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Paul Annacone

USA Age 63 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1982–1993

Paul Annacone represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 12. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 160–131 and 3 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

12 (Mar 3, 1986)

Elo peak

1942 (86th percentile)

Singles record

160–131 (55.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,640,515

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 →

Paul Annacone's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Shuzo Matsuoka #145	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 1993*	R32	China Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Carsten Arriens #307	2-6 6-2 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1992*	R32	Long Island	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Arne Thoms #118	6-1 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 19, 1992*	R16	Eastbourne Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Grass
Andrei Cherkasov #28	7-6(4) 6-7(2) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 18, 1992*	R32	Eastbourne Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Grass
Jeff Tarango #57	7-6(4) 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 1992*	R64	Philadelphia	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Paul Annacone's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
John McEnroe	3	6	9	Oct 28, 1988	H2H
Christo Van Rensburg	5	3	8	Feb 22, 1990	H2H
Ivan Lendl	0	6	6	Jun 17, 1989	H2H
Boris Becker	0	6	6	Jun 29, 1988	H2H
Kelly Evernden	3	2	5	Oct 22, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Paul Annacone 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	22	2	—	—	—	2	—	Brisbane International, Los Angeles Open
1989	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Vienna Open
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

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

Career Results

Paul Annacone career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1982	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1983	20	5	5	10	50.0%	389	389
1984	21	8	9	17	47.1%	256	94
1985	22	45	19	64	70.3%	94	13
1986	23	18	16	34	52.9%	13	43
1987	24	29	20	49	59.2%	43	32
1988	25	25	18	43	58.1%	31	38
1989	26	17	18	35	48.6%	38	65
1990	27	10	17	27	37.0%	51	165
1991	28	2	3	5	40.0%	170	433
1992	29	1	4	5	20.0%	433	225
1993	30	0	1	1	0.0%	225	813
Career		160	131	291	55.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Paul Annacone 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	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	20	2	1	3	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%
1984	21	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—	—	—	8	9	17	47.1%
1985	22	18	7	25	72.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	20	7	27	74.1%	45	19	64	70.3%
1986	23	4	7	11	36.4%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	10	7	17	58.8%	18	16	34	52.9%
1987	24	12	10	22	54.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	7	5	12	58.3%	29	20	49	59.2%
1988	25	12	10	22	54.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	6	4	10	60.0%	25	18	43	58.1%
1989	26	3	10	13	23.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	8	4	12	66.7%	17	18	35	48.6%
1990	27	5	10	15	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1991	28	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	29	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1993	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	59	65	124	47.6%	7	8	15	46.7%	39	24	63	61.9%	55	34	89	61.8%	160	131	291	55.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Paul Annacone 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	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1984	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1985	22	4	7	11	36.4%	7	6	13	53.8%	16	3	19	84.2%	14	1	15	93.3%	41	17	58	70.7%
1986	23	1	7	8	12.5%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	16	15	31	51.6%
1987	24	2	7	9	22.2%	1	5	6	16.7%	12	2	14	85.7%	10	4	14	71.4%	25	18	43	58.1%
1988	25	0	3	3	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	1	11	90.9%	11	7	18	61.1%	23	16	39	59.0%
1989	26	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	9	6	15	60.0%	16	18	34	47.1%
1990	27	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1991	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	29	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1993	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		9	31	40	22.5%	16	22	38	42.1%	54	29	83	65.1%	61	36	97	62.9%	140	118	258	54.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 258/291 (88.7%) of Paul Annacone's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Paul Annacone 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	28	3/5	2.7	4.3	58.4%	65.0%	48.4%	58.9%	37.5%	58.0%	28.9%
1992	29	5/5	12.8	9.4	52.7%	72.1%	45.4%	59.5%	48.1%	59.4%	35.5%
1993	30	1/1	4.0	3.0	61.7%	75.9%	38.9%	0.0%	0.0%	61.7%	25.5%
Career		9/291	8.4	7.0	55.6%	70.1%	45.7%	52.7%	39.2%	59.2%	32.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 9/291 (3.1%) of Paul Annacone's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Paul Annacone 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	19	1492	100.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.01
1983	20	1534	110.6	—	—	—	—	+27	-19	+42	50.0%	-0.04	2–2 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	101.8	+1.07
1984	21	1584	121.3	—	—	—	—	-44	—	+79	46.8%	-0.23	2–1 (67%)	9–4 (69%)	103.3	+0.74
1985	22	1883	150.0	—	—	—	—	+31	—	-175	59.4%	+0.45	18–5 (78%)	22–16 (58%)	112.6	+0.51
1986	23	1783	144.2	—	—	—	—	+8	—	-28	51.1%	+0.27	7–7 (50%)	4–8 (33%)	94.1	-1.82
1987	24	1824	150.8	—	—	—	—	+2	-239	-27	58.2%	+0.46	8–9 (47%)	11–12 (48%)	98.8	-3.01
1988	25	1785	136.2	—	—	—	—	-6	-161	+14	56.0%	+0.35	6–7 (46%)	5–6 (45%)	97.2	-0.06
1989	26	1732	134.3	—	—	—	—	-17	—	+69	49.5%	+0.32	6–7 (46%)	4–14 (22%)	91.3	-0.38
1990	27	1651	127.7	—	—	—	—	+8	—	+106	44.7%	-0.20	3–9 (25%)	7–10 (41%)	91.3	-0.79
1991	28	1641	101.3	-0.79	-2.06	0.687	45.5%	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.00	2–0	2–0	—	+0.29
1992	29	1598	102.6	-0.71	-1.39	0.874	47.9%	+11	—	—	40.0%	-0.73	1–4 (20%)	3–2 (60%)	94.9	-0.03
1993	30	1585	100.6	-3.42	+1.40	0.666	42.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	0.00
Career		1942	144.9	-1.04	-1.30	0.788	46.6%	+6	-164	-5	53.1%	+0.22	55–51 (52%)	72–77 (48%)	97.0	-1.22

