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Jonathan Canter

USA Age 61 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1982–1994

Jonathan Canter represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 36. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 68–96 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

36 (Oct 13, 1986)

Elo peak

1794 (70th percentile)

Singles record

68–96 (41.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$474,516

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 →

Jonathan Canter's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
David Wheaton #35	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 1994*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Richey Reneberg #35	6-7(5) 3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1994*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Mark Knowles #164	5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 1994*	R128	Miami Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Wayne Ferreira #22	7-5 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1993*	QF	Sydney Indoor	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Neil Borwick #113	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1993*	R16	Sydney Indoor	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard

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Jonathan Canter's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kelly Evernden	0	4	4	May 3, 1990	H2H
Henri Leconte	2	2	4	Aug 19, 1987	H2H
Ramesh Krishnan	1	2	3	Mar 16, 1988	H2H
Eliot Teltscher	0	3	3	Mar 2, 1988	H2H
Mel Purcell	2	1	3	Aug 20, 1987	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Jonathan Canter 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
1985	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Melbourne
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Jonathan Canter career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1982	17	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—
1983	18	2	5	7	28.6%	279	279
1984	19	0	5	5	0.0%	201	225
1985	20	16	14	30	53.3%	239	73
1986	21	27	22	49	55.1%	66	41
1987	22	5	17	22	22.7%	41	169
1988	23	2	4	6	33.3%	169	182
1989	24	6	13	19	31.6%	180	183
1990	25	5	5	10	50.0%	171	191
1991	26	0	2	2	0.0%	188	408
1993	28	2	1	3	66.7%	728	190
1994	29	0	3	3	0.0%	190	388
Career		68	96	164	41.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jonathan Canter 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 %
1982	17	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1983	18	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1984	19	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1985	20	9	7	16	56.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	16	14	30	53.3%
1986	21	19	11	30	63.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	27	22	49	55.1%
1987	22	4	9	13	30.8%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	17	22	22.7%
1988	23	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1989	24	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1990	25	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%
1991	26	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	28	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1994	29	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	47	52	99	47.5%	3	11	14	21.4%	9	15	24	37.5%	9	18	27	33.3%	68	96	164	41.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jonathan Canter 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	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1983	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1984	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1985	20	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	9	8	17	52.9%	14	14	28	50.0%
1986	21	1	5	6	16.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	10	7	17	58.8%	25	21	46	54.3%
1987	22	0	6	6	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	16	21	23.8%
1988	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1989	24	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	5	13	18	27.8%
1990	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1991	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	28	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1994	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		1	12	13	7.7%	6	14	20	30.0%	21	34	55	38.2%	29	28	57	50.9%	57	88	145	39.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 145/164 (88.4%) of Jonathan Canter's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Jonathan Canter 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	2/2	1.0	1.5	58.9%	72.4%	42.1%	47.2%	12.5%	59.9%	30.4%
1993	28	3/3	2.3	2.3	48.7%	73.3%	56.6%	45.0%	36.2%	64.8%	38.9%
1994	29	3/3	4.3	2.0	54.3%	63.2%	43.6%	56.1%	31.0%	54.5%	36.2%
Career		8/164	2.8	2.0	53.4%	69.3%	48.1%	49.7%	28.3%	59.7%	35.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 8/164 (4.9%) of Jonathan Canter's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jonathan Canter 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
1982	17	1506	102.0	—	—	—	—	+34	—	—	26.7%	-2.00	1–0	—	—	+0.78
1983	18	1513	105.9	—	—	—	—	+20	—	—	27.8%	-1.39	2–0	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.20
1984	19	1464	104.0	—	—	—	—	+10	—	—	15.4%	-2.00	0–2	—	—	+0.25
1985	20	1637	124.4	—	—	—	—	-52	—	+5	55.3%	+0.49	2–7 (22%)	5–5 (50%)	96.2	+2.25
1986	21	1734	139.0	—	—	—	—	+15	-236	-104	54.3%	+0.18	11–11 (50%)	10–11 (48%)	99.3	+0.70
1987	22	1602	135.3	—	—	—	—	+44	-90	—	31.1%	-1.15	2–5 (29%)	3–5 (38%)	94.2	-0.84
1988	23	1584	107.3	—	—	—	—	+48	—	—	31.3%	-1.06	1–0	—	—	-0.02
1989	24	1533	119.1	—	—	—	—	+51	—	-31	42.6%	-0.20	0–7 (0%)	1–7 (13%)	86.2	+0.68
1990	25	1559	113.9	—	—	—	—	+34	—	—	50.0%	+0.61	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.78
1991	26	1540	106.6	-0.46	+0.70	0.758	45.5%	—	—	—	16.7%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	-0.20
1993	28	1580	116.6	+0.08	+1.04	1.103	51.6%	+20	—	—	62.5%	+0.50	1–1	—	—	+0.04
1994	29	1543	103.5	-1.08	-0.13	0.796	46.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.29	—	0–2	—	-0.22
Career		1794	132.1	-0.49	+0.52	0.887	48.0%	+18	-163	-19	44.1%	-0.29	23–37 (38%)	21–34 (38%)	88.2	+2.44

