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Kenny Thorne

USA Age 60 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1989–1996

Kenny Thorne represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 121. In TennisDB's records, Kenny Thorne finished with a career record of 14–38 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

121 (Jul 19, 1993)

Elo peak

1619 (36th percentile)

Singles record

14–38 (26.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$492,045

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 →

Kenny Thorne's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Martin Damm Sr	3-6 6-7(4)	L	—	Match data	Jul 11, 1996*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Paul Haarhuis #24	2-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 1996*	R32	Libéma Open	ATP 250	Grass
Nicklas Kulti #132	6-7(1) 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1995*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 500	Hard
Mauricio Hadad #101	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1995*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 500	Hard
Mark Philippoussis #109	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 1995*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass

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Kenny Thorne's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Alexander Mronz	1	1	2	Apr 21, 1994	H2H
Jonas Svensson	0	2	2	Oct 22, 1993	H2H
Michael Chang	0	2	2	Oct 17, 1992	H2H
Martin Damm Sr	0	1	1	Jul 11, 1996	—
Paul Haarhuis	0	1	1	Jun 13, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Kenny Thorne career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	23	1	3	4	25.0%	437	336
1990	24	1	1	2	50.0%	340	312
1991	25	0	1	1	0.0%	312	406
1992	26	4	4	8	50.0%	406	188
1993	27	5	13	18	27.8%	188	153
1994	28	2	5	7	28.6%	153	199
1995	29	1	9	10	10.0%	199	235
1996	30	0	2	2	0.0%	235	443
Career		14	38	52	26.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kenny Thorne 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 %
1989	23	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1990	24	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1991	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	26	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1993	27	4	9	13	30.8%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	13	18	27.8%
1994	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1995	29	1	6	7	14.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	9	10	10.0%
1996	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	8	24	32	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	5	5	10	50.0%	14	38	52	26.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kenny Thorne 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 %
1989	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1990	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1991	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	26	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1993	27	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	5	13	18	27.8%
1994	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1995	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
1996	30	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	6	12	18	33.3%	5	18	23	21.7%	13	37	50	26.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 50/52 (96.2%) of Kenny Thorne's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Kenny Thorne 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	26	7/8	4.0	2.7	64.9%	68.8%	50.5%	66.8%	33.7%	61.9%	36.8%
1993	27	18/18	4.8	3.1	62.0%	68.4%	47.7%	54.3%	37.5%	60.5%	37.4%
1994	28	4/7	4.5	5.5	62.3%	72.0%	41.1%	46.9%	28.3%	60.0%	36.4%
1995	29	9/10	4.4	3.9	62.9%	68.9%	41.5%	55.3%	31.3%	58.7%	33.2%
1996	30	1/2	0.0	5.0	57.4%	68.6%	38.5%	28.6%	40.0%	55.7%	30.3%
Career		39/52	4.4	3.5	62.7%	69.0%	45.9%	55.4%	34.5%	60.1%	36.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 39/52 (75.0%) of Kenny Thorne's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kenny Thorne 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
1989	23	1506	107.6	—	—	—	—	+27	—	—	20.0%	-2.30	1–0	0–1	—	-0.37
1990	24	1527	110.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.75	—	1–0	—	-0.25
1991	25	1517	103.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	0–1	—	-0.06
1992	26	1575	124.5	+1.05	+0.57	0.965	49.4%	+27	—	—	50.0%	+0.06	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.28
1993	27	1515	119.4	-0.94	-0.74	0.947	49.0%	+30	—	—	35.9%	-0.36	1–4 (20%)	3–6 (33%)	94.5	+0.20
1994	28	1496	102.9	-1.97	-0.40	0.910	48.6%	+11	—	+58	35.0%	-1.10	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	96.0	+0.78
1995	29	1417	98.6	-2.13	-2.43	0.802	45.9%	+27	—	—	23.1%	-1.42	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	97.4	+0.55
1996	30	1405	98.8	-2.50	-0.45	0.685	42.5%	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–1	0–1	—	-0.02
Career		1619	117.7	-1.00	-0.85	0.904	48.2%	+27	—	+58	33.6%	-0.88	5–13 (28%)	11–16 (41%)	92.0	+2.13

