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David Nainkin

RSA Age 55 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1992–1999

David Nainkin represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 132. In TennisDB's records, David Nainkin finished with a career record of 26–43 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

132 (Jan 18, 1999)

Elo peak

1628 (39th percentile)

Singles record

26–43 (37.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$501,132

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 →

David Nainkin's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Slava Dosedel #78	6-7(5) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1999*	R32	Prague	ATP 250	Clay
Tommy Haas #37	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 1998*	R64	Stuttgart Masters	Masters 1000	Hard
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #10	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 18, 1998*	R16	Tashkent	ATP 250	Hard
Lionel Roux #134	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1998*	R32	Tashkent	ATP 250	Hard
Patrick Rafter #3	1-6 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1998*	R32	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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David Nainkin's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Michael Joyce	1	2	3	Mar 21, 1996	—
Mark Merklein	2	0	2	Sep 2, 1998	H2H
Richard Krajicek	0	2	2	Aug 6, 1998	H2H
Vincent Spadea	0	2	2	Jul 23, 1998	H2H
Sandon Stolle	2	0	2	Jul 22, 1998	H2H

Career Results

David Nainkin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	21	1	1	2	50.0%	723	261
1993	22	4	5	9	44.4%	261	163
1994	23	3	10	13	23.1%	163	176
1995	24	4	5	9	44.4%	176	173
1996	25	5	10	15	33.3%	173	172
1997	26	2	2	4	50.0%	175	282
1998	27	7	9	16	43.8%	282	136
1999	28	0	1	1	0.0%	136	713
Career		26	43	69	37.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

David Nainkin 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 %
1992	21	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1993	22	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1994	23	2	9	11	18.2%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	10	13	23.1%
1995	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1996	25	3	5	8	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
1997	26	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1998	27	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	9	16	43.8%
1999	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	16	29	45	35.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	3	3	6	50.0%	26	43	69	37.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

David Nainkin 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 %
1992	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1993	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1994	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	10	13	23.1%
1995	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1996	25	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	5	8	13	38.5%
1997	26	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1998	27	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
1999	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	6	7	14.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	3	19	22	13.6%	20	7	27	74.1%	25	39	64	39.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 64/69 (92.8%) of David Nainkin's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

David Nainkin 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%
1992	21	2/2	4.5	5.5	57.0%	64.9%	60.1%	20.8%	40.0%	63.0%	35.5%
1993	22	7/9	2.1	6.0	62.4%	64.1%	46.8%	48.0%	47.6%	57.7%	45.1%
1994	23	11/13	2.5	6.4	59.9%	62.1%	38.5%	45.5%	46.8%	52.7%	40.6%
1995	24	7/9	2.1	5.7	62.5%	65.3%	44.6%	66.2%	35.2%	57.7%	33.3%
1996	25	13/15	2.1	4.8	59.1%	59.8%	43.4%	51.6%	55.4%	53.1%	36.4%
1997	26	4/4	2.8	3.3	64.0%	63.6%	45.4%	55.7%	45.2%	56.8%	37.1%
1998	27	16/16	3.8	6.0	59.5%	66.9%	44.0%	50.8%	43.0%	57.8%	35.0%
1999	28	1/1	1.0	4.0	56.8%	66.7%	25.0%	14.3%	55.6%	48.6%	44.9%
Career		61/69	2.7	5.5	60.3%	63.7%	43.6%	50.2%	46.2%	55.8%	37.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 61/69 (88.4%) of David Nainkin's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

David Nainkin 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
1992	21	1514	108.9	-1.23	+1.69	0.960	49.5%	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	1–1	1–0	—	+0.13
1993	22	1529	119.4	-1.75	+2.08	1.066	51.5%	+41	—	—	37.5%	-0.17	3–0 (100%)	0–2	—	+0.33
1994	23	1486	111.8	-5.58	+1.24	0.858	46.6%	+9	—	—	31.3%	-1.44	1–4 (20%)	1–1	—	+0.29
1995	24	1521	108.6	-2.01	-2.30	0.787	46.1%	-2	—	—	43.5%	-0.61	3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	102.9	+0.52
1996	25	1509	108.0	-5.09	-0.17	0.775	44.7%	+16	—	+94	34.2%	-1.40	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	—	+1.18
1997	26	1532	105.1	-1.82	+1.24	0.858	47.5%	—	—	—	44.4%	-1.11	1–0	—	—	-0.05
1998	27	1615	126.5	-3.09	-1.13	0.830	46.6%	-1	—	+18	44.2%	-0.60	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	103.9	+0.14
1999	28	1601	104.4	+1.29	-0.16	0.875	46.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	-0.06
Career		1628	121.5	-3.47	0.00	0.850	46.9%	+12	—	+60	38.4%	-0.90	12–10 (55%)	9–8 (53%)	105.3	+3.59

