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Tom Nijssen

NED Age 61 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1986–1995

Tom Nijssen represented the Netherlands on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 87. In TennisDB's records, Tom Nijssen finished with a career record of 39–76 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

87 (Apr 17, 1989)

Elo peak

1678 (50th percentile)

Career record

39–76 (33.9%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,474,432

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 →

Tom Nijssen's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Patrick Rafter #57	7-6(5) 3-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1995*	R32	Ostrava	ATP 250	Carpet
Karel Novacek #76	6-3 6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 1994*	R32	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay
Marc Kevin Goellner #78	6-4 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1994*	R64	Stuttgart Open	ATP 500	Clay
Nicklas Utgren #343	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 6, 1994*	R64	Barcelona Open	ATP 500	Clay
Bryan Shelton	3-6 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 1994*	R128	Miami Open	Masters 1000	Hard

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Tom Nijssen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Karel Novacek	0	3	3	Jul 28, 1994	H2H
Christian Saceanu	1	2	3	Jun 11, 1992	H2H
Boris Becker	0	3	3	Apr 23, 1992	H2H
Paul Haarhuis	1	2	3	Apr 22, 1992	H2H
Emilio Sanchez	0	3	3	Jul 26, 1990	H2H

Career Results

Tom Nijssen career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1986	21	0	3	3	0.0%	224	396
1987	22	7	9	16	43.8%	397	103
1988	23	6	13	19	31.6%	109	114
1989	24	12	15	27	44.4%	117	99
1990	25	3	13	16	18.8%	95	194
1991	26	3	5	8	37.5%	191	253
1992	27	4	6	10	40.0%	252	221
1993	28	4	7	11	36.4%	221	235
1994	29	0	4	4	0.0%	235	591
1995	30	0	1	1	0.0%	591	793
Career		39	76	115	33.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Tom Nijssen 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 %
1986	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1987	22	2	2	4	50.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
1988	23	1	4	5	20.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	6	13	19	31.6%
1989	24	6	5	11	54.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	12	15	27	44.4%
1990	25	2	7	9	22.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	13	16	18.8%
1991	26	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1992	27	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1993	28	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1994	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1995	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	12	22	34	35.3%	12	25	37	32.4%	1	7	8	12.5%	14	22	36	38.9%	39	76	115	33.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Tom Nijssen 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 %
1986	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1987	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	7	8	15	46.7%
1988	23	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	6	13	19	31.6%
1989	24	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	10	14	24	41.7%
1990	25	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	13	16	18.8%
1991	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1992	27	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1993	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	0	0	—	—	4	7	11	36.4%
1994	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1995	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	12	12	0.0%	4	19	23	17.4%	19	25	44	43.2%	14	17	31	45.2%	37	73	110	33.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 110/115 (95.7%) of Tom Nijssen's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Tom Nijssen 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	26	7/8	6.6	4.0	47.8%	72.0%	46.8%	48.1%	40.2%	59.7%	33.8%
1992	27	9/10	4.6	4.0	50.3%	72.2%	50.9%	64.9%	42.1%	61.9%	40.8%
1993	28	11/11	5.5	2.5	41.9%	71.4%	51.6%	52.2%	39.3%	59.6%	32.3%
1994	29	3/4	3.3	3.7	55.4%	68.0%	45.5%	60.8%	38.7%	57.9%	35.0%
1995	30	1/1	4.0	8.0	53.3%	71.9%	48.0%	66.7%	33.3%	60.7%	30.5%
Career		31/115	5.2	3.6	47.3%	71.4%	49.6%	56.3%	40.0%	60.2%	35.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 31/115 (27.0%) of Tom Nijssen's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Tom Nijssen 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
1986	21	1476	105.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	-0.18
1987	22	1538	116.4	—	—	—	—	-6	+19	—	40.5%	-1.00	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.55
1988	23	1545	122.1	—	—	—	—	-25	+50	—	34.0%	-0.84	3–3 (50%)	0–2	—	-0.07
1989	24	1634	128.9	—	—	—	—	+42	-95	-104	44.6%	-0.28	3–4 (43%)	3–6 (33%)	96.5	+0.06
1990	25	1539	117.4	—	—	—	—	+60	—	—	22.9%	-1.91	1–2 (33%)	1–5 (17%)	97.4	-0.78
1991	26	1570	126.0	-0.77	-0.23	0.839	47.2%	+46	—	—	45.0%	-0.35	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	98.4	-0.44
1992	27	1602	126.0	+0.80	+0.57	1.071	51.5%	+22	-37	—	48.0%	-0.16	1–4 (20%)	3–4 (43%)	98.3	-0.47
1993	28	1625	123.0	-1.24	-2.23	0.799	46.3%	+2	-52	—	33.3%	-1.11	4–1 (80%)	1–3 (25%)	102.5	-1.02
1994	29	1562	102.7	-3.16	+0.27	0.830	46.9%	—	-31	—	27.3%	-1.55	0–3 (0%)	1–1	—	+0.07
1995	30	1555	107.4	-2.36	+0.67	0.776	45.8%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	1–1	—	-0.16
Career		1678	131.2	-0.76	-0.63	0.886	48.1%	+25	-13	-104	37.0%	-0.86	16–22 (42%)	14–26 (35%)	95.2	-2.12

