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Jose Luis Clerc

ARG Born Aug 16, 1958 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1977–1989

Jose Luis Clerc represented Argentina on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 4. TennisDB's records show a 355–138 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1977 through 1989 and 25 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

4 (Aug 3, 1981)

Elo peak

2220 (98th percentile)

Singles record

355–138 (72.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,987,036

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 →

Jose Luis Clerc's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christer Allgardh #271	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 1989*	R32	St. Vincent	ATP 250	Clay
Andres Gomez #29	6-7 6-3 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1989*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Omar Camporese #68	2-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1989*	R32	Florence	ATP 250	Clay
Mark Koevermans #101	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1989*	R32	Italian Open	ATP 500	Clay
Jason Stoltenberg #79	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1989*	R64	Italian Open	ATP 500	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Jose Luis Clerc's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ivan Lendl	7	7	14	Sep 14, 1985	H2H
Guillermo Vilas	4	10	14	Jul 19, 1985	H2H
Andres Gomez	8	3	11	May 31, 1989	H2H
Jose Higueras	5	5	10	Jan 15, 1984	H2H
Eddie Dibbs	4	5	9	Jul 21, 1983	H2H

Singles Titles (25)

Jose Luis Clerc 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
1978	19	3	—	—	—	3	—	Argentina Open, Florence, Santiago
1979	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Johannesburg
1980	21	6	—	—	—	6	—	Argentina Open, Indianapolis, Madrid, Quito, San Jose, South Orange
1981	22	6	—	—	1	5	—	Florence, Indianapolis, North Conway, U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Washington Open, Italian Open
1982	23	5	—	—	—	5	—	Swiss Open Gstaad, Richmond Wct, Sao Paulo, Venice, Zell Am See Wct
1983	24	4	—	—	—	4	—	Guaruja, North Conway, U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Washington Open
Total		25	—	—	1	24	—

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

Career Results

Jose Luis Clerc career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	18	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1978	19	50	17	67	74.6%	278	15
1979	20	53	22	75	70.7%	17	17
1980	21	65	20	85	76.5%	16	8
1981	22	54	12	66	81.8%	8	5
1982	23	66	23	89	74.2%	5	6
1983	24	29	14	43	67.4%	6	8
1984	25	13	10	23	56.5%	8	33
1985	26	23	13	36	63.9%	33	28
1989	30	1	4	5	20.0%	—	514
Career		355	138	493	72.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jose Luis Clerc 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 %
1977	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1978	19	2	1	3	66.7%	47	13	60	78.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	50	17	67	74.6%
1979	20	15	3	18	83.3%	31	14	45	68.9%	4	2	6	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	53	22	75	70.7%
1980	21	8	3	11	72.7%	47	7	54	87.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	65	20	85	76.5%
1981	22	7	2	9	77.8%	44	5	49	89.8%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	54	12	66	81.8%
1982	23	2	3	5	40.0%	57	11	68	83.8%	—	—	—	—	7	9	16	43.8%	66	23	89	74.2%
1983	24	5	1	6	83.3%	24	9	33	72.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	29	14	43	67.4%
1984	25	2	2	4	50.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	10	23	56.5%
1985	26	1	2	3	33.3%	22	11	33	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	13	36	63.9%
1989	30	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
Career	—	42	18	60	70.0%	284	83	367	77.4%	11	10	21	52.4%	18	27	45	40.0%	355	138	493	72.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jose Luis Clerc 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 %
1977	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	19	2	5	7	28.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	16	1	17	94.1%	3	0	3	100.0%	23	10	33	69.7%
1979	20	1	8	9	11.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	11	3	14	78.6%	0	0	—	—	15	14	29	51.7%
1980	21	7	6	13	53.8%	5	5	10	50.0%	23	5	28	82.1%	0	0	—	—	35	16	51	68.6%
1981	22	6	5	11	54.5%	8	2	10	80.0%	21	2	23	91.3%	0	0	—	—	35	9	44	79.5%
1982	23	2	5	7	28.6%	8	5	13	61.5%	23	8	31	74.2%	0	0	—	—	33	18	51	64.7%
1983	24	2	3	5	40.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	8	5	13	61.5%	0	0	—	—	14	10	24	58.3%
1984	25	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	10	7	17	58.8%
1985	26	0	2	2	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	10	4	14	71.4%	6	1	7	85.7%	19	12	31	61.3%
1989	30	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
Career		21	35	56	37.5%	33	31	64	51.6%	119	31	150	79.3%	12	4	16	75.0%	185	101	286	64.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 286/493 (58.0%) of Jose Luis Clerc's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jose Luis Clerc 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
1977	18	1488	104.9	—	—	—	—	+58	—	—	40.0%	-0.10	0–2	—	—	+0.52
1978	19	1862	154.7	—	—	—	—	-272	+118	-369	69.4%	+1.32	9–2 (82%)	5–1 (83%)	113.4	+2.11
1979	20	1931	152.6	—	—	—	—	-134	+53	-305	66.3%	+1.18	12–8 (60%)	12–11 (52%)	103.5	+0.45
1980	21	2016	159.7	—	—	—	—	-176	+145	-322	69.7%	+1.31	16–8 (67%)	9–7 (56%)	105.3	-2.07
1981	22	2071	165.6	—	—	—	—	-211	+222	-366	73.3%	+1.59	13–4 (76%)	11–8 (58%)	105.8	-2.26
1982	23	1957	162.1	—	—	—	—	-187	+263	—	68.8%	+1.41	17–9 (65%)	12–7 (63%)	99.4	-1.60
1983	24	1904	155.8	—	—	—	—	-155	+213	—	65.6%	+1.19	4–3 (57%)	2–3 (40%)	96.4	-0.11
1984	25	1828	140.7	—	—	—	—	-86	+138	—	58.8%	+0.76	0–2	3–3 (50%)	—	-0.10
1985	26	1832	146.7	—	—	—	—	-119	+94	—	64.2%	+0.80	3–3 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	98.8	-1.21
1989	30	1739	102.4	—	—	—	—	—	+88	—	30.8%	-1.69	0–1	0–1	—	+0.23
Career		2220	161.4	—	—	—	—	-162	+162	-333	67.6%	+1.24	74–42 (64%)	61–45 (58%)	105.1	-0.83

