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Barry Cowan

GBR Age 52 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1994–2002

Barry Cowan represented the United Kingdom on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 162. In TennisDB's records, Barry Cowan finished with a career record of 5–20 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

162 (Sep 11, 2000)

Elo peak

1500 (3rd percentile)

Career record

5–20 (20.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$315,856

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 →

Barry Cowan's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Nicolas Lapentti #27	6-4 4-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2002*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Attila Savolt #69	6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 2002*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Edwin Kempes #205	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 2002	Q1 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Zeljko Krajan #169	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 2002	Q1 Q	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Danai Udomchoke #314	2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2001*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 500	Hard

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Barry Cowan's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sergi Bruguera	0	2	2	Oct 11, 2000	H2H
Nicolas Lapentti	0	1	1	Jun 28, 2002	H2H
Attila Savolt	1	0	1	Jun 26, 2002	H2H
Danai Udomchoke	0	1	1	Oct 3, 2001	H2H
Pete Sampras	0	1	1	Jun 29, 2001	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Barry Cowan Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Daniel Nestor #251 def. Barry Cowan #163 5-7 6-1 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Barry Cowan career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1994	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	464	394
1995	20	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	394	312
1998	23	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	316	309
1999	24	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	297	247
2000	25	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—
2000	25	ATP	3	8	11	27.3%	250	183
2001	26	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
2001	26	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	183	218
2002	27	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2002	27	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	218	455
Career		—	5	20	25	20.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Barry Cowan 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 %
1994	19	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	20	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	23	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	24	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	25	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
2000	25	ATP	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2001	26	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2001	26	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%
2002	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	27	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	13	16	18.8%	5	20	25	20.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Barry Cowan 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 %
1994	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
2001	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2002	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	12	14	14.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	5	20	25	20.0%

Performance Stats

Barry Cowan 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%
1994	19	1/1	10.0	10.0	50.8%	85.7%	37.7%	60.0%	25.0%	62.1%	29.9%
1995	20	1/1	10.0	7.0	49.6%	74.6%	36.7%	50.0%	14.3%	55.5%	28.3%
1998	23	3/3	10.0	8.3	44.9%	80.2%	42.0%	48.8%	41.7%	59.8%	26.4%
1999	24	3/3	6.3	5.0	55.2%	68.2%	41.3%	53.1%	38.9%	55.9%	30.6%
2000	25	9/11	6.6	4.2	60.3%	70.1%	46.6%	56.0%	20.0%	60.9%	28.2%
2001	26	4/4	11.0	7.8	59.7%	76.1%	43.4%	67.8%	37.9%	62.5%	32.6%
2002	27	2/2	12.0	6.0	63.4%	74.2%	53.8%	80.0%	53.6%	66.6%	34.1%
Career		23/25	8.5	6.0	56.9%	73.4%	44.6%	58.7%	31.3%	60.7%	29.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 23/25 (92.0%) of Barry Cowan's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Barry Cowan 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
1994	19	1498	97.8	+5.40	+1.60	0.789	45.8%	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.75	—	—	—	-0.22
1995	20	1486	99.5	-0.63	+0.41	0.635	43.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.04
1998	23	1448	98.8	-1.85	-3.89	0.656	43.5%	—	—	—	22.2%	-1.56	0–1	1–1	—	+0.28
1999	24	1424	95.7	-1.84	-0.92	0.693	43.3%	—	—	+50	0.0%	-2.71	—	—	—	-0.04
2000	25	1457	102.2	-1.28	-5.16	0.722	44.8%	+76	—	-47	28.6%	-1.43	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	103.9	+0.75
2001	26	1441	105.3	-0.08	-0.57	0.870	47.9%	—	—	-32	46.2%	-0.69	0–2	2–0	—	+0.32
2002	27	1443	93.3	-0.14	-0.69	1.022	50.2%	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.13	—	0–1	—	+0.08
Career		1500	99.3	-0.80	-2.72	0.754	45.4%	+76	—	-13	29.2%	-1.35	2–4 (33%)	6–3 (67%)	102.0	+4.52

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Barry Cowan Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1994	19	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	20	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	23	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	24	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	25	Q2	Q1	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
2001	26	Q1	Q1	R64	Q2	2–4 (33%)
2002	27	Q1	Q1	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	4–2 (67%)	7–15 (32%)

ATP 500

Barry Cowan ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	WAS	W-L Win %
2000	25	R64	R32	1–2 (33%)
2001	26	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

Barry Cowan ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	QUE	BOU	BRI	EAS	W-L Win %
1998	23	—	R32	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1999	24	R64	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2000	25	R64	—	R16	R16	2–3 (40%)
2001	26	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	2–8 (20%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

162

Career-high date

Sep 11, 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

Barry Cowan ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	1081	1111	1121	1030	935	936
1993	18	939	945	952	981	983	934	962	993	982	795	453	464
1994	19	373	369	362	350	318	321	322	332	319	317	390	394
1995	20	454	455	397	347	372	336	316	314	330	316	314	312
1996	21	321	323	387	470	532	623	657	632	721	903	938	951
1997	22	973	975	968	932	940	934	793	859	883	647	404	316
1998	23	318	316	311	309	307	276	242	220	214	223	312	309
1999	24	293	285	274	272	276	276	296	304	296	322	309	247
2000	25	244	202	198	174	180	172	175	174	163	169	168	183
2001	26	188	224	240	240	248	265	204	187	200	202	217	218
2002	27	214	205	215	234	235	251	284	410	419	455	456	455
2003	28	454	492	504	506	520	528	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Barry Cowan's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Mark Merklein	BAH	160	1,508	15	3	12	20.0%	1994–1998	Match log
Jimy Szymanski	VEN	160	1,526	11	2	9	18.2%	1996–2000	Match log
Wade Mcguire	USA	163	1,562	27	7	20	25.9%	1994–1998	Match log
Herbert Wiltschnig	AUT	171	1,502	18	4	14	22.2%	1993–2002	Match log
David Caldwell	USA	170	1,502	11	2	9	18.2%	1996–2000	Match log
Miles Maclagan	GBR	172	1,533	12	3	9	25.0%	1993–2003	Match log
Mark Draper	AUS	152	1,533	5	1	4	20.0%	1998–1999	Match log
Allen Belobrajdic	AUS	146	1,500	5	1	4	20.0%	1996–1998	Match log
Thomas Larsen	DEN	170	1,506	4	1	3	25.0%	1997–1999	Match log
Ben Ellwood	AUS	140	1,507	18	4	14	22.2%	1994–2002	Match log
Louis Gloria	USA	177	1,516	24	5	19	20.8%	1993–1996	Match log
Michael Hill	AUS	168	1,532	7	2	5	28.6%	1999–2000	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Barry Cowan?: Barry Cowan is 52 years old, born on August 24, 1974.
Which country does Barry Cowan represent?: Barry Cowan represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Barry Cowan?: Barry Cowan is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Barry Cowan left-handed or right-handed?: Barry Cowan plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Barry Cowan won?: Barry Cowan has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Barry Cowan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Barry Cowan's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Barry Cowan's highest ATP ranking?: Barry Cowan's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 162, first achieved on September 11, 2000.
What is Barry Cowan's career win-loss record?: Barry Cowan has a career ATP singles record of 5 wins and 20 losses (20.0%).
How much career prize money has Barry Cowan earned?: Barry Cowan has earned at least $315,856 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Barry Cowan's career appear in TennisDB?: Barry Cowan appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1994 through 2002.
Who has Barry Cowan faced most often?: Barry Cowan's most frequent opponent is Sergi Bruguera, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.