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Daniel Elsner

GER Age 47 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1997–2005

Daniel Elsner represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 92. In TennisDB's records, Daniel Elsner finished with a career record of 8–27 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

92 (Oct 23, 2000)

Elo peak

1564 (22nd percentile)

Singles record

8–27 (22.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$369,334

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 →

Daniel Elsner's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Yen-Hsun Lu #161	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2006	Q1 Q	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Alberto Martin #61	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 30, 2005*	R16	Palermo	ATP 250	Clay
Fabio Fognini #355	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 2005*	R32	Palermo	ATP 250	Clay
Stan Wawrinka #87	3-6 6-4 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 24, 2005*	Q2 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Gouichi Motomura #255	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 2005	Q1 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Daniel Elsner's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Alberto Martin	0	2	2	Sep 30, 2005	H2H
Fernando Vicente	1	1	2	Sep 12, 2002	H2H
Fabio Fognini	1	0	1	Sep 29, 2005	H2H
Alex Calatrava	0	1	1	Sep 30, 2004	H2H
Arnaud Di Pasquale	0	1	1	Sep 16, 2004	H2H

Career Results

Daniel Elsner career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	18	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	848	608
2000	21	ATP	4	5	9	44.4%	392	98
2001	22	ATP	1	9	10	10.0%	98	310
2002	23	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	310	311
2004	25	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
2004	25	ATP	2	8	10	20.0%	152	165
2005	26	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2005	26	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	165	274
2006	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	8	27	35	22.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Daniel Elsner career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	18	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	21	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
2001	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
2002	23	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
2004	25	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%
2005	26	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2005	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2006	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%	7	20	27	25.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	27	35	22.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Daniel Elsner 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 %
1997	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	21	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%
2001	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
2002	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
2005	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	14	18	22.2%	3	7	10	30.0%	8	26	34	23.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 34/35 (97.1%) of Daniel Elsner's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Daniel Elsner 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%
1997	18	2/3	1.5	2.0	52.8%	69.1%	36.1%	62.5%	37.5%	53.9%	35.4%
2000	21	9/9	4.2	3.4	54.0%	65.2%	49.7%	61.8%	52.7%	58.3%	36.9%
2001	22	8/10	2.8	7.0	48.2%	65.2%	38.8%	46.5%	31.9%	51.9%	31.8%
2002	23	1/1	0.0	4.0	60.3%	61.4%	34.5%	14.3%	50.0%	50.7%	46.6%
2004	25	10/10	2.4	4.4	57.5%	56.1%	38.5%	48.0%	29.8%	48.2%	31.2%
2005	26	2/2	1.0	4.0	57.8%	56.7%	56.5%	65.8%	55.6%	56.5%	40.3%
Career		32/35	2.8	4.6	54.0%	62.0%	42.6%	52.4%	39.5%	52.9%	34.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 32/35 (91.4%) of Daniel Elsner's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Daniel Elsner 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
1997	18	1482	111.8	+0.39	-2.54	0.768	45.6%	—	+47	—	0.0%	-2.17	—	—	—	-0.25
2000	21	1513	119.4	-1.00	-0.38	0.885	48.2%	+2	+48	—	45.5%	-0.73	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	101.4	+0.21
2001	22	1441	108.7	-4.20	-3.90	0.661	42.5%	—	+54	—	21.4%	-2.11	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.03
2002	23	1435	103.4	-1.44	-1.20	0.944	48.6%	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	-0.05
2004	25	1463	110.4	-7.22	-3.13	0.602	40.4%	+15	+81	—	30.0%	-1.85	1–1	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.11
2005	26	1472	103.4	+0.30	-1.08	0.926	48.8%	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.60	1–0	—	—	+0.23
2006	27	1459	96.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1564	116.1	-3.59	-2.32	0.728	44.2%	+9	+60	—	29.8%	-1.55	5–5 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	104.6	+0.63

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Daniel Elsner Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2001	22	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2004	25	Q2	R64	—	R128	5–3 (62%)
2005	26	—	Q2	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2006	27	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–8 (43%)