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jose Luis Clerc Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	19	R64	R64	R128	R32	3–4 (43%)
1979	20	—	R64	R16	R16	7–3 (70%)
1980	21	R32	R64	R32	R128	4–4 (50%)
1981	22	—	SF	R32	R16	10–3 (77%)
1982	23	—	SF	—	R128	5–2 (71%)
1983	24	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1984	25	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1985	26	—	R32	—	R128	2–2 (50%)
1989	30	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	17–9 (65%)	7–5 (58%)	8–7 (53%)	33–23 (59%)

ATP 500

Jose Luis Clerc ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	19	—	R32	F	6–2 (75%)
1979	20	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	21	—	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
1981	22	—	W	—	6–0 (100%)
1982	23	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1983	24	—	QF	—	2–1 (67%)
1984	25	—	SF	—	4–1 (80%)
1985	26	R32	QF	—	4–2 (67%)
1989	30	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	21–8 (72%)	5–1 (83%)	27–10 (73%)

ATP 250

Jose Luis Clerc ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BAS	BUE	DAL	DLB	FLR	GST	HAM	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	NAP	QUE	ROT	STG	STU	TKY	WAS	AIX	AMS	BAR	BIR	MIA	BOG	BOR	CHI	DEN	FOR	FRA	GUA	HAR	JOH	LA	LOS	LOS	LOU	MEX	MIL	NIC	NOR	PAL	PHI	QUI	RIC	SAN	SAO	SOU	SOU	ST.	SYD	U.S	VEN	ZEL	W-L Win %
1977	18	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1978	19	R64	—	W	—	—	W	F	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	QF	—	—	41–11 (79%)
1979	20	R64	—	F	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	SF	QF	—	QF	R32	R16	—	—	R64	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R32	—	SF	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	45–18 (71%)
1980	21	SF	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	W	R16	W	—	R32	W	—	R32	SF	—	—	58–13 (82%)
1981	22	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	38–6 (86%)
1982	23	SF	—	—	QF	SF	QF	W	—	F	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	SF	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	W	W	59–18 (77%)
1983	24	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	26–9 (74%)
1984	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	8–8 (50%)
1985	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	SF	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	17–9 (65%)
1989	30	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		9–5 (64%)	5–2 (71%)	14–2 (88%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	14–3 (82%)	12–2 (86%)	7–4 (64%)	5–3 (62%)	3–1 (75%)	12–2 (86%)	8–7 (53%)	3–2 (60%)	23–5 (82%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	25–5 (83%)	6–2 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	8–2 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	18–2 (90%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	10–2 (83%)	5–1 (83%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	7–4 (64%)	9–1 (90%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	22–5 (81%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	293–97 (75%)