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jonathan Canter Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	18	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1984	19	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1985	20	R128	—	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1986	21	—	R64	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1987	22	R128	R64	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1989	24	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1991	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–5 (17%)	3–6 (33%)	6–16 (27%)

Masters 1000

Jonathan Canter Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	MIA	W-L Win %
1994	29	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 500

Jonathan Canter ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	IW	NAP	ITA	TKY	MIA	MIA	CAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1985	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–2 (60%)
1986	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	SF	—	7–3 (70%)
1987	22	R16	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R128	R64	—	3–5 (38%)
1988	23	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1989	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	5–3 (62%)
1990	25	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	2–1 (67%)
1994	29	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	2–1 (67%)	22–19 (54%)

ATP 250

Jonathan Canter ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	BRI	BUE	HKG	MEL	MUN	NAP	NWP	QUE	ROT	SEL	STO	TKY	VIE	BAN	BRU	FOR	FRA	LA	LIV	LOS	PHI	SAO	SCO	SIN	STR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TOR	TOU	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1982	17	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	3–5 (38%)
1983	18	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	2–4 (33%)
1984	19	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1985	20	R32	—	R32	—	R32	QF	W	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	12–8 (60%)
1986	21	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	R32	QF	—	—	QF	R64	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	17–15 (53%)
1987	22	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–8 (0%)
1988	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1989	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1990	25	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1991	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–5 (58%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	40–58 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Oct 13, 1986

First Top 100

Oct 14, 1985

First Top 50

Mar 24, 1986

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jonathan Canter ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	18	279	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	19	201	—	—	—	—	227	225	231	225	269	268	225
1985	20	257	179	186	180	114	121	122	128	106	81	72	73
1986	21	66	63	47	45	64	69	59	39	37	36	39	41
1987	22	41	46	60	59	54	54	57	102	111	134	168	169
1988	23	161	182	163	206	202	182	178	228	249	262	260	182
1989	24	182	168	148	138	111	151	141	126	120	151	151	183
1990	25	169	171	198	187	177	178	177	203	202	183	193	191
1991	26	182	184	174	227	250	253	267	273	282	378	384	408
1992	27	459	455	595	740	1034	1032	1059	1081	1121	1107	1115	—
1993	28	—	—	—	—	—	728	748	422	284	195	186	190
1994	29	190	188	183	155	159	173	172	198	228	399	385	388
1995	30	391	408	431	570	575	581	662	814	810	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Jonathan Canter's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Mark Koevermans	NED	37	1,777	1	147	66	81	44.9%	1988–1993	Match log
Jim Pugh	USA	37	1,833	1	180	85	95	47.2%	1986–1995	Match log
Francisco Maciel	MEX	35	1,680	0	78	33	45	42.3%	1984–1992	Match log
Thomas Hogstedt	SWE	38	1,736	1	243	90	153	37.0%	1979–1994	Match log
Broderick Dyke	AUS	35	1,715	0	199	78	121	39.2%	1982–1993	Match log
Larry Stefanki	USA	35	1,729	1	140	53	87	37.9%	1979–1990	Match log
Marian Vajda	SVK	34	1,784	2	270	120	150	44.4%	1984–1994	Match log
Gabriel Markus	ARG	36	1,725	1	127	56	71	44.1%	1988–1996	Match log
Bob Green	USA	39	1,730	0	98	43	55	43.9%	1984–1988	Match log
Alex Antonitsch	AUT	40	1,820	1	234	100	134	42.7%	1985–1995	Match log
Hans Schwaier	GER	38	1,749	0	141	57	84	40.4%	1981–1990	Match log
Sergio Casal	ESP	31	1,794	1	250	112	138	44.8%	1981–1995	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jonathan Canter?: Jonathan Canter is 61 years old, born on June 4, 1965.
Which country does Jonathan Canter represent?: Jonathan Canter represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jonathan Canter?: Jonathan Canter is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Jonathan Canter left-handed or right-handed?: Jonathan Canter plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jonathan Canter won?: Jonathan Canter has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jonathan Canter won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jonathan Canter's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Jonathan Canter won?: Jonathan Canter has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Melbourne in 1985.
What is Jonathan Canter's highest ATP ranking?: Jonathan Canter's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 36, first achieved on October 13, 1986.
What is Jonathan Canter's career win-loss record?: Jonathan Canter has a career ATP singles record of 68 wins and 96 losses (41.5%).
How much career prize money has Jonathan Canter earned?: Jonathan Canter has earned at least $474,516 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jonathan Canter's career appear in TennisDB?: Jonathan Canter appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1982 through 1994.
On which surface does Jonathan Canter have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jonathan Canter's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 47.5% (47–52).
Who has Jonathan Canter faced most often?: Jonathan Canter's most frequent opponent is Kelly Evernden, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.