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Tom Nijssen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	21	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	22	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	23	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1989	24	R32	R128	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
1990	25	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–10 (23%)

Masters 1000

Tom Nijssen Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	MC	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	25	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1991	26	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	27	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	28	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	29	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–5 (29%)

ATP 500

Tom Nijssen ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	ITA	STU	TKY	MIA	MIA	TOR	W-L Win %
1986	21	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	23	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	24	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	4–2 (67%)
1990	25	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1994	29	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	6–8 (43%)

ATP 250

Tom Nijssen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ANT	SWE	HAM	HKG	MTP	MET	MRS	MUN	U.S	QUE	ROT	SEL	STO	TKY	ATH	BIR	BOL	BOR	BRU	DUT	FRA	MEM	MIL	NIC	OST	PHI	LIB	SIN	SYD	TOU	U.S	W-L Win %
1986	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	22	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	7–8 (47%)
1988	23	R32	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	5–10 (33%)
1989	24	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	5–9 (36%)
1990	25	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1991	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	3–4 (43%)
1992	27	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1993	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–6 (33%)
1994	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–6 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–7 (30%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	3–1 (75%)	28–53 (35%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Apr 17, 1989

First Top 100

Jul 20, 1987

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Tom Nijssen ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	19	602	—	—	—	—	525	522	277	285	278	263	270
1985	20	243	247	196	197	197	187	182	235	235	218	238	225
1986	21	224	234	355	366	364	370	411	325	330	375	381	396
1987	22	397	262	179	161	160	145	100	104	102	122	109	103
1988	23	123	149	146	147	136	121	172	170	168	133	115	114
1989	24	100	95	100	98	99	121	101	106	112	94	100	99
1990	25	115	115	114	120	134	135	148	155	142	198	198	194
1991	26	191	205	210	284	252	260	280	280	383	293	241	253
1992	27	254	232	225	185	194	194	185	190	193	224	215	221
1993	28	221	224	221	223	215	209	237	228	232	192	230	235
1994	29	240	293	292	332	349	351	337	347	343	582	587	591
1995	30	585	587	658	827	824	822	1226	1247	1270	764	796	793
1996	31	793	807	807	806	800	786	791	805	819	827	—	—

Similar Players

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

Tom Nijssen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Martin Laurendeau	CAN	90	1,649	0	95	36	59	37.9%	1986–1992	Match log
Tobias Svantesson	SWE	89	1,563	0	34	11	23	32.4%	1987–1989	Match log
Udo Riglewski	GER	82	1,657	0	122	43	79	35.2%	1985–1994	Match log
Roberto Azar	ARG	81	1,684	0	139	49	90	35.3%	1986–1993	Match log
Kelly Jones	USA	86	1,645	2	131	48	83	36.6%	1986–1995	Match log
Jose Francisco Altur	ESP	88	1,588	1	97	31	66	32.0%	1989–1995	Match log
Eric Winogradsky	FRA	89	1,572	0	63	22	41	34.9%	1985–1991	Match log
Robbie Weiss	USA	85	1,673	1	127	48	79	37.8%	1983–1995	Match log
Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	ESP	88	1,584	0	116	38	78	32.8%	1989–1997	Match log
Mark Petchey	GBR	80	1,597	0	98	34	64	34.7%	1987–1998	Match log
Johan Anderson	AUS	90	1,618	0	64	26	38	40.6%	1987–1992	Match log
Brian Garrow	USA	93	1,582	0	39	12	27	30.8%	1988–1991	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tom Nijssen?: Tom Nijssen is 61 years old, born on October 1, 1964.
Which country does Tom Nijssen represent?: Tom Nijssen represents Netherlands in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Tom Nijssen?: Tom Nijssen is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Tom Nijssen left-handed or right-handed?: Tom Nijssen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Tom Nijssen won?: Tom Nijssen has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Tom Nijssen won?: TennisDB does not group any of Tom Nijssen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Tom Nijssen's highest ATP ranking?: Tom Nijssen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 87, first achieved on April 17, 1989.
What is Tom Nijssen's career win-loss record?: Tom Nijssen has a career ATP singles record of 39 wins and 76 losses (33.9%).
How much career prize money has Tom Nijssen earned?: Tom Nijssen has earned at least $1,474,432 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Tom Nijssen's career appear in TennisDB?: Tom Nijssen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1986 through 1995.
On which surface does Tom Nijssen have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Tom Nijssen's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 38.9% (14–22).
Who has Tom Nijssen faced most often?: Tom Nijssen's most frequent opponent is Karel Novacek, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.