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Paolo Cane

ITA Age 61 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1983–1995

Paolo Cane represented Italy on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 26. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 124–123 and 3 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

26 (Aug 14, 1989)

Elo peak

1854 (78th percentile)

Singles record

124–123 (50.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$903,958

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 →

Paolo Cane's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jordi Burillo #106	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1995*	R32	Bologna	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Karol Kucera #71	7-5 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 1994*	R32	Athens	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Alberto Berasategui #9	6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 1994*	R32	Palermo	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Goran Ivanisevic #3	6-2 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 1994*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Alberto Berasategui #10	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 26, 1994*	R16	Croatia Open Umag	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Paolo Cane's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Emilio Sanchez	2	4	6	Jan 6, 1990	H2H
Jakob Hlasek	1	4	5	May 15, 1991	H2H
Diego Perez	3	2	5	Sep 27, 1990	H2H
Magnus Gustafsson	3	2	5	Nov 9, 1989	H2H
Martin Jaite	0	5	5	Aug 11, 1988	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Paolo Cane singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1986	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bordeaux
1989	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Swedish Open
1991	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bologna
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Paolo Cane Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Quarterfinal	3	1	Stefan Edberg #3 def. Paolo Cane #96 6-1 7-5 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Paolo Cane career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	18	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
1984	19	0	2	2	0.0%	353	555
1985	20	2	5	7	28.6%	552	199
1986	21	23	14	37	62.2%	198	44
1987	22	20	16	36	55.6%	44	51
1988	23	15	18	33	45.5%	53	81
1989	24	24	14	38	63.2%	78	33
1990	25	15	16	31	48.4%	42	109
1991	26	8	6	14	57.1%	133	122
1992	27	7	10	17	41.2%	122	163
1993	28	3	7	10	30.0%	163	177
1994	29	6	10	16	37.5%	177	145
1995	30	0	1	1	0.0%	145	635
Career		124	123	247	50.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Paolo Cane 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 %
1983	18	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%
1984	19	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1985	20	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1986	21	0	1	1	0.0%	22	11	33	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	23	14	37	62.2%
1987	22	4	4	8	50.0%	13	9	22	59.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	20	16	36	55.6%
1988	23	9	6	15	60.0%	6	10	16	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	18	33	45.5%
1989	24	2	2	4	50.0%	18	6	24	75.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	24	14	38	63.2%
1990	25	3	3	6	50.0%	8	10	18	44.4%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	15	16	31	48.4%
1991	26	1	3	4	25.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	8	6	14	57.1%
1992	27	1	2	3	33.3%	4	7	11	36.4%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	7	10	17	41.2%
1993	28	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%
1994	29	—	—	—	—	6	9	15	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1995	30	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	20	21	41	48.8%	87	79	166	52.4%	1	3	4	25.0%	16	20	36	44.4%	124	123	247	50.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Paolo Cane 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 %
1983	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	4	6	33.3%
1986	21	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	10	2	12	83.3%	8	3	11	72.7%	21	13	34	61.8%
1987	22	1	3	4	25.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	8	5	13	61.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	17	15	32	53.1%
1988	23	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	8	5	13	61.5%	15	17	32	46.9%
1989	24	1	4	5	20.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	14	0	14	100.0%	24	13	37	64.9%
1990	25	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	9	4	13	69.2%	14	15	29	48.3%
1991	26	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	6	5	11	54.5%
1992	27	0	1	1	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	0	8	8	0.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
1993	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1994	29	0	4	4	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1995	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		4	18	22	18.2%	12	26	38	31.6%	41	43	84	48.8%	58	23	81	71.6%	115	110	225	51.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 225/247 (91.1%) of Paolo Cane's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Paolo Cane 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%
1991	26	10/14	6.3	1.3	51.0%	71.3%	51.5%	63.4%	48.6%	62.1%	39.8%
1992	27	16/17	5.7	2.2	54.6%	71.3%	51.8%	56.6%	36.8%	62.4%	37.4%
1993	28	9/10	5.7	2.2	52.2%	72.0%	45.6%	58.6%	33.5%	59.7%	37.1%
1994	29	15/16	3.9	2.0	48.5%	66.8%	47.1%	55.9%	42.1%	56.5%	38.4%
1995	30	1/1	4.0	1.0	45.5%	50.0%	37.5%	44.4%	—	43.2%	20.0%
Career		51/247	5.3	1.9	51.5%	69.7%	49.0%	57.8%	39.3%	59.8%	37.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 51/247 (20.6%) of Paolo Cane's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Paolo Cane 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
1983	18	1482	102.2	—	—	—	—	+62	—	—	30.8%	-1.61	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.46
1984	19	1457	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.20	0–1	0–1	—	+0.28
1985	20	1451	106.2	—	—	—	—	—	-2	—	35.3%	-0.76	0–2	0–1	—	+0.43
1986	21	1668	140.6	—	—	—	—	-133	+42	—	56.8%	+0.29	13–8 (62%)	9–4 (69%)	112.3	+0.85
1987	22	1706	138.9	—	—	—	—	-92	+43	—	51.0%	+0.05	8–4 (67%)	6–7 (46%)	106.4	-0.47
1988	23	1705	131.4	—	—	—	—	+2	-25	—	45.7%	-0.26	5–6 (45%)	8–9 (47%)	98.8	-0.73
1989	24	1756	138.8	—	—	—	—	-79	+94	—	57.8%	+0.27	9–1 (90%)	9–5 (64%)	110.0	-0.63
1990	25	1689	130.4	—	—	—	—	+19	+67	—	48.6%	-0.24	7–3 (70%)	5–4 (56%)	103.9	-0.16
1991	26	1689	122.0	+0.78	+0.31	1.049	51.3%	-42	+118	—	55.9%	+0.38	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	99.2	+0.45
1992	27	1657	119.9	+0.98	-1.30	0.996	49.7%	-14	+70	—	45.2%	-0.12	2–3 (40%)	2–5 (29%)	95.9	+0.12
1993	28	1599	109.2	-0.36	-0.69	0.919	48.3%	+27	+55	—	38.5%	-0.85	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	96.8	+0.35
1994	29	1601	126.5	-2.00	-0.22	0.884	47.5%	—	+49	—	36.1%	-1.08	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	99.7	-0.94
1995	30	1583	93.4	-0.27	-2.52	0.352	32.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	+0.09
Career		1854	137.8	-0.20	-0.58	0.939	48.8%	-32	+51	—	49.0%	-0.14	52–39 (57%)	46–43 (52%)	106.8	+0.04

