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Mark Nielsen

NZL Age 48 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1998–2006

Mark Nielsen represented New Zealand on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 172. In TennisDB's records, Mark Nielsen finished with a career record of 2–8 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

172 (May 15, 2000)

Elo peak

1525 (10th percentile)

Singles record

2–8 (20.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$166,271

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 →

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

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Mark Nielsen's most-played ATP rivals
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

Mark Nielsen career results by season
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%	246	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

Mark Nielsen 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 %
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

Mark Nielsen 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 %
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

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

Advanced Stats

Mark Nielsen 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
1998	20	1521	105.4	+2.23	-0.24	0.559	43.1%	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.80	1–0	1–0	—	-0.17
2000	22	1457	100.6	-0.91	-0.07	0.714	45.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.15
2001	23	1437	104.8	-1.48	+5.54	0.698	44.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.11
2002	24	1458	107.6	-1.25	-2.35	0.922	47.1%	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.00	—	1–0	—	-0.05
2003	25	1451	100.5	-0.70	-2.29	0.713	42.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.04
2004	26	1446	101.8	+1.58	+1.60	0.783	43.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.09
2005	27	1437	98.5	-0.05	-2.72	0.744	45.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.08
2006	28	1418	95.6	-1.48	+3.03	0.484	38.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.10
Career		1525	104.9	-0.11	-0.01	0.698	44.0%	—	—	—	19.0%	-2.29	1–0	2–0	—	-6.30

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Mark Nielsen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2000	22	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	0–4 (0%)
2001	23	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	28	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–6 (0%)

ATP 250

Mark Nielsen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	W-L Win %
1998	20	R16	1–1 (50%)
2000	22	R32	0–1 (0%)
2001	23	R32	0–1 (0%)
2002	24	R16	1–1 (50%)
2003	25	R32	0–1 (0%)
2004	26	R32	0–1 (0%)
2005	27	R32	0–1 (0%)
2006	28	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–8 (20%)	2–8 (20%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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

Mark Nielsen ranking history by month and season
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 with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Mark Nielsen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Maximilian Abel	GER	183	1,538	9	2	7	22.2%	2002–2004	Match log
Michael Hill	AUS	168	1,532	7	2	5	28.6%	1999–2000	Match log
Justin Bower	RSA	180	1,572	4	1	3	25.0%	1999–2002	Match log
Mark Draper	AUS	152	1,533	5	1	4	20.0%	1998–1999	Match log
Lovro Zovko	CRO	151	1,524	10	2	8	20.0%	1999–2009	Match log
Uros Vico	ITA	166	1,500	7	2	5	28.6%	2004–2005	Match log
Andy Ram	ISR	187	1,527	9	1	8	11.1%	2000–2005	Match log
Fred Hemmes	NED	188	1,517	4	1	3	25.0%	2003–2004	Match log
Mark Hilton	GBR	202	1,500	5	1	4	20.0%	2001–2005	Match log
Nenad Zimonjic	SRB	176	1,551	21	6	15	28.6%	1999–2007	Match log
Sasa Tuksar	CRO	153	1,555	7	1	6	14.3%	2003–2006	Match log
David Caldwell	USA	170	1,502	11	2	9	18.2%	1996–2000	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mark Nielsen?: Mark Nielsen is 48 years old, born on October 8, 1977.
Which country does Mark Nielsen represent?: Mark Nielsen represents New Zealand in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Mark Nielsen?: Mark Nielsen is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Mark Nielsen left-handed or right-handed?: Mark Nielsen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Mark Nielsen won?: Mark Nielsen has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Mark Nielsen won?: TennisDB does not group any of Mark Nielsen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Mark Nielsen's highest ATP ranking?: Mark Nielsen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 172, first achieved on May 15, 2000.
What is Mark Nielsen's career win-loss record?: Mark Nielsen has a career ATP singles record of 2 wins and 8 losses (20.0%).
How much career prize money has Mark Nielsen earned?: Mark Nielsen has earned at least $166,271 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Mark Nielsen's career appear in TennisDB?: Mark Nielsen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1998 through 2006.
Who has Mark Nielsen faced most often?: Mark Nielsen's most frequent opponent is Mario Ancic, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.