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Danny Sapsford

GBR Age 57 172 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1990–1999

Danny Sapsford represented the United Kingdom on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 170. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 16–31 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

170 (Apr 15, 1996)

Elo peak

1561 (21st percentile)

Singles record

16–31 (34.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$450,722

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 →

Danny Sapsford's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pete Sampras #1	3-6 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1999*	R32	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Galo Blanco #101	6-3 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1999*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Julian Alonso #176	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1999*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Wayne Ferreira #29	2-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 1998*	R32	Montpellier Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Jerome Golmard #86	6-7(6) 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1998*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Danny Sapsford's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Byron Black	0	2	2	Jun 27, 1997	H2H
Tim Henman	0	2	2	Jun 28, 1996	H2H
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	0	2	2	Mar 16, 1995	H2H
Pete Sampras	0	1	1	Jun 27, 1999	H2H
Galo Blanco	1	0	1	Jun 25, 1999	H2H

Career Results

Danny Sapsford career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1990	21	2	3	5	40.0%	364	226
1991	22	2	3	5	40.0%	226	355
1992	23	0	1	1	0.0%	355	425
1995	26	2	11	13	15.4%	284	200
1996	27	5	6	11	45.5%	200	231
1997	28	3	3	6	50.0%	233	207
1998	29	0	3	3	0.0%	207	558
1999	30	2	1	3	66.7%	559	467
Career		16	31	47	34.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Danny Sapsford 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 %
1990	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1991	22	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	26	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	2	11	13	15.4%
1996	27	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
1997	28	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1998	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
Career	—	4	7	11	36.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	14	22	36.4%	1	8	9	11.1%	16	31	47	34.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Danny Sapsford 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 %
1990	21	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1991	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	26	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	11	13	15.4%
1996	27	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1997	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1998	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	10	11	9.1%	12	9	21	57.1%	14	29	43	32.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 43/47 (91.5%) of Danny Sapsford's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Danny Sapsford 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	22	4/5	0.8	4.3	48.7%	64.7%	57.7%	67.5%	51.9%	61.1%	41.5%
1992	23	1/1	2.0	8.0	53.8%	71.4%	36.7%	72.7%	0.0%	55.4%	27.8%
1995	26	12/13	2.3	2.2	58.8%	60.8%	47.0%	48.7%	34.6%	54.7%	32.0%
1996	27	8/11	2.6	2.0	55.1%	65.8%	46.3%	50.4%	52.1%	57.0%	39.7%
1997	28	5/6	2.6	4.2	49.9%	71.9%	54.8%	62.3%	42.2%	62.1%	42.1%
1998	29	3/3	3.7	2.0	57.7%	70.0%	52.8%	38.9%	19.4%	61.7%	32.3%
1999	30	2/3	4.5	2.5	47.2%	73.0%	50.9%	61.1%	31.8%	61.3%	31.3%
Career		35/47	2.5	2.8	54.6%	65.7%	49.6%	53.7%	39.2%	58.0%	36.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 35/47 (74.5%) of Danny Sapsford's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Danny Sapsford 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
1990	21	1506	106.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	+83	42.9%	-0.50	1–1	0–1	—	+0.09
1991	22	1511	101.2	+0.37	-0.73	1.067	51.0%	—	—	+55	42.9%	-0.43	0–1	0–1	—	+0.21
1992	23	1505	101.5	-1.04	+1.27	0.623	42.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.16
1995	26	1451	108.0	-4.56	-2.64	0.706	43.4%	+14	—	+85	20.7%	-2.00	0–2	0–2	—	-0.26
1996	27	1517	112.7	-1.88	+0.16	0.922	48.5%	-24	+50	+29	50.0%	-1.00	0–1	3–0 (100%)	—	+0.33
1997	28	1545	108.9	-0.01	-0.53	1.112	51.0%	—	—	—	47.1%	-0.29	1–1	1–1	—	+0.33
1998	29	1507	105.4	-0.91	-1.04	0.843	46.8%	—	—	—	16.7%	-1.84	0–1	0–1	—	+0.04
1999	30	1558	114.5	-1.57	+2.79	0.810	45.1%	—	—	+40	60.0%	+0.90	—	—	—	+0.20
Career		1561	114.9	-2.15	-0.92	0.861	46.9%	+2	+50	+60	39.0%	-0.94	2–7 (22%)	4–6 (40%)	95.1	+1.66