Masters 1000

Daniel Elsner Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	W-L Win %
1997	18	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 500

Daniel Elsner ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	MEX	BAR	AUS	STU	TKY	W-L Win %
1997	18	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	21	—	—	—	SF	R32	4–2 (67%)
2001	22	R32	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2004	25	—	R32	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–7 (42%)

ATP 250

Daniel Elsner ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BUC	BUE	MUN	SHA	LON	PAL	ST.	STG	W-L Win %
1997	18	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	21	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2001	22	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	1–4 (20%)
2002	23	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	25	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	0–4 (0%)
2005	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–14 (12%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Oct 23, 2000

First Top 100

Jul 24, 2000

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Daniel Elsner ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1995	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	886	896	910	922	942	935
1996	17	935	930	930	926	919	884	873	878	860	864	837	845
1997	18	847	819	678	669	641	594	672	672	598	595	602	608
1998	19	612	545	579	580	465	485	396	385	410	416	412	405
1999	20	406	458	443	435	561	522	649	655	664	617	395	391
2000	21	377	345	347	261	234	146	100	94	95	92	99	98
2001	22	99	93	97	104	111	150	297	310	268	310	307	310
2002	23	307	353	358	363	382	345	311	308	353	346	318	311
2003	24	316	310	314	258	220	228	276	214	152	156	150	152
2004	25	143	139	139	161	161	117	101	123	152	154	163	165
2005	26	172	179	177	179	194	294	456	476	339	308	272	274
2006	27	274	278	275	289	223	236	230	234	317	360	406	409
2007	28	410	404	407	360	718	738	856	857	848	727	730	738
2008	29	737	733	735	992	995	1007	1020	1011	1027	1571	1656	1665
2009	30	1660	1654	1644	1630	1618	1591	1528	1498	1400	1377	—	—

Similar Players

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

Daniel Elsner's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Zeljko Krajan	CRO	88	1,539	34	8	26	23.5%	1997–2005	Match log
Marcello Craca	GER	90	1,569	34	11	23	32.4%	1997–2002	Match log
Julian Knowle	AUT	86	1,552	42	9	33	21.4%	1992–2012	Match log
Axel Pretzsch	GER	99	1,577	36	11	25	30.6%	1998–2002	Match log
Martin Lee	GBR	94	1,594	61	19	42	31.1%	1996–2006	Match log
Orlin Stanoytchev	BUL	96	1,540	62	15	47	24.2%	1996–2001	Match log
Alexandre Simoni	BRA	96	1,530	30	10	20	33.3%	2000–2002	Match log
Jeff Salzenstein	USA	100	1,572	57	16	41	28.1%	1995–2006	Match log
Dick Norman	BEL	85	1,629	93	27	66	29.0%	1992–2009	Match log
Federico Luzzi	ITA	92	1,606	45	16	29	35.6%	1998–2007	Match log
Fredrik Jonsson	SWE	108	1,605	36	8	28	22.2%	1996–2001	Match log
Michael Kohlmann	GER	98	1,610	71	24	47	33.8%	1998–2007	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Daniel Elsner?: Daniel Elsner is 47 years old, born on January 4, 1979.
Which country does Daniel Elsner represent?: Daniel Elsner represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Daniel Elsner?: Daniel Elsner is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Daniel Elsner left-handed or right-handed?: Daniel Elsner plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Daniel Elsner won?: Daniel Elsner has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Daniel Elsner won?: TennisDB does not group any of Daniel Elsner's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Daniel Elsner's highest ATP ranking?: Daniel Elsner's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 92, first achieved on October 23, 2000.
What is Daniel Elsner's career win-loss record?: Daniel Elsner has a career ATP singles record of 8 wins and 27 losses (22.9%).
How much career prize money has Daniel Elsner earned?: Daniel Elsner has earned at least $369,334 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Daniel Elsner's career appear in TennisDB?: Daniel Elsner appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1997 through 2005.
On which surface does Daniel Elsner have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Daniel Elsner's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 25.9% (7–20).
Who has Daniel Elsner faced most often?: Daniel Elsner's most frequent opponent is Alberto Martin, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.