ATP Finals

Jose Luis Clerc ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	NAP	W-L Win %
1980	21	RR	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	22	RR	—	0–3 (0%)
1982	23	QF	QF	1–2 (33%)
1983	24	R16	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–7 (22%)	0–1 (0%)	2–8 (20%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 3, 1981

First Top 100

May 29, 1978

First Top 50

Jul 31, 1978

First Top 20

Aug 21, 1978

First Top 10

Aug 25, 1980

Ranking History Matrix

Jose Luis Clerc ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1977	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	19	—	—	—	—	89	85	44	13	14	17	18	15
1979	20	17	16	15	13	13	14	12	13	13	16	17	17
1980	21	17	15	15	17	19	19	17	10	12	9	8	8
1981	22	8	9	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
1982	23	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	9	8	6	6
1983	24	6	5	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8
1984	25	14	12	10	12	9	8	29	35	37	41	32	33
1985	26	33	33	33	32	22	22	28	27	24	25	24	28
1986	27	28	26	23	24	77	100	140	162	530	530	536	—
1989	30	—	—	—	—	541	527	528	525	517	519	516	514
1990	31	511	511	524	512	1017	1048	1017	—	—	—	—	—
1995	36	—	—	1224	1224	1228	1241	1226	1247	1270	1254	1284	1275
1996	37	1275	1263	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Jose Luis Clerc's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Miloslav Mecir	SVK	#4	2,180	346	238	108	68.8%	$2,632,538	11	0	1983–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Andres Gomez	ECU	#4	2,094	763	502	261	65.8%	$4,385,130	21	1	1979–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Gene Mayer	USA	#4	2,208	466	309	157	66.3%	$1,382,422	14	0	1973–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Yannick Noah	FRA	#3	2,199	650	456	194	70.2%	$3,440,660	23	1	1977–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Brad Gilbert	USA	#4	2,056	782	506	276	64.7%	$5,507,973	20	0	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Roscoe Tanner	USA	#4	2,162	885	592	293	66.9%	$1,696,198	17	1	1969–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Raul Ramirez	MEX	#4	2,150	786	530	256	67.4%	$2,217,971	20	0	1970–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Harold Solomon	USA	#5	2,163	894	566	328	63.3%	$1,802,769	22	0	1969–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Vitas Gerulaitis	USA	#3	2,232	762	528	234	69.3%	$2,778,748	26	1	1971–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Pat Cash	AUS	#4	2,098	344	210	134	61.0%	$1,950,345	6	1	1981–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Eddie Dibbs	USA	#5	2,169	867	605	262	69.8%	$2,016,426	22	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Kent Carlsson	SWE	#6	2,106	212	155	57	73.1%	$998,956	9	0	1983–1989	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Jose Luis Clerc born?: Jose Luis Clerc was born on August 16, 1958.
Which country did Jose Luis Clerc represent?: Jose Luis Clerc represented Argentina in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jose Luis Clerc?: Jose Luis Clerc is 185 cm / 6'1".
Does Jose Luis Clerc use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Jose Luis Clerc uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Jose Luis Clerc left-handed or right-handed?: Jose Luis Clerc plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Jose Luis Clerc in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jose Luis Clerc's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?: TennisDB records 25 ATP singles titles for Jose Luis Clerc across all categories. The latest season with a recorded title was 1983.
What is Jose Luis Clerc's highest ATP ranking?: Jose Luis Clerc's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 4, first achieved on August 3, 1981.
What is Jose Luis Clerc's career win-loss record?: Jose Luis Clerc has 355 wins and 138 losses (72.0%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1977 through 1989.
How much career prize money has Jose Luis Clerc earned?: Jose Luis Clerc has earned at least $1,987,036 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jose Luis Clerc's career appear in TennisDB?: Jose Luis Clerc appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1977 through 1989.
On which surface does Jose Luis Clerc have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jose Luis Clerc's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 77.4% (284–83).
Who has Jose Luis Clerc faced most often?: Jose Luis Clerc's most frequent opponent is Ivan Lendl, with a head-to-head record of 7–7 across 14 meetings.