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Nelson Aerts

BRA Age 63 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1983–1991

Nelson Aerts represented Brazil on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 109. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 10–23 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

109 (Jun 16, 1986)

Elo peak

1560 (21st percentile)

Singles record

10–23 (30.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$233,278

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 →

Nelson Aerts's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Andres Gomez #142	6-4 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1991*	R32	Brasilia	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Maurice Ruah #230	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1991*	R64	Brasilia	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Jay Berger #11	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 1990*	R32	Guaruja	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Todd Witsken #101	7-5 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 9, 1989*	R32	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard
Martin Wostenholme #250	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1988*	R32	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard

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Nelson Aerts's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Andres Gomez	0	3	3	Sep 12, 1991	H2H
Martin Wostenholme	1	1	2	Jan 28, 1988	H2H
Maurice Ruah	1	0	1	Sep 11, 1991	H2H
Jay Berger	0	1	1	Feb 8, 1990	H2H
Todd Witsken	0	1	1	Feb 9, 1989	H2H

Career Results

Nelson Aerts career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	20	2	1	3	66.7%	398	398
1985	22	4	5	9	44.4%	398	142
1986	23	3	11	14	21.4%	140	214
1987	24	0	2	2	0.0%	214	407
1988	25	0	1	1	0.0%	409	651
1989	26	0	1	1	0.0%	656	357
1990	27	0	1	1	0.0%	361	272
1991	28	1	1	2	50.0%	273	419
Career		10	23	33	30.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nelson Aerts 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	20	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1985	22	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1986	23	1	3	4	25.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	11	14	21.4%
1987	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1988	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1991	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	5	9	14	35.7%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	6	8	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	23	33	30.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nelson Aerts 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 %
1985	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1986	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	11	13	15.4%
1987	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1988	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1991	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	6	10	16	37.5%	7	21	28	25.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 28/33 (84.8%) of Nelson Aerts's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Nelson Aerts 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	28	2/2	2.0	6.5	60.5%	69.6%	53.6%	73.9%	35.0%	63.2%	34.2%
Career		2/33	2.0	6.5	60.5%	69.6%	53.6%	73.9%	35.0%	63.2%	34.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2/33 (6.1%) of Nelson Aerts's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nelson Aerts 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	20	1517	96.5	—	—	—	—	+43	—	—	57.1%	0.00	1–0	—	—	+0.73
1985	22	1536	115.4	—	—	—	—	+64	—	-6	40.0%	-0.90	1–0	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.55
1986	23	1465	109.0	—	—	—	—	+84	+60	—	27.0%	-1.11	2–2 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	97.6	+1.08
1987	24	1444	105.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	—	—	+0.11
1988	25	1430	94.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.18
1989	26	1424	103.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	-0.05
1990	27	1422	103.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.14
1991	28	1433	100.4	+0.30	-0.23	0.931	49.3%	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.33	1–1	—	—	+0.03
Career		1560	110.3	+0.30	-0.23	0.931	49.3%	+66	+60	-6	32.1%	-1.11	5–4 (56%)	4–7 (36%)	100.6	+7.55

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nelson Aerts Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	W-L Win %
1985	22	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	23	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 500

Nelson Aerts ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1985	22	—	—	R16	2–1 (67%)
1986	23	R64	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)

ATP 250

Nelson Aerts ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BAR	GEN	MAD	MEL	MUN	BAH	BRA	BRI	COL	FOR	GUA	SYD	TEL	W-L Win %
1983	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1985	22	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	2–3 (40%)
1986	23	—	R64	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	1–7 (12%)
1987	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1988	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–17 (26%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

109

Career-high date

Jun 16, 1986

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

Nelson Aerts ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	454
1983	20	398	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	21	235	—	—	—	—	225	250	255	251	326	402	400
1985	22	323	319	354	348	312	314	218	148	135	125	114	142
1986	23	140	112	117	112	127	119	145	188	203	222	212	214
1987	24	220	274	264	276	277	288	318	320	318	358	396	407
1988	25	408	467	459	510	520	596	579	660	687	682	631	651
1989	26	707	657	664	721	483	481	447	390	389	364	360	357
1990	27	356	323	335	320	320	317	312	252	257	268	270	272
1991	28	272	284	290	275	261	263	292	446	415	407	414	419
1992	29	422	423	430	570	621	371	369	341	356	336	344	347
1993	30	348	351	356	360	357	557	518	615	612	694	692	690
1994	31	685	676	643	725	736	732	880	697	701	681	675	635
1995	32	630	507	518	516	389	384	335	356	312	315	266	272
1996	33	266	293	299	275	341	336	320	326	374	391	475	449
1997	34	450	463	464	527	487	460	481	483	469	466	458	499
1998	35	509	485	483	481	532	583	729	764	761	769	1063	1056
1999	36	1048	1044	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Nelson Aerts's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Roberto Saad	ARG	#109	1,572	43	13	30	30.2%	$188,147	1983–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Guy	NZL	#109	1,529	51	16	35	31.4%	$162,353	1980–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Jorgen Windahl	SWE	#108	1,516	42	13	29	31.0%	$152,785	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Vallis Wilder	USA	#105	1,531	13	4	9	30.8%	$24,605	1986–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Rivas	ARG	#116	1,507	37	10	27	27.0%	$93,919	1984–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Kures	USA	#107	1,557	33	10	23	30.3%	$58,872	1981–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Cesar Kist	BRA	#119	1,500	24	6	18	25.0%	$127,040	1982–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Massimo Cierro	ITA	#113	1,535	63	18	45	28.6%	$313,726	1984–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Robertson	USA	#101	1,590	69	23	46	33.3%	$218,152	1982–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Corrado Aprili	ITA	#108	1,515	20	4	16	20.0%	$41,323	1985–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Fernando Roese	BRA	#92	1,538	68	22	46	32.4%	$341,334	1982–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Bruce Derlin	NZL	#115	1,593	88	30	58	34.1%	$208,630	1980–1991	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nelson Aerts?: Nelson Aerts is 63 years old, born on April 25, 1963.
Which country does Nelson Aerts represent?: Nelson Aerts represents Brazil in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Nelson Aerts?: Nelson Aerts is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Nelson Aerts left-handed or right-handed?: Nelson Aerts plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nelson Aerts won?: Nelson Aerts has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Nelson Aerts won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nelson Aerts's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Nelson Aerts' highest ATP ranking?: Nelson Aerts' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 109, first achieved on June 16, 1986.
What is Nelson Aerts' career win-loss record?: Nelson Aerts has a career ATP singles record of 10 wins and 23 losses (30.3%).
How much career prize money has Nelson Aerts earned?: Nelson Aerts has earned at least $233,278 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Nelson Aerts's career appear in TennisDB?: Nelson Aerts appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1983 through 1991.
Who has Nelson Aerts faced most often?: Nelson Aerts' most frequent opponent is Andres Gomez, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.