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Todd Nelson

USA Age 65 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1983–1993

Todd Nelson represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 58. In TennisDB's records, Todd Nelson finished with a career record of 53–90 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

58 (Jun 16, 1986)

Elo peak

1651 (44th percentile)

Career record

53–90 (37.1%)

Career titles

Prize money

$541,277

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 →

Todd Nelson's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pete Sampras #1	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1993*	R32	Indianapolis	ATP 500	Hard
Brian Macphie #365	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1993*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 500	Hard
Kelly Jones #210	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 5, 1993*	R32	Los Angeles Open	ATP 250	Hard
Patrick Rafter #178	6-7(4) 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1993*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Lars Jonsson #112	6-3 6-4 6-7(5) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1993*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Todd Nelson's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mark Dickson	2	2	4	Nov 4, 1987	H2H
Guy Forget	1	2	3	Mar 2, 1989	H2H
Tim Mayotte	0	3	3	Oct 14, 1988	H2H
Boris Becker	0	3	3	Aug 31, 1988	H2H
David Pate	1	2	3	Jul 28, 1988	H2H

Career Results

Todd Nelson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	22	4	5	9	44.4%	423	423
1984	23	10	12	22	45.5%	206	97
1985	24	7	15	22	31.8%	98	161
1986	25	8	15	23	34.8%	161	117
1987	26	9	12	21	42.9%	115	112
1988	27	11	19	30	36.7%	112	122
1989	28	0	3	3	0.0%	123	486
1990	29	0	2	2	0.0%	486	485
1991	30	2	3	5	40.0%	485	273
1992	31	0	1	1	0.0%	273	302
1993	32	2	3	5	40.0%	302	255
Career		53	90	143	37.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Todd Nelson 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	22	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1984	23	6	8	14	42.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	12	22	45.5%
1985	24	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	15	22	31.8%
1986	25	2	8	10	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	8	15	23	34.8%
1987	26	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	9	12	21	42.9%
1988	27	7	11	18	38.9%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	11	19	30	36.7%
1989	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1990	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	30	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	31	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	32	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
Career	—	22	46	68	32.4%	3	7	10	30.0%	9	17	26	34.6%	19	20	39	48.7%	53	90	143	37.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Todd Nelson 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 %
1983	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1984	23	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	5	6	11	45.5%	4	4	8	50.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
1985	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	15	21	28.6%
1986	25	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	8	15	23	34.8%
1987	26	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
1988	27	1	4	5	20.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	8	9	11.1%	7	3	10	70.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1989	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1990	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career		1	14	15	6.7%	4	15	19	21.1%	16	36	52	30.8%	25	23	48	52.1%	46	88	134	34.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 134/143 (93.7%) of Todd Nelson's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Todd Nelson 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	30	5/5	4.6	6.4	57.9%	72.8%	43.7%	60.2%	44.8%	61.1%	31.8%
1992	31	1/1	1.0	8.0	53.2%	60.6%	37.9%	50.0%	31.3%	50.0%	42.3%
1993	32	4/5	7.8	5.0	57.2%	73.8%	48.8%	61.4%	40.5%	62.8%	38.7%
Career		10/143	5.5	6.0	57.1%	71.9%	45.2%	59.6%	41.7%	60.6%	35.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 10/143 (7.0%) of Todd Nelson's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Todd Nelson 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	22	1529	119.1	—	—	—	—	+2	—	+81	47.6%	+0.05	0–1	2–0	—	+0.32
1984	23	1602	120.6	—	—	—	—	-5	-43	—	47.4%	-0.21	4–5 (44%)	6–5 (55%)	100.8	+1.29
1985	24	1566	122.4	—	—	—	—	+31	—	+19	40.3%	-0.61	2–6 (25%)	6–9 (40%)	94.2	+0.78
1986	25	1565	134.9	—	—	—	—	+9	—	+12	37.7%	-0.70	4–4 (50%)	5–7 (42%)	101.2	-0.43
1987	26	1575	132.2	—	—	—	—	+42	—	-8	50.0%	+0.07	1–7 (13%)	6–5 (55%)	96.1	+1.45
1988	27	1564	133.6	—	—	—	—	+52	—	-56	39.2%	-0.70	4–5 (44%)	4–6 (40%)	99.1	-0.85
1989	28	1520	99.2	—	—	—	—	+44	—	—	14.3%	-1.43	0–1	0–2	—	+0.26
1990	29	1507	110.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.50	0–2	—	—	-0.14
1991	30	1514	111.4	-1.52	-0.18	0.816	47.2%	+43	—	—	42.9%	-0.71	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	+0.24
1992	31	1504	104.3	-0.63	+1.44	0.846	45.8%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.33	—	0–2	—	-0.06
1993	32	1506	108.4	+0.32	+1.18	1.039	50.4%	+33	—	—	35.7%	-0.57	1–0	0–2	—	+0.53
Career		1651	134.5	-0.70	+0.53	0.904	48.3%	+28	-43	+10	41.7%	-0.46	18–33 (35%)	30–39 (43%)	93.7	+2.37

