How old is Jose Luis Clerc?

Jose Luis Clerc is 67 years old, born on August 16, 1958.

Which country is Jose Luis Clerc from?

Jose Luis Clerc is from Argentina.

How tall is Jose Luis Clerc?

Jose Luis Clerc is 185 cm / 6'1".

Is Jose Luis Clerc left-handed or right-handed?

Jose Luis Clerc plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Jose Luis Clerc won?

Jose Luis Clerc has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?

Jose Luis Clerc has won 1 Masters 1000 title. The most recent was Rome in 1981.

How many ATP titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?

Jose Luis Clerc has won 26 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Washington in 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 a career ATP singles record of 361 wins and 141 losses (71.9%).

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.

When did Jose Luis Clerc play professional tennis?

Jose Luis Clerc turned professional in 1977 and was active through 1989.

What is Jose Luis Clerc's best surface?

Jose Luis Clerc's best surface is clay court with a 77.1% win rate (290W-86L).

Who is Jose Luis Clerc's biggest rival?

Jose Luis Clerc's most frequent opponent is Ivan Lendl, with a head-to-head record of 7–7 across 14 meetings.

Jose Luis Clerc

ARG Age 67 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1977–1989

Peak ranking

4 (Aug 3, 1981)

Elo peak

2217 (98.3%ile)

Career record

361–141 (71.9%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,987,036

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Aug 17, 1989*	St. Vincent	ATP 250	R32	Clay	Christer Allgardh #271	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1989*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	R128	Clay	Andres Gomez #29	6-7 6-3 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1989*	Florence	ATP 250	R32	Clay	Omar Camporese #68	2-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1989*	Rome	Masters 1000	R32	Clay	Mark Koevermans #101	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1989*	Rome	Masters 1000	R64	Clay	Jason Stoltenberg #79	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

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

Titles (26)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1978	19	3	—	—	—	3	—	Buenos Aires , Florence , Santiago
1979	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Johannesburg
1980	21	7	—	—	—	7	—	Buenos Aires , Houston , Madrid , Nations Cup , Quito , San Jose , South Orange
1981	22	6	—	1	—	5	—	Boston , Florence , Houston , North Conway , Washington , Rome
1982	23	5	—	—	—	5	—	Gstaad , Richmond Wct , Sao Paulo , Venice , Zell Am See Wct
1983	24	4	—	—	—	4	—	Boston , Guaruja , North Conway , Washington
Total		26	—	1	—	25	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	18	1	3	4	25.0%	366	278
1978	19	50	17	67	74.6%	278	15
1979	20	56	23	79	70.9%	15	17
1980	21	68	22	90	75.6%	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%	547	514
Career		361	141	502	71.9%	—	—

Career Results by 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%	34	15	49	69.4%	4	2	6	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	56	23	79	70.9%
1980	21	8	3	11	72.7%	50	9	59	84.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	68	22	90	75.6%
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%	290	86	376	77.1%	11	10	21	52.4%	18	27	45	40.0%	361	141	502	71.9%

Career Results by 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	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1978	19	3	6	9	33.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	25	2	27	92.6%	16	4	20	80.0%	47	16	63	74.6%
1979	20	1	8	9	11.1%	6	5	11	54.5%	22	7	29	75.9%	15	2	17	88.2%	44	22	66	66.7%
1980	21	7	6	13	53.8%	5	6	11	45.5%	31	8	39	79.5%	22	2	24	91.7%	65	22	87	74.7%
1981	22	6	5	11	54.5%	8	2	10	80.0%	25	3	28	89.3%	10	0	10	100.0%	49	10	59	83.1%
1982	23	2	5	7	28.6%	7	5	12	58.3%	33	9	42	78.6%	14	2	16	87.5%	56	21	77	72.7%
1983	24	2	3	5	40.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	12	7	19	63.2%	8	2	10	80.0%	26	14	40	65.0%
1984	25	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	12	10	22	54.5%
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		22	36	58	37.9%	36	34	70	51.4%	165	44	209	78.9%	96	19	115	83.5%	319	133	452	70.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 452/502 (90.0%) of Jose Luis Clerc's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1977	18	1488	35	43	—	—	40.0%	-0.04	21	0	—	0	0	—
1978	19	1862	94	63	97	14	69.4%	+1.47	60	50	82	5	1	83
1979	20	1917	96	88	96	65	66.5%	+1.39	68	52	59	13	12	52
1980	21	2011	99	92	99	75	69.5%	+1.58	82	60	62	10	7	59
1981	22	2062	99	93	99	71	73.3%	+1.89	88	63	76	11	8	58
1982	23	1943	97	88	99	—	68.8%	+1.60	78	75	65	12	7	63
1983	24	1895	96	86	99	—	65.6%	+1.54	78	33	57	2	3	40
1984	25	1824	94	84	96	—	58.8%	+0.80	65	40	—	3	3	50
1985	26	1812	94	84	96	—	64.2%	+0.93	72	38	50	7	4	64
1989	30	1722	89	—	92	—	30.8%	-1.77	31	0	—	0	1	—
Career		1914	95	87	98	60	67.6%	+1.35	72	52	62	63	46	58