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kenny Thorne Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	27	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1994	28	R128	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1995	29	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

Masters 1000

Kenny Thorne Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	24	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1992	26	R64	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1993	27	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1995	29	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	3–5 (38%)

ATP 500

Kenny Thorne ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	NAP	TKY	WAS	MIA	MEM	NEW	W-L Win %
1989	23	—	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	25	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	26	—	QF	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1993	27	—	R64	R64	—	—	R64	0–3 (0%)
1995	29	R64	—	R64	—	R64	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–9 (25%)

ATP 250

Kenny Thorne ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	BRI	NWP	QUE	SEL	BER	BRI	BRI	LOS	MEX	PHI	LIB	SAN	SAN	SOU	W-L Win %
1989	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	26	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	27	R16	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	3–7 (30%)
1994	28	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1995	29	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	1–4 (20%)
1996	30	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–19 (27%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

121

Career-high date

Jul 19, 1993

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

Kenny Thorne ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	691	704	706	706	720
1987	21	723	718	707	735	738	748	755	—	—	—	—	—
1988	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	401	419	422	428	433
1989	23	436	430	438	355	350	345	480	455	333	337	340	336
1990	24	332	332	272	306	308	306	285	301	376	382	312	312
1991	25	315	304	404	401	412	421	469	473	460	449	473	406
1992	26	404	438	379	377	375	378	332	314	297	189	180	188
1993	27	178	153	139	130	128	126	122	130	127	155	170	153
1994	28	145	161	199	212	210	211	186	186	191	184	178	199
1995	29	223	202	199	189	192	189	220	190	193	217	227	235
1996	30	245	297	322	362	358	333	295	393	401	448	449	443
1997	31	444	445	447	445	452	484	820	1123	1108	1106	1097	1366
1998	32	1371	1363	1373	1377	1374	1369	1332	1325	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Kenny Thorne's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Piet Norval	RSA	125	1,540	15	4	11	26.7%	1987–1998	Match log
Dirk Dier	GER	118	1,514	24	6	18	25.0%	1988–1998	Match log
Alejo Mancisidor	ESP	120	1,530	26	5	21	19.2%	1992–1995	Match log
Milen Velev	BUL	121	1,525	10	2	8	20.0%	1991–1994	Match log
Chris Garner	USA	120	1,618	62	23	39	37.1%	1988–1994	Match log
Roberto Jabali	BRA	130	1,581	34	12	22	35.3%	1988–1998	Match log
Wojtek Kowalski	POL	109	1,527	19	6	13	31.6%	1988–1996	Match log
David Adams	RSA	131	1,558	30	9	21	30.0%	1991–1997	Match log
Rick Leach	USA	110	1,579	78	21	57	26.9%	1985–1994	Match log
Mark Kaplan	RSA	117	1,579	32	11	21	34.4%	1988–1994	Match log
Vaclav Roubicek	CZE	135	1,532	15	4	11	26.7%	1987–1995	Match log
Doug Flach	USA	108	1,628	74	28	46	37.8%	1988–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kenny Thorne?: Kenny Thorne is 60 years old, born on January 24, 1966.
Which country does Kenny Thorne represent?: Kenny Thorne represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Kenny Thorne?: Kenny Thorne is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Kenny Thorne left-handed or right-handed?: Kenny Thorne plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kenny Thorne won?: Kenny Thorne has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Kenny Thorne won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kenny Thorne's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Kenny Thorne's highest ATP ranking?: Kenny Thorne's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 121, first achieved on July 19, 1993.
What is Kenny Thorne's career win-loss record?: Kenny Thorne has a career ATP singles record of 14 wins and 38 losses (26.9%).
How much career prize money has Kenny Thorne earned?: Kenny Thorne has earned at least $492,045 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kenny Thorne's career appear in TennisDB?: Kenny Thorne appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1989 through 1996.
On which surface does Kenny Thorne have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kenny Thorne's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 25.0% (8–24).
Who has Kenny Thorne faced most often?: Kenny Thorne's most frequent opponent is Alexander Mronz, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.