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David Adams

RSA Age 56 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1991–1997

David Adams represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 131. In TennisDB's records, David Adams finished with a career record of 9–21 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

131 (Oct 24, 1994)

Elo peak

1558 (20th percentile)

Career record

9–21 (30.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$2,534,247

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 Adams's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Lionel Roux #86	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 500	Hard
Andrei Pavel #182	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1996*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP 250	Clay
Karol Kucera #76	5-7 0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Chris Woodruff #151	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1995*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 500	Hard
Paul Wekesa #108	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1995*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 500	Hard

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David Adams's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lionel Roux	2	2	Apr 16, 1997	H2H
Kenneth Carlsen	2	2	Jan 12, 1995	H2H
Andrei Pavel	1	1	Sep 12, 1996	H2H
Karol Kucera	1	1	Jan 17, 1996	H2H
Chris Woodruff	1	1	Aug 16, 1995	H2H

Career Results

David Adams career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	21	0	1	1	0.0%	547	527
1992	22	0	1	1	0.0%	527	328
1994	24	8	10	18	44.4%	222	147
1995	25	1	6	7	14.3%	147	289
1996	26	0	2	2	0.0%	289	675
1997	27	0	1	1	0.0%	673	931
Career		9	21	30	30.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

David Adams 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 %
1991	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	24	2	4	6	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	10	18	44.4%
1995	25	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
1996	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1997	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	2	12	14	14.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	9	21	30	30.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

David Adams 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 %
1991	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	24	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	8	10	18	44.4%
1995	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1996	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1997	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	6	11	17	35.3%	9	21	30	30.0%

Advanced Stats

David Adams 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
1991	21	1496	105.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.18
1992	22	1484	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	+0.11
1994	24	1546	111.0	—	—	—	—	-8	—	+81	45.0%	-0.40	2–2 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	99.8	+1.01
1995	25	1480	96.4	—	—	—	—	-4	—	—	14.3%	-2.14	—	—	—	+0.79
1996	26	1452	91.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.80	—	—	—	+0.19
1997	27	1444	99.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.05
Career		1558	104.2	—	—	—	—	-7	—	+81	31.8%	-1.26	2–3 (40%)	3–5 (38%)	98.5	+6.23

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

David Adams Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W-L Win %
1996	26	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 500

David Adams ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	NAP	TKY	WAS	NEW	W-L Win %
1994	24	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1995	25	R64	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1997	27	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)

ATP 250

David Adams ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BEI	BUC	HAL	AUS	NWP	BOR	JAK	BRI	OSA	LIB	SAN	SCH	SOU	TAI	W-L Win %
1991	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1994	24	R32	SF	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	R32	R32	SF	R32	—	—	—	7–9 (44%)
1995	25	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–4 (20%)
1996	26	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	8–16 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

131

Career-high date

Oct 24, 1994

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 Adams ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	954
1988	18	953	951	862	852	803	806	765	658	662	662	674	701
1989	19	703	706	713	778	782	771	699	720	730	625	561	556
1990	20	549	540	507	497	514	520	535	556	489	561	543	546
1991	21	547	507	490	478	493	508	529	538	514	506	516	527
1992	22	522	565	628	633	628	629	611	585	528	518	450	328
1993	23	331	327	325	344	336	334	269	235	251	261	270	222
1994	24	220	211	220	209	198	143	163	171	158	131	139	147
1995	25	146	144	149	146	146	198	194	207	247	372	258	289
1996	26	285	285	282	295	291	296	328	352	359	362	607	675
1997	27	927	931	922	718	723	729	748	752	758	760	748	931
1998	28	938	932	938	940	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

David Adams's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Eyal Ran	ISR	138	1,530	43	13	30	30.2%	1990–1999	Match log
Jozsef Krocsko	HUN	129	1,519	14	4	10	28.6%	1993–1997	Match log
Roberto Jabali	BRA	130	1,581	34	12	22	35.3%	1988–1998	Match log
Gabriel Silberstein	CHI	131	1,512	11	3	8	27.3%	1994–1997	Match log
Piet Norval	RSA	125	1,540	15	4	11	26.7%	1987–1998	Match log
Noam Behr	ISR	127	1,517	16	5	11	31.3%	1990–2001	Match log
Fernon Wibier	NED	126	1,561	39	14	25	35.9%	1992–1997	Match log
Albert Chang	CAN	140	1,553	23	6	17	26.1%	1993–1997	Match log
Andrew Richardson	GBR	133	1,556	18	5	13	27.8%	1992–1998	Match log
Filippo Messori	ITA	138	1,511	7	2	5	28.6%	1996–1997	Match log
David Witt	USA	128	1,601	38	15	23	39.5%	1990–1998	Match log
Paul Kilderry	AUS	138	1,566	29	8	21	27.6%	1992–2000	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is David Adams?: David Adams is 56 years old, born on January 5, 1970.
Which country does David Adams represent?: David Adams represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is David Adams?: David Adams is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is David Adams left-handed or right-handed?: David Adams plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has David Adams won?: David Adams has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has David Adams won?: TennisDB does not group any of David Adams's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is David Adams' highest ATP ranking?: David Adams' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 131, first achieved on October 24, 1994.
What is David Adams' career win-loss record?: David Adams has a career ATP singles record of 9 wins and 21 losses (30.0%).
How much career prize money has David Adams earned?: David Adams has earned at least $2,534,247 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of David Adams's career appear in TennisDB?: David Adams appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1991 through 1997.
Who has David Adams faced most often?: David Adams' most frequent opponent is Lionel Roux, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.