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Richard Russell

JAM Died Jan 15, 2025 (age 79) Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1975

Richard Russell represented Jamaica on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 140. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 56–100 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

140 (Aug 27, 1973)

Elo peak

1582 (28th percentile)

Singles record

56–100 (35.9%)

Singles titles

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 →

Richard Russell's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Buster C Mottram	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 1975	RR	Kingston	ATP 250	Carpet
Sandy Mayer	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1975*	R32	Freeport	ATP 250	Clay
Georges Goven #69	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1974*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
John Paish #173	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 5, 1974*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Stephen Warboys	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 16, 1973*	R16	Kingston	ATP 250	Hard

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Richard Russell's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Nicola Spear	1	5	6	Apr 25, 1973	H2H
Cliff Richey	0	5	5	Jun 4, 1973	H2H
Tom Gorman	1	4	5	Mar 27, 1972	H2H
Stan Smith	0	5	5	Mar 27, 1972	H2H
Clark Graebner	0	4	4	Mar 27, 1972	H2H

Career Results

Richard Russell career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	22	15	19	34	44.1%	—	—
1969	23	12	18	30	40.0%	—	—
1970	24	6	20	26	23.1%	—	—
1971	25	12	24	36	33.3%	—	—
1972	26	7	9	16	43.8%	—	—
1973	27	3	7	10	30.0%	140	191
1974	28	1	1	2	50.0%	191	249
1975	29	0	2	2	0.0%	257	373
Career		56	100	156	35.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Richard Russell 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 %
1968	22	6	7	13	46.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	—	—	—	—	15	19	34	44.1%
1969	23	4	5	9	44.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	18	30	40.0%
1970	24	4	8	12	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	20	26	23.1%
1971	25	7	12	19	36.8%	1	6	7	14.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	24	36	33.3%
1972	26	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	9	16	43.8%
1973	27	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%
1974	28	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1975	29	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	25	37	62	40.3%	6	22	28	21.4%	22	31	53	41.5%	3	10	13	23.1%	56	100	156	35.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Richard Russell 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 %
1973	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1974	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 4/156 (2.6%) of Richard Russell's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Richard Russell 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
1968	22	1520	108.4	—	—	—	—	+28	—	-30	44.4%	-0.11	0–3 (0%)	—	—	-0.20
1969	23	1566	115.6	—	—	—	—	+17	-97	-27	43.8%	-0.41	4–6 (40%)	—	—	-0.48
1970	24	1467	112.2	—	—	—	—	+78	-49	-41	24.1%	-1.53	1–5 (17%)	2–4 (33%)	94.7	-0.30
1971	25	1487	114.0	—	—	—	—	+65	-118	-35	35.3%	-0.75	6–5 (55%)	2–4 (33%)	101.4	+1.60
1972	26	1503	108.3	—	—	—	—	+70	—	-59	41.9%	-0.49	6–3 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	104.9	+1.87
1973	27	1474	96.1	—	—	—	—	+81	-80	—	22.2%	-1.83	2–0	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.89
1974	28	1488	99.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.80	—	—	—	+0.18
1975	29	1481	101.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	—	—	-0.13
Career		1582	112.9	—	—	—	—	+56	-89	-34	36.9%	-0.74	19–22 (46%)	7–13 (35%)	96.9	+2.33

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Richard Russell Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	22	—	—	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1969	23	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1970	24	R64	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1971	25	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1972	26	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1974	28	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	1–5 (17%)	3–11 (21%)

ATP 500

Richard Russell ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	W-L Win %
1970	24	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1971	25	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	27	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

Richard Russell ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	ADE	CIN	HOU	MAD	MC	MEL	NAP	NWP	QUE	SPB	WAS	BAR	BEC	BER	BOS	BOS	CAR	CHI	COL	CUR	FRE	HAM	HAV	JAC	KIN	LA	QUE	LOS	LOU	MAC	MAN	MER	NEW	NEW	PEN	PHI	PHO	QUE	SAC	SAL	SAN	SEA	SOU	SOU	TAN	W-L Win %
1968	22	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	—	R128	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R16	R16	R32	R64	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	14–17 (45%)
1969	23	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	R16	—	11–16 (41%)
1970	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	6–15 (29%)
1971	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	QF	—	R64	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	QF	—	—	R64	—	R64	QF	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	R64	—	R32	12–21 (36%)
1972	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	R16	—	—	—	7–8 (47%)
1973	27	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1975	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	6–4 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–7 (36%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	4–7 (36%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	52–85 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

140

Career-high date

Aug 27, 1973

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

Richard Russell ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	140	173	163	188	191
1974	28	—	—	191	183	159	182	168	236	235	—	245	249
1975	29	257	—	265	274	286	286	—	—	—	—	—	373

Similar Players

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

Richard Russell's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Ian Crookenden	NZL	#140	1,574	51	17	34	33.3%	—	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Armistead Neely	USA	#144	1,571	66	22	44	33.3%	—	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Vincenzo Franchitti	ITA	#138	1,549	52	16	36	30.8%	—	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Jaidip Mukerjea	IND	#135	1,604	68	29	39	42.6%	—	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Jan Hordijk	NED	#152	1,518	29	10	19	34.5%	—	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
David Lloyd	GBR	#128	1,554	106	35	71	33.0%	—	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Humphrey Hose	VEN	#125	1,591	68	23	45	33.8%	—	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Rudy Hernando	USA	#151	1,518	15	5	10	33.3%	—	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Frank Falderbaum	GER	#148	1,541	17	7	10	41.2%	—	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Eugenio Castigliano	ITA	#145	1,600	34	15	19	44.1%	—	1968–1973	Rivalries	Match log
Ray Keldie	AUS	#113	1,622	170	64	106	37.6%	—	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Takeshi Koura	JPN	#155	1,500	9	3	6	33.3%	—	1971–1973	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Richard Russell represent?: Richard Russell represents Jamaica in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Richard Russell left-handed or right-handed?: Richard Russell plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Richard Russell won?: Richard Russell has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Richard Russell won?: TennisDB does not group any of Richard Russell's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Richard Russell's highest ATP ranking?: Richard Russell's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 140, first achieved on August 27, 1973.
What is Richard Russell's career win-loss record?: Richard Russell has a career ATP singles record of 56 wins and 100 losses (35.9%).
Which seasons of Richard Russell's career appear in TennisDB?: Richard Russell appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1975.
On which surface does Richard Russell have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Richard Russell's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 41.5% (22–31).
Who has Richard Russell faced most often?: Richard Russell's most frequent opponent is Nicola Spear, with a head-to-head record of 1–5 across 6 meetings.