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1978	19	R64	R64	R128	R32
1979	20	—	R64	R16	R16
1980	21	R32	R64	R32	R128
1981	22	—	SF	R32	R16
1982	23	—	SF	—	R128
1983	24	—	R64	R128	R128
1984	25	—	R64	—	—
1985	26	—	R32	—	R128
1989	30	—	R128	—	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	CIN	ROM	MON
1978	19	—	R32	F
1979	20	—	R32	—
1980	21	—	R16	—
1981	22	—	W	—
1982	23	—	R32	—
1983	24	—	QF	—
1984	25	—	SF	—
1985	26	R32	QF	—
1989	30	—	R32	—

ATP 250

Season	Age	BAR	BAS	BUE	DAL	DLB	FLR	GST	HAM	HOU	KIT	MAD	MC	MUN	QUE	ROT	STG	STU	TKY	WAS	AIX	AMS	BAR	BIR	BOC	BOG	BOR	BOS	CHI	DEN	FOR	FRA	GUA	HAR	JOH	LA	LOS	LOS	LOU	MEX	MIL	NAT	NIC	NOR	PAL	PHI	QUI	RIC	SAN	SAO	SOU	ST.	SYD	VEN	ZEL
1977	18	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	19	R64	—	W	—	—	W	F	—	R16	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—
1979	20	R64	—	F	—	—	—	SF	QF	QF	—	SF	QF	—	R32	R16	—	—	R64	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R32	—	SF	—	R16	SF	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	21	SF	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	W	—	—	—	QF	W	R16	W	—	W	—	R32	—	—
1981	22	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	23	SF	—	—	QF	SF	QF	W	—	F	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	SF	—	—	R16	QF	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	W	W
1983	24	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	30	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—

ATP Finals

Season	Age	MAS	NAP
1980	21	RR	—
1981	22	RR	—
1982	23	QF	QF
1983	24	R16	—

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

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1977	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	366	—	—	—	—	—
1978	19	272	—	—	—	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	545
1989	30	—	—	—	—	541	527	528	525	517	519	516	514
1990	31	511	511	524	512	1017	1048	1017	996	—	—	—	—
1995	36	—	—	1224	1224	1228	1241	1226	1247	1270	1254	1284	1275
1996	37	1275	1263	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Guillermo Vilas	ARG	2	2,338	4	63	1,180	898	282	76.1%	1968-1992	Match log
Martin Jaite	ARG	10	1,965	0	12	429	272	157	63.4%	1982-1993	Match log
Guillermo Perez-Roldan	ARG	13	1,932	0	9	365	236	129	64.7%	1986-1996	Match log
Jimmy Connors	USA	1	2,410	8	109	1,556	1,262	294	81.1%	1969-1996	Match log
Ivan Lendl	USA	1	2,424	8	94	1,280	1,051	229	82.1%	1978-1994	Match log
Ilie Nastase	ROU	1	2,260	2	64	1,190	859	331	72.2%	1968-1985	Match log
Andre Agassi	USA	1	2,241	8	59	1,104	836	268	75.7%	1986-2006	Match log
John McEnroe	USA	1	2,496	7	76	1,022	833	189	81.5%	1976-1994	Match log
Stefan Edberg	SWE	1	2,233	6	41	990	744	246	75.2%	1982-1996	Match log
Manuel Orantes	ESP	2	2,229	1	38	982	696	286	70.9%	1968-1984	Match log
Brian Gottfried	USA	3	2,237	0	25	1,017	695	322	68.3%	1970-1984	Match log
Tom Okker	NED	3	2,198	0	37	951	672	279	70.7%	1968-1981	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jose Luis Clerc?: Jose Luis Clerc is 67 years old, born on August 16, 1958.
Which country is Jose Luis Clerc from?: Jose Luis Clerc is from Argentina.
How tall is Jose Luis Clerc?: Jose Luis Clerc is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Jose Luis Clerc left-handed or right-handed?: Jose Luis Clerc plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jose Luis Clerc won?: Jose Luis Clerc has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?: Jose Luis Clerc has won 1 Masters 1000 title. The most recent was Rome in 1981.
How many ATP titles has Jose Luis Clerc won?: Jose Luis Clerc has won 26 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Washington in 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 a career ATP singles record of 361 wins and 141 losses (71.9%).
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.
When did Jose Luis Clerc play professional tennis?: Jose Luis Clerc turned professional in 1977 and was active through 1989.
What is Jose Luis Clerc's best surface?: Jose Luis Clerc's best surface is clay court with a 77.1% win rate (290W-86L).
Who is Jose Luis Clerc's biggest rival?: Jose Luis Clerc's most frequent opponent is Ivan Lendl, with a head-to-head record of 7–7 across 14 meetings.