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David Pate

USA Age 64 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1981–1995

David Pate represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 18. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 181–168 and 2 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

18 (Jun 8, 1987)

Elo peak

1875 (80th percentile)

Singles record

181–168 (51.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$2,028,823

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 Pate's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kotaro Miyachi #973	2-6 6-2 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 1995*	R64	Japan Open	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Jonathan Stark #38	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 1994*	R32	Japan Open	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Shuzo Matsuoka #116	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 6, 1994*	R64	Japan Open	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Jamie Morgan #83	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 9, 1993*	R64	Queen's Club Championships	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Grass
Andrei Chesnokov #34	3-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 1993*	R32	Scottsdale	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard

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David Pate's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Brad Gilbert	5	5	10	Sep 21, 1989	H2H
Stefan Edberg	2	7	9	Oct 10, 1991	H2H
Larry Stefanki	2	4	6	Feb 27, 1986	H2H
Wally Masur	1	4	5	Apr 8, 1992	H2H
Boris Becker	0	5	5	Aug 15, 1991	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

David Pate singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1984	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Japan Open
1987	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Los Angeles Open
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

David Pate career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1982	20	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1983	21	5	7	12	41.7%	203	203
1984	22	21	13	34	61.8%	130	30
1985	23	31	24	55	56.4%	31	26
1986	24	35	23	58	60.3%	26	30
1987	25	28	18	46	60.9%	30	18
1988	26	20	16	36	55.6%	18	47
1989	27	9	19	28	32.1%	47	157
1990	28	16	15	31	51.6%	132	94
1991	29	11	18	29	37.9%	96	160
1992	30	1	4	5	20.0%	160	396
1993	31	1	3	4	25.0%	396	514
1994	32	1	1	2	50.0%	514	624
1995	33	0	1	1	0.0%	624	911
Career		181	168	349	51.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

David Pate 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 %
1981	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	20	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1983	21	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%
1984	22	18	6	24	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	21	13	34	61.8%
1985	23	15	11	26	57.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	4	11	63.6%	7	8	15	46.7%	31	24	55	56.4%
1986	24	20	11	31	64.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	11	8	19	57.9%	35	23	58	60.3%
1987	25	18	10	28	64.3%	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%	5	5	10	50.0%	28	18	46	60.9%
1988	26	16	11	27	59.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	20	16	36	55.6%
1989	27	6	14	20	30.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	19	28	32.1%
1990	28	7	10	17	41.2%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	16	15	31	51.6%
1991	29	6	10	16	37.5%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	11	18	29	37.9%
1992	30	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1993	31	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1994	32	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1995	33	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	113	98	211	53.6%	5	13	18	27.8%	31	26	57	54.4%	32	31	63	50.8%	181	168	349	51.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

David Pate 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 %
1982	20	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1983	21	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1984	22	0	3	3	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	6	2	8	75.0%	17	11	28	60.7%
1985	23	2	3	5	40.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	9	8	17	52.9%	13	6	19	68.4%	29	22	51	56.9%
1986	24	0	6	6	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	17	11	28	60.7%	10	2	12	83.3%	32	22	54	59.3%
1987	25	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	13	4	17	76.5%	10	6	16	62.5%	27	16	43	62.8%
1988	26	1	1	2	50.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	11	4	15	73.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	17	14	31	54.8%
1989	27	0	6	6	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	9	18	27	33.3%
1990	28	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	12	14	26	46.2%
1991	29	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	5	11	54.5%	11	18	29	37.9%
1992	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
1993	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1994	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1995	33	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		6	30	36	16.7%	20	25	45	44.4%	72	58	130	55.4%	62	36	98	63.3%	160	149	309	51.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 309/349 (88.5%) of David Pate's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

David Pate 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
1981	19	1494	104.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.00	—	0–2	—	-0.08
1982	20	1485	108.5	—	—	—	—	+40	—	—	31.6%	-1.00	1–0	1–0	—	+0.29
1983	21	1529	119.4	—	—	—	—	+10	—	+62	37.9%	-0.24	2–1 (67%)	2–8 (20%)	98.6	+0.28
1984	22	1744	140.4	—	—	—	—	+36	-218	-186	59.5%	+0.43	3–5 (38%)	4–4 (50%)	99.9	+0.33
1985	23	1743	138.8	—	—	—	—	+29	-206	-84	52.4%	+0.13	17–9 (65%)	15–13 (54%)	109.9	+0.85
1986	24	1788	146.3	—	—	—	—	+34	—	-115	58.3%	+0.59	8–7 (53%)	9–9 (50%)	99.3	+0.85
1987	25	1751	141.1	—	—	—	—	+30	—	-55	61.5%	+0.54	6–11 (35%)	18–11 (62%)	95.3	-0.04
1988	26	1716	139.3	—	—	—	—	+41	—	-25	52.7%	+0.32	7–5 (58%)	7–11 (39%)	99.4	-1.56
1989	27	1656	135.9	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+63	35.5%	-1.12	5–5 (50%)	5–8 (38%)	97.4	-2.42
1990	28	1658	127.8	—	—	—	—	-22	—	+129	50.6%	+0.33	6–5 (55%)	7–8 (47%)	100.6	+0.85
1991	29	1596	133.2	—	—	—	—	+31	-112	+179	40.3%	-0.61	5–6 (45%)	3–7 (30%)	96.1	-0.86
1992	30	1574	104.4	—	—	—	—	+24	—	—	28.6%	-1.57	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.43
1993	31	1548	104.3	—	—	—	—	+35	—	—	33.3%	-0.78	0–1	0–2	—	+0.22
1994	32	1561	100.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-2.20	1–0	—	—	-0.12
1995	33	1542	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	+0.14
Career		1875	143.1	—	—	—	—	+27	-183	-21	50.8%	+0.06	62–57 (52%)	73–84 (46%)	98.7	-0.49

