007	29	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–2 (80%)
2008	30	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	31	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	5–3 (62%)	5–2 (71%)	9–7 (56%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	8–2 (80%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	38–36 (51%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 7, 2005

First Top 100

Sep 13, 1999

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Peter Wessels ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1996	18	632	631	534	528	536	523	438	432	441	443	323	369
1997	19	370	369	411	408	409	368	314	296	277	269	313	321
1998	20	323	221	211	198	192	181	187	178	181	147	124	112
1999	21	113	127	122	110	107	111	112	115	82	89	102	108
2000	22	111	107	109	125	129	129	92	89	119	124	135	150
2001	23	125	134	110	107	101	93	124	128	127	123	110	110
2002	24	123	123	151	157	174	241	278	291	270	316	507	465
2003	25	502	376	420	299	304	309	324	280	270	198	204	203
2004	26	194	214	212	228	197	189	147	147	120	128	88	89
2005	27	81	78	75	77	82	79	90	103	101	110	145	144
2006	28	162	185	185	171	190	220	224	223	324	324	399	401
2007	29	401	402	366	522	491	221	205	214	197	180	163	163
2008	30	158	151	161	160	167	276	307	305	328	431	573	571
2009	31	570	770	756	750	734	725	651	710	1063	1037	1009	997
2010	32	1000	989	986	989	984	987	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Peter Wessels's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Alexander Popp	GER	74	1,709	0	110	45	65	40.9%	1999–2005	Match log
Dennis van Scheppingen	NED	72	1,640	0	115	42	73	36.5%	1992–2007	Match log
Leander Paes	IND	73	1,737	1	130	53	77	40.8%	1991–2005	Match log
Markus Hantschk	GER	71	1,608	0	67	26	41	38.8%	1998–2004	Match log
Andrei Stoliarov	RUS	71	1,646	0	93	35	58	37.6%	1997–2004	Match log
Tomas Behrend	GER	74	1,676	0	113	41	72	36.3%	1997–2006	Match log
George Bastl	SUI	71	1,656	0	132	47	85	35.6%	1996–2009	Match log
Attila Savolt	HUN	68	1,650	0	78	30	48	38.5%	1998–2004	Match log
Cecil Mamiit	PHI	72	1,631	0	143	48	95	33.6%	1996–2008	Match log
Jiri Vanek	CZE	74	1,646	0	190	68	122	35.8%	1995–2009	Match log
Olivier Mutis	FRA	71	1,628	0	65	24	41	36.9%	1995–2005	Match log
Lars Burgsmuller	GER	65	1,747	1	236	87	149	36.9%	1994–2007	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Peter Wessels?: Peter Wessels is 48 years old, born on May 7, 1978.
Which country does Peter Wessels represent?: Peter Wessels represents Netherlands in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Peter Wessels?: Peter Wessels is 196 cm / 6'5".
Is Peter Wessels left-handed or right-handed?: Peter Wessels plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Peter Wessels won?: Peter Wessels has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Peter Wessels won?: TennisDB does not group any of Peter Wessels's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Peter Wessels won?: Peter Wessels has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Newport in 2000.
What is Peter Wessels' highest ATP ranking?: Peter Wessels' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 72, first achieved on February 7, 2005.
What is Peter Wessels' career win-loss record?: Peter Wessels has a career ATP singles record of 43 wins and 58 losses (42.6%).
How much career prize money has Peter Wessels earned?: Peter Wessels has earned at least $928,863 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Peter Wessels?: TennisDB records 1996 as Peter Wessels's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Peter Wessels's career appear in TennisDB?: Peter Wessels appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1996 through 2007.
On which surface does Peter Wessels have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Peter Wessels's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 56.2% (18–14).
Who has Peter Wessels faced most often?: Peter Wessels' most frequent opponent is Jonas Bjorkman, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.