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Paul Annacone Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1984	21	R64	—	QF	R128	4–3 (57%)
1985	22	R32	R128	R64	R32	4–4 (50%)
1986	23	—	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1987	24	R16	R64	R32	R128	6–4 (60%)
1988	25	R128	R32	R16	R64	6–4 (60%)
1989	26	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1990	27	R64	—	R64	R32	4–3 (57%)
W-L		5–5 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	12–7 (63%)	6–7 (46%)	26–22 (54%)

Masters 1000

Paul Annacone Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	IW	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	27	R64	R64	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 500

Paul Annacone ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	IW	WAS	MIA	MIA	MEM	CAN	NEW	PHI	W-L Win %
1985	22	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1986	23	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	24	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1988	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1989	26	—	—	R64	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1990	27	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	1–3 (25%)
1991	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	9–14 (39%)

ATP 250

Paul Annacone ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BAS	BEI	BRI	DAL	HKG	HOU	MEL	NWP	PAR	QUE	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	BER	CHA	CHI	COL	COL	DET	FOR	FRA	HON	LAS	LIV	LON	LOS	EAS	MEM	ORL	PHI	SAN	SCH	SCO	SOU	SOU	STO	STR	SYD	SYD	TOR	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1982	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	20	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	5–5 (50%)
1984	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1985	22	—	F	—	—	W	—	—	R16	F	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	R16	—	—	39–12 (76%)
1986	23	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	16–13 (55%)
1987	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	R32	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	QF	20–13 (61%)
1988	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	R32	R16	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	17–13 (57%)
1989	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	W	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	17–14 (55%)
1990	27	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	5–8 (38%)
1991	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	30	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	12–7 (63%)	1–2 (33%)	10–4 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	6–1 (86%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	7–5 (58%)	1–2 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	2–3 (40%)	6–4 (60%)	7–4 (64%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	11–5 (69%)	5–2 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	125–90 (58%)

ATP Finals

Paul Annacone ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	W-L Win %
1985	22	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 3, 1986

First Top 100

Jul 9, 1984

First Top 50

Apr 8, 1985

First Top 20

Sep 23, 1985

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Paul Annacone ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	20	389	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	21	256	—	—	—	—	243	83	85	85	94	92	94
1985	22	94	67	62	27	25	25	36	30	18	19	15	13
1986	23	13	14	13	15	16	20	19	20	29	38	46	43
1987	24	38	41	50	51	47	48	41	35	37	39	32	32
1988	25	39	42	50	45	59	55	48	39	42	39	38	38
1989	26	36	39	42	45	43	34	70	66	68	60	64	65
1990	27	51	48	54	61	66	95	106	118	99	154	165	165
1991	28	186	241	245	236	236	243	260	236	365	424	430	433
1992	29	431	421	429	357	323	251	231	256	253	229	220	225
1993	30	225	229	234	254	264	321	427	486	503	634	825	813
1994	31	821	814	812	798	808	816	812	833	847	1238	1209	1209

Similar Players

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

Paul Annacone's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	M1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Scott Davis	USA	#11	1,925	403	206	197	51.1%	$2,286,711	3	0	1979–1994	Rivalries	Match log
David Wheaton	USA	#12	1,985	421	231	190	54.9%	$5,238,401	3	0	1986–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Derrick Rostagno	USA	#13	1,921	372	192	180	51.6%	$1,621,535	1	0	1983–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Wally Masur	AUS	#15	1,894	581	313	268	53.9%	$3,134,718	3	0	1980–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Alexander Volkov	RUS	#14	1,922	537	291	246	54.2%	$3,362,840	3	0	1968–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Mikael Pernfors	SWE	#10	1,918	249	138	111	55.4%	$1,356,751	3	1	1984–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Arnaud Boetsch	FRA	#12	1,919	415	218	197	52.5%	$3,031,247	3	0	1987–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Jonas Svensson	SWE	#10	1,974	452	252	200	55.8%	$2,432,702	5	0	1983–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Thierry Tulasne	FRA	#10	1,938	421	215	206	51.1%	$1,058,412	5	0	1979–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Denton	USA	#12	1,981	225	109	116	48.4%	$1,084,664	0	0	1978–1987	Rivalries	Match log
David Pate	USA	#18	1,875	349	181	168	51.9%	$2,028,823	2	0	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Carl Uwe Steeb	GER	#14	1,930	386	194	192	50.3%	$2,320,082	3	0	1986–1996	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Paul Annacone?: Paul Annacone is 63 years old, born on March 20, 1963.
Which country does Paul Annacone represent?: Paul Annacone represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Paul Annacone?: Paul Annacone is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Paul Annacone left-handed or right-handed?: Paul Annacone plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Paul Annacone won?: Paul Annacone has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Paul Annacone won?: TennisDB does not group any of Paul Annacone's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Paul Annacone won?: Paul Annacone has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Vienna in 1989.
What is Paul Annacone's highest ATP ranking?: Paul Annacone's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 12, first achieved on March 3, 1986.
What is Paul Annacone's career win-loss record?: Paul Annacone has a career ATP singles record of 160 wins and 131 losses (55.0%).
How much career prize money has Paul Annacone earned?: Paul Annacone has earned at least $1,640,515 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Paul Annacone's career appear in TennisDB?: Paul Annacone appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1982 through 1993.
On which surface does Paul Annacone have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Paul Annacone's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 61.9% (39–24).
Who has Paul Annacone faced most often?: Paul Annacone's most frequent opponent is John McEnroe, with a head-to-head record of 3–6 across 9 meetings.