How old is M. Nielsen?

M. Nielsen is 48 years old, born on October 8, 1977.

Which country is M. Nielsen from?

M. Nielsen is from New Zealand.

How many Grand Slams has M. Nielsen won?

M. Nielsen has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has M. Nielsen won?

M. Nielsen has not won a Masters 1000 title.

What is M. Nielsen's highest ATP ranking?

M. Nielsen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 172, first achieved on May 15, 2000.

What is M. Nielsen's career win-loss record?

M. Nielsen has a career ATP singles record of 2 wins and 8 losses (20.0%).

How much career prize money has M. Nielsen earned?

M. Nielsen has earned at least $166,271 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did M. Nielsen play professional tennis?

M. Nielsen turned professional in 1998 and was active through 2006.

Who is M. Nielsen's biggest rival?

M. Nielsen's most frequent opponent is Mario Ancic, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.

M. Nielsen

NZL Age 48 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1998–2006

Peak ranking

172 (May 15, 2000)

Elo peak

1525 (10.1%ile)

Career record

2–8 (20.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$166,271

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

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

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jan 16, 2006	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Q1 Q	Hard	Lars Burgsmuller #143	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006*	Auckland	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Mario Ancic #21	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2005*	Auckland	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Potito Starace #73	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2004*	Auckland	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Dominik Hrbaty #54	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2003*	Auckland	ATP 250	R32	Hard	Stefan Koubek #40	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mario Ancic	1	1	Jan 12, 2006	H2H
Potito Starace	1	1	Jan 13, 2005	H2H
Dominik Hrbaty	1	1	Jan 15, 2004	H2H
Stefan Koubek	1	1	Jan 9, 2003	H2H
Michel Kratochvil	1	1	Jan 11, 2002	H2H

Career Results

Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	20	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	315	339
2000	22	Qualifying Q	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—
2000	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	243	262
2001	23	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2001	23	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	262	457
2002	24	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	458	302
2003	25	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	302	549
2004	26	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	549	618
2005	27	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	618	311
2006	28	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2006	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	311	890
Career		—	2	8	10	20.0%	—	—

Career Results by 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 %
1998	20	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2000	22	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2000	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	23	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	23	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	24	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2003	25	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	26	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	27	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2006	28	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2006	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%

Career Results by 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 %
1998	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2000	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
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	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2006	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	0	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%

Performance Stats

Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1998	20	2	1.0	1.5	65.0%	60.8%	50.9%	63.3%	33.3%	58.0%	23.5%
2000	22	1	1.0	5.0	65.2%	62.2%	50.0%	75.0%	33.3%	58.0%	30.0%
2001	23	1	1.0	5.0	62.5%	68.9%	44.4%	66.7%	0.0%	59.7%	28.1%
2002	24	2	4.0	3.0	61.6%	73.4%	50.2%	44.4%	55.0%	64.8%	32.5%
2003	25	1	1.0	11.0	45.6%	64.5%	29.7%	45.5%	50.0%	45.6%	38.8%
2004	26	1	2.0	3.0	59.3%	56.3%	54.5%	62.5%	0.0%	55.6%	34.8%
2005	27	1	4.0	5.0	68.9%	71.4%	31.6%	57.1%	25.0%	59.0%	30.5%
2006	28	1	1.0	1.0	76.7%	47.8%	50.0%	55.6%	0.0%	48.3%	25.0%
Career		10	2.0	3.9	63.1%	64.0%	46.3%	57.8%	28.5%	57.2%	29.9%

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB W%
1998	20	1521	49	—	—	—	40.0%	-2.09	94	—	1	—
2000	22	1457	12	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	38	—	0	—
2001	23	1437	4	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	53	—	0	—
2002	24	1458	13	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.00	80	—	1	—
2003	25	1451	10	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	71	—	0	—
2004	26	1446	8	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	93	—	0	—
2005	27	1436	5	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	39	—	0	—
2006	28	1418	3	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	51	—	0	—
Career		1453	13	22	—	—	19.0%	-2.57	65	—	2	—

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
2000	22	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1
2001	23	Q1	—	—	—
2006	28	Q1	—	—	—

ATP 250

Season	Age	AUC
1998	20	R16
2000	22	R32
2001	23	R32
2002	24	R16
2003	25	R32
2004	26	R32
2005	27	R32
2006	28	R32

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

172

Career-high date

May 15, 2000

First top 100

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First top 50

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First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1994	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1219
1995	17	1191	1198	1204	1204	1207	1225	1209	1226	1001	1000	804	686
1996	18	691	688	696	618	624	564	555	540	541	530	525	573
1997	19	548	553	514	533	463	412	321	309	311	311	319	315
1998	20	268	270	285	291	314	314	383	393	387	351	323	339
1999	21	401	403	421	403	430	400	292	271	268	259	253	243
2000	22	236	224	220	218	173	193	216	222	221	224	249	262
2001	23	261	281	283	305	411	407	497	576	509	549	455	457
2002	24	419	419	396	343	345	329	301	274	279	269	305	302
2003	25	330	337	401	397	389	414	501	503	527	537	539	549
2004	26	547	540	586	560	546	544	533	635	583	605	606	618
2005	27	617	543	536	532	450	458	408	380	342	314	311	311
2006	28	305	330	329	340	413	408	482	512	691	857	891	890
2007	29	1025	1023	1525	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	30	—	—	—	—	—	1082	1055	1044	1054	1066	1059	1055
2009	31	1053	1056	1043	1033	1020	1519	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Wesley Whitehouse	NZL	214	1,561	11	4	7	36.4%	1998-2007	Match log
Brett Steven	NZL	32	1,853	309	157	152	50.8%	1986-1999	Match log
Ivo Heuberger	SUI	102	1,639	105	33	72	31.4%	1997-2005	Match log
G. Etlis	ARG	114	1,575	83	29	54	34.9%	1994-2003	Match log
Takao Suzuki	JPN	102	1,669	57	23	34	40.4%	1995-2009	Match log
Marc Lopez	ESP	106	1,630	52	21	31	40.4%	2001-2014	Match log
Rik De Voest	RSA	110	1,693	57	19	38	33.3%	2003-2013	Match log
O. Ogorodov	UZB	101	1,563	64	19	45	29.7%	1994-2002	Match log
C. Vinck	GER	101	1,646	65	17	48	26.2%	1994-2003	Match log
B. Bryan	USA	116	1,624	54	17	37	31.5%	1997-2004	Match log
T. Reid	AUS	105	1,665	35	14	21	40.0%	2002-2005	Match log
N. Thomann	FRA	106	1,641	39	14	25	35.9%	1997-2006	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is M. Nielsen?: M. Nielsen is 48 years old, born on October 8, 1977.
Which country is M. Nielsen from?: M. Nielsen is from New Zealand.
How tall is M. Nielsen?: M. Nielsen is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is M. Nielsen left-handed or right-handed?: M. Nielsen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has M. Nielsen won?: M. Nielsen has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has M. Nielsen won?: M. Nielsen has not won a Masters 1000 title.
What is M. Nielsen's highest ATP ranking?: M. Nielsen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 172, first achieved on May 15, 2000.
What is M. Nielsen's career win-loss record?: M. Nielsen has a career ATP singles record of 2 wins and 8 losses (20.0%).
How much career prize money has M. Nielsen earned?: M. Nielsen has earned at least $166,271 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did M. Nielsen play professional tennis?: M. Nielsen turned professional in 1998 and was active through 2006.
Who is M. Nielsen's biggest rival?: M. Nielsen's most frequent opponent is Mario Ancic, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.