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

David Pate Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1982	20	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1983	21	R64	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1984	22	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1985	23	R64	—	R32	R32	4–3 (57%)
1986	24	—	—	R32	R64	3–2 (60%)
1987	25	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1988	26	—	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1989	27	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1990	28	—	—	R32	R128	2–2 (50%)
1991	29	R128	R128	R64	R128	1–4 (20%)
1992	30	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–5 (17%)	0–3 (0%)	11–8 (58%)	4–10 (29%)	16–26 (38%)

Masters 1000

David Pate Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	IW	W-L Win %
1990	28	—	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
1991	29	R64	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

ATP 500

David Pate ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	IW	NAP	TKY	WAS	MIA	MIA	CAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1982	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	23	R32	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1986	24	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	5–3 (62%)
1987	25	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1988	26	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1989	27	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1990	28	—	—	—	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	R32	2–4 (33%)
1991	29	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	4–4 (50%)
1992	30	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1994	32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	33	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–5 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	21–27 (44%)

ATP 250

David Pate ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BRI	HKG	HOU	MTP	MC	U.S	NWP	PAR	QUE	STO	TKY	WAS	BRI	CHA	CHA	CHI	CLE	COL	FOR	FOR	FOR	FRA	HON	KIA	LA	LAS	LOS	MAU	MEM	NOR	ORL	PHI	SAN	SCO	SIN	SOU	STR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TAM	WEM	W-L Win %
1981	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1983	21	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1984	22	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	W	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	21–10 (68%)
1985	23	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	F	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	24–18 (57%)
1986	24	—	SF	—	R16	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	QF	SF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	24–17 (59%)
1987	25	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	SF	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	25–13 (66%)
1988	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	SF	—	R16	QF	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	15–11 (58%)
1989	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R64	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	QF	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	5–13 (28%)
1990	28	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–6 (67%)
1991	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	5–7 (42%)
1992	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	31	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	0–2 (0%)	12–10 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	17–7 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	4–2 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	10–3 (77%)	1–1 (50%)	13–7 (65%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	8–4 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	6–5 (55%)	8–5 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	138–107 (56%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 8, 1987

First Top 100

Mar 12, 1984

First Top 50

Oct 15, 1984

First Top 20

Sep 9, 1985

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

David Pate ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	21	203	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	22	130	—	94	87	86	103	143	126	95	36	46	30
1985	23	31	25	24	26	24	23	22	21	23	28	23	26
1986	24	26	31	26	21	21	23	30	30	28	23	30	30
1987	25	29	31	36	21	20	18	19	19	18	18	18	18
1988	26	18	20	19	24	27	28	30	31	44	42	44	47
1989	27	45	51	87	115	115	147	137	138	183	237	155	157
1990	28	137	156	167	128	125	100	103	115	117	81	94	94
1991	29	97	84	79	85	90	110	112	105	115	158	158	160
1992	30	154	190	204	289	285	277	349	432	438	391	400	396
1993	31	323	354	336	370	366	367	367	361	377	514	510	514
1994	32	739	907	904	544	555	611	608	623	624	619	622	624
1995	33	618	621	616	882	868	876	860	874	893	896	918	911
1996	34	910	909	910	911	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

David Pate's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Horst Skoff	AUT	#18	1,868	399	208	191	52.1%	$1,651,858	4	1985–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Amos Mansdorf	ISR	#18	1,895	505	290	215	57.4%	$2,412,016	6	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Jaime Yzaga	PER	#18	1,872	445	239	206	53.7%	$2,235,560	8	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Omar Camporese	ITA	#18	1,916	286	138	148	48.3%	$1,610,475	2	1986–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Francesco Cancellotti	ITA	#21	1,858	223	111	112	49.8%	$464,876	2	1981–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Libor Pimek	BEL	#21	1,860	243	124	119	51.0%	$1,509,018	1	1983–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Darren Cahill	AUS	#22	1,889	248	132	116	53.2%	$1,349,247	2	1984–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Goran Prpic	CRO	#16	1,948	221	115	106	52.0%	$1,303,639	1	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Wally Masur	AUS	#15	1,894	581	313	268	53.9%	$3,134,718	3	1980–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Paul Haarhuis	NED	#18	1,887	498	251	247	50.4%	$7,751,962	1	1988–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Chip Hooper	USA	#17	1,855	223	104	119	46.6%	$479,123	0	1980–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Mel Purcell	USA	#21	1,992	354	190	164	53.7%	$796,760	3	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is David Pate?: David Pate is 64 years old, born on April 16, 1962.
Which country does David Pate represent?: David Pate represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is David Pate?: David Pate is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is David Pate left-handed or right-handed?: David Pate plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has David Pate won?: David Pate has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has David Pate won?: TennisDB does not group any of David Pate's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has David Pate won?: David Pate has won 2 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Los Angeles Open in 1987.
What is David Pate's highest ATP ranking?: David Pate's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 18, first achieved on June 8, 1987.
What is David Pate's career win-loss record?: David Pate has a career ATP singles record of 181 wins and 168 losses (51.9%).
How much career prize money has David Pate earned?: David Pate has earned at least $2,028,823 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of David Pate's career appear in TennisDB?: David Pate appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1981 through 1995.
On which surface does David Pate have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, David Pate's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.4% (31–26).
Who has David Pate faced most often?: David Pate's most frequent opponent is Brad Gilbert, with a head-to-head record of 5–5 across 10 meetings.