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Danny Sapsford Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	W	USO	W-L Win %
1990	21	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1995	26	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	27	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1997	28	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	29	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	30	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		4–7 (36%)	1–1 (50%)	5–8 (38%)

ATP 500

Danny Sapsford ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	W-L Win %
1990	21	R64	0–1 (0%)
1995	26	R64	0–1 (0%)
1998	29	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 250

Danny Sapsford ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	DUB	HKG	MTP	QUE	ROT	SHA	SPB	BOR	BOU	COP	BRI	NEW	EAS	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1991	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	26	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R32	R32	—	R32	2–9 (18%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R32	4–5 (44%)
1997	28	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1998	29	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	11–20 (35%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

170

Career-high date

Apr 15, 1996

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

Danny Sapsford ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	19	—	803	813	804	588	483	486	493	513	488	439	336
1989	20	341	311	314	316	339	361	360	376	373	287	311	361
1990	21	359	393	356	289	285	216	217	220	215	267	264	226
1991	22	226	224	231	271	271	350	367	363	309	317	305	355
1992	23	333	328	324	300	289	299	294	301	366	363	410	425
1993	24	426	519	581	670	641	740	760	777	784	449	452	459
1994	25	461	407	424	408	328	329	313	298	302	311	305	284
1995	26	274	267	231	227	254	236	232	232	212	222	222	200
1996	27	197	189	179	174	186	195	177	177	182	193	195	231
1997	28	234	264	287	277	262	267	243	249	260	213	198	207
1998	29	210	206	207	235	245	247	326	346	392	520	558	558
1999	30	555	551	563	564	583	595	398	414	411	449	457	467
2000	31	467	472	478	473	479	468	468	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Danny Sapsford's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Daniel Courcol	FRA	#166	1,509	6	2	4	33.3%	$62,945	1995–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Pablo Campana	ECU	#165	1,557	6	2	4	33.3%	$87,437	1994–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Libor Nemecek	CZE	#164	1,562	31	11	20	35.5%	$180,351	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Bing Pan	CHN	#176	1,537	10	3	7	30.0%	$59,368	1993–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Joost Winnink	NED	#152	1,570	23	8	15	34.8%	$242,379	1994–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Andrew Foster	GBR	#184	1,579	10	4	6	40.0%	$168,329	1992–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Wade Mcguire	USA	#163	1,562	27	7	20	25.9%	$201,114	1994–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Felipe Rivera	CHI	#173	1,519	14	5	9	35.7%	$112,854	1989–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Luke Jensen	USA	#168	1,540	55	12	43	21.8%	$1,313,255	1985–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Lan Bale	RSA	#177	1,530	5	2	3	40.0%	$514,265	1992–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Emanuel Couto	POR	#174	1,511	15	4	11	26.7%	$269,186	1991–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Kent Kinnear	USA	#163	1,564	31	9	22	29.0%	$770,149	1988–1997	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Danny Sapsford?: Danny Sapsford is 57 years old, born on April 3, 1969.
Which country does Danny Sapsford represent?: Danny Sapsford represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Danny Sapsford?: Danny Sapsford is 172 cm / 5'8".
Is Danny Sapsford left-handed or right-handed?: Danny Sapsford plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Danny Sapsford won?: Danny Sapsford has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Danny Sapsford won?: TennisDB does not group any of Danny Sapsford's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Danny Sapsford's highest ATP ranking?: Danny Sapsford's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 170, first achieved on April 15, 1996.
What is Danny Sapsford's career win-loss record?: Danny Sapsford has a career ATP singles record of 16 wins and 31 losses (34.0%).
How much career prize money has Danny Sapsford earned?: Danny Sapsford has earned at least $450,722 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Danny Sapsford's career appear in TennisDB?: Danny Sapsford appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1990 through 1999.
On which surface does Danny Sapsford have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Danny Sapsford's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 36.4% (8–14).
Who has Danny Sapsford faced most often?: Danny Sapsford's most frequent opponent is Byron Black, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.