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Paolo Cane Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1985	20	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	22	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1988	23	R64	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1989	24	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1990	25	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	27	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	4–12 (25%)

Masters 1000

Paolo Cane Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	MC	MIA	ITA	W-L Win %
1990	25	R32	R64	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
1991	26	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1992	27	—	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
1993	28	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1994	29	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	3–8 (27%)

ATP 500

Paolo Cane ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	IW	ITA	STU	TKY	BRU	MIA	MIL	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	18	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	20	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	21	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1987	22	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1988	23	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1989	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1990	25	R32	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1991	26	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1993	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	18–16 (53%)

ATP 250

Paolo Cane ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	SWE	BAR	BAS	BUC	EST	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	AUS	MC	MUN	PAR	ROT	STO	UMA	VIE	ATH	BAR	BOL	BOL	BOR	BRU	CHA	DUT	FER	GEN	MIL	NIC	PAL	SAN	SOU	ST.	TRE	VEN	WEL	W-L Win %
1983	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
1984	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1985	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1986	21	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	F	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	21–13 (62%)
1987	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	13–10 (57%)
1988	23	—	R32	SF	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	8–12 (40%)
1989	24	—	—	W	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	R32	R16	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	21–11 (66%)
1990	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	9–9 (50%)
1991	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	7–2 (78%)
1992	27	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1993	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1994	29	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	5–8 (38%)
1995	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	11–2 (85%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	15–9 (62%)	3–2 (60%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	1–2 (33%)	8–6 (57%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	96–86 (53%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 14, 1989