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

David Nainkin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	22	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1994	23	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	25	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1998	27	—	R64	R32	3–2 (60%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	4–8 (33%)

Masters 1000

David Nainkin Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	IW	MIA	STU	W-L Win %
1992	21	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	22	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	23	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	25	—	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1998	27	R32	—	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)

ATP 500

David Nainkin ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	WAS	MEM	NEW	PHI	W-L Win %
1993	22	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1994	23	R64	R32	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1995	24	R64	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1996	25	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	26	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	27	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		4–6 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–9 (36%)

ATP 250

David Nainkin ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BEI	CHN	DUB	AUS	NWP	QUE	SHA	BOG	LOS	PRA	LIB	SAN	SOU	TAS	TEL	W-L Win %
1993	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	23	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1995	24	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1996	25	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–5 (29%)
1997	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	27	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–4 (33%)
1999	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	12–20 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

132

Career-high date

Jan 18, 1999

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

David Nainkin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	794
1986	15	789	783	782	773	759	761	799	839	853	856	855	720
1987	16	723	718	707	735	738	748	755	771	779	789	767	501
1988	17	504	510	510	507	492	501	385	383	386	384	387	451
1989	18	433	438	445	440	424	413	525	490	509	478	456	449
1990	19	465	460	472	443	400	414	321	335	331	353	380	409
1991	20	410	418	427	438	547	558	652	—	700	704	711	723
1992	21	720	705	693	700	689	687	582	410	318	324	266	261
1993	22	263	222	209	210	192	189	163	154	159	160	165	163
1994	23	157	151	154	146	168	167	198	220	175	172	173	176
1995	24	176	199	204	202	184	181	173	163	211	181	180	173
1996	25	164	164	170	155	163	171	190	215	155	182	179	172
1997	26	173	181	198	190	198	187	206	207	320	275	273	282
1998	27	280	262	249	256	224	234	200	188	152	155	137	136
1999	28	132	142	139	145	153	157	181	223	393	393	715	713
2000	29	771	838	868	890	910	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

David Nainkin's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Fernon Wibier	NED	126	1,561	39	14	25	35.9%	1992–1997	Match log
Brian Macphie	USA	126	1,639	65	27	38	41.5%	1992–2000	Match log
David Witt	USA	128	1,601	38	15	23	39.5%	1990–1998	Match log
Roberto Jabali	BRA	130	1,581	34	12	22	35.3%	1988–1998	Match log
David Adams	RSA	131	1,558	30	9	21	30.0%	1991–1997	Match log
Eyal Ran	ISR	138	1,530	43	13	30	30.2%	1990–1999	Match log
Chris Wilkinson	GBR	114	1,609	75	26	49	34.7%	1991–1999	Match log
Marcio Carlsson	BRA	119	1,564	13	5	8	38.5%	1995–1999	Match log
Jean Baptiste Perlant	FRA	136	1,524	6	2	4	33.3%	1998–1998	Match log
Davide Scala	ITA	117	1,572	21	8	13	38.1%	1997–1999	Match log
Noam Behr	ISR	127	1,517	16	5	11	31.3%	1990–2001	Match log
Andrei Merinov	RUS	141	1,520	16	6	10	37.5%	1991–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is David Nainkin?: David Nainkin is 55 years old, born on September 20, 1970.
Which country does David Nainkin represent?: David Nainkin represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is David Nainkin?: David Nainkin is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is David Nainkin left-handed or right-handed?: David Nainkin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has David Nainkin won?: David Nainkin has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has David Nainkin won?: TennisDB does not group any of David Nainkin's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is David Nainkin's highest ATP ranking?: David Nainkin's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 132, first achieved on January 18, 1999.
What is David Nainkin's career win-loss record?: David Nainkin has a career ATP singles record of 26 wins and 43 losses (37.7%).
How much career prize money has David Nainkin earned?: David Nainkin has earned at least $501,132 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of David Nainkin's career appear in TennisDB?: David Nainkin appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1992 through 1999.
On which surface does David Nainkin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, David Nainkin's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 35.6% (16–29).
Who has David Nainkin faced most often?: David Nainkin's most frequent opponent is Michael Joyce, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.