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Todd Nelson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1984	23	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1985	24	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1986	25	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1987	26	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1988	27	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1992	31	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1993	32	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	1–5 (17%)	3–7 (30%)	7–18 (28%)

ATP 500

Todd Nelson ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	MIA	NAP	BRU	MIA	CAN	NEW	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	22	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1985	24	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1987	26	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	27	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	29	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1991	30	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	1–2 (33%)
1993	32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–11 (27%)

ATP 250

Todd Nelson ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BRI	MTP	MEL	MET	U.S	NWP	PAR	QUE	SEL	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	BRI	CHI	DET	FOR	LA	LIV	LOS	MAU	MIL	NAN	PHI	LIB	SAN	SCO	STR	SYD	TOU	TRE	WEM	W-L Win %
1983	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1984	23	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	7–10 (41%)
1985	24	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	5–10 (33%)
1986	25	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	R32	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	6–11 (35%)
1987	26	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–7 (53%)
1988	27	—	R16	F	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	QF	R64	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	11–14 (44%)
1989	28	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1991	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	7–3 (70%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	2–1 (67%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	42–60 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 16, 1986

First Top 100

Oct 8, 1984

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Todd Nelson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	22	423	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	23	206	—	—	—	—	137	137	143	114	93	106	97
1985	24	96	105	96	97	107	164	168	173	167	201	167	161
1986	25	161	143	108	101	84	60	61	66	85	87	124	117
1987	26	120	97	145	116	120	173	172	161	165	106	111	112
1988	27	121	87	77	86	88	89	94	85	90	115	120	122
1989	28	115	231	230	282	292	271	335	363	356	553	489	486
1990	29	483	424	431	478	480	490	506	507	512	433	479	485
1991	30	483	594	620	614	618	334	342	322	325	291	298	273
1992	31	272	267	266	263	242	321	310	338	232	271	298	302
1993	32	303	308	308	338	360	360	296	247	342	307	301	255
1994	33	254	252	252	229	230	240	274	357	352	386	392	593
1995	34	588	590	553	805	851	856	970	974	1040	916	937	929
1996	35	928	924	1140	1136	1131	1122	1137	1141	1166	1179	—	—

Similar Players

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

Todd Nelson's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Ken Flach	USA	56	1,715	0	132	52	80	39.4%	1982–1995	Match log
Joey Rive	USA	57	1,737	0	125	54	71	43.2%	1985–1991	Match log
Eduardo Masso	BEL	56	1,685	0	110	41	69	37.3%	1986–1992	Match log
Aki Rahunen	FIN	57	1,682	0	69	27	42	39.1%	1990–1992	Match log
Francisco Yunis	ARG	61	1,589	0	67	27	40	40.3%	1984–1993	Match log
Martin Strelba	CZE	53	1,691	0	110	42	68	38.2%	1987–1993	Match log
Ricki Osterthun	GER	58	1,696	1	139	60	79	43.2%	1984–1990	Match log
Lars Koslowski	GER	63	1,658	0	45	17	28	37.8%	1989–1993	Match log
Marc Flur	USA	71	1,655	0	101	38	63	37.6%	1983–1989	Match log
Christian Miniussi	ARG	57	1,691	1	140	59	81	42.1%	1984–1995	Match log
Jeremy Bates	GBR	54	1,717	1	292	117	175	40.1%	1980–1996	Match log
Danie Visser	RSA	59	1,709	0	221	92	129	41.6%	1981–1991	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Todd Nelson?: Todd Nelson is 65 years old, born on March 18, 1961.
Which country does Todd Nelson represent?: Todd Nelson represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Todd Nelson?: Todd Nelson is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Todd Nelson left-handed or right-handed?: Todd Nelson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Todd Nelson won?: Todd Nelson has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Todd Nelson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Todd Nelson's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Todd Nelson's highest ATP ranking?: Todd Nelson's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 58, first achieved on June 16, 1986.
What is Todd Nelson's career win-loss record?: Todd Nelson has a career ATP singles record of 53 wins and 90 losses (37.1%).
How much career prize money has Todd Nelson earned?: Todd Nelson has earned at least $541,277 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Todd Nelson's career appear in TennisDB?: Todd Nelson appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1983 through 1993.
On which surface does Todd Nelson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Todd Nelson's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 48.7% (19–20).
Who has Todd Nelson faced most often?: Todd Nelson's most frequent opponent is Mark Dickson, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.