First Top 100

Jun 16, 1986

First Top 50

Jul 14, 1986

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Paolo Cane ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	19	353	—	—	—	—	420	387	394	393	441	540	555
1985	20	428	444	247	236	237	230	234	213	208	197	202	199
1986	21	198	209	327	207	135	98	38	33	40	42	42	44
1987	22	45	42	42	46	38	40	55	53	50	49	51	51
1988	23	60	62	64	63	131	165	146	128	96	101	80	81
1989	24	79	68	67	68	42	38	34	26	28	27	32	33
1990	25	35	31	33	39	47	52	70	91	88	112	108	109
1991	26	130	186	182	180	152	124	124	122	131	122	121	122
1992	27	116	112	102	112	151	183	184	205	223	167	160	163
1993	28	163	177	175	170	163	184	184	181	181	167	177	177
1994	29	171	159	188	171	164	127	117	120	122	149	146	145
1995	30	148	145	151	156	179	266	396	533	602	544	640	635
1996	31	631	630	635	635	648	823	834	839	876	—	—	—
1997	32	—	—	—	—	—	1314	1308	721	719	732	713	725
1998	33	728	726	729	737	730	729	738	755	—	—	—	—
2001	36	—	—	—	—	—	1349	1340	1346	1385	1381	1379	1383
2002	37	1380	1379	1377	1378	1385	1381	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Peter Lundgren	SWE	#25	1,867	255	119	136	46.7%	$1,130,516	3	1983–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Dan Goldie	USA	#27	1,855	239	122	117	51.0%	$682,152	2	1983–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Claudio Mezzadri	SUI	#26	1,801	236	105	131	44.5%	$797,458	1	1983–1993	Rivalries	Match log
John Fitzgerald	AUS	#25	1,859	452	230	222	50.9%	$3,207,272	6	1979–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Bauer	USA	#29	1,786	166	75	91	45.2%	$611,891	3	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Milan Srejber	CZE	#23	1,814	233	115	118	49.4%	$897,886	1	1985–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Eric Jelen	GER	#23	1,804	252	124	128	49.2%	$1,094,272	1	1983–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Diego Perez	URU	#27	1,824	408	195	213	47.8%	$1,042,224	1	1979–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Franco Davin	ARG	#30	1,856	305	153	152	50.2%	$1,101,560	3	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Michiel Schapers	NED	#25	1,831	331	154	177	46.5%	$1,119,593	0	1983–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Jordi Arrese	ESP	#23	1,830	426	218	208	51.2%	$1,847,136	6	1983–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Darren Cahill	AUS	#22	1,889	248	132	116	53.2%	$1,349,247	2	1984–1994	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Paolo Cane?: Paolo Cane is 61 years old, born on April 9, 1965.
Which country does Paolo Cane represent?: Paolo Cane represents Italy in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Paolo Cane?: Paolo Cane is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Paolo Cane left-handed or right-handed?: Paolo Cane plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Paolo Cane won?: Paolo Cane has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Paolo Cane won?: TennisDB does not group any of Paolo Cane's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Paolo Cane won?: Paolo Cane has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Bologna in 1991.
What is Paolo Cane's highest ATP ranking?: Paolo Cane's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 26, first achieved on August 14, 1989.
What is Paolo Cane's career win-loss record?: Paolo Cane has a career ATP singles record of 124 wins and 123 losses (50.2%).
How much career prize money has Paolo Cane earned?: Paolo Cane has earned at least $903,958 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Paolo Cane's career appear in TennisDB?: Paolo Cane appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1983 through 1995.
On which surface does Paolo Cane have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Paolo Cane's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 52.4% (87–79).
Who has Paolo Cane faced most often?: Paolo Cane's most frequent opponent is Emilio Sanchez, with a head-to-head record of 2–4 across 6 meetings.