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Bruce Derlin

NZL Age 64 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1980–1991

Bruce Derlin represented New Zealand on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 115. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 30–58 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

115 (Dec 10, 1984)

Elo peak

1594 (31st percentile)

Singles record

30–58 (34.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$208,630

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 →

Bruce Derlin's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Stefan Edberg #1	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 17, 1991*	R64	Miami Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Harold Solomon #1029	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 1991*	R128	Miami Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Dimitri Poliakov #172	2-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 1991*	R32	Wellington	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Derrick Rostagno #84	6-2 0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1990*	R64	Canadian Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Mark Kratzmann #54	6-4 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 1990*	R16	Newport	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Bruce Derlin's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Marty Davis	2	2	4	Jan 1, 1988	H2H
Bill Scanlon	1	2	3	Jan 8, 1987	H2H
Derrick Rostagno	1	1	2	Jul 25, 1990	H2H
Ramesh Krishnan	0	2	2	Jan 12, 1990	H2H
Brett Steven	1	1	2	Jan 5, 1989	H2H

Career Results

Bruce Derlin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1981	19	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
1982	20	5	12	17	29.4%	—	—
1983	21	3	6	9	33.3%	193	193
1984	22	4	6	10	40.0%	222	129
1985	23	1	9	10	10.0%	135	205
1986	24	4	5	9	44.4%	199	167
1987	25	7	4	11	63.6%	158	205
1988	26	2	4	6	33.3%	180	347
1989	27	0	1	1	0.0%	425	213
1990	28	3	5	8	37.5%	239	249
1991	29	1	2	3	33.3%	266	625
Career		30	58	88	34.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Bruce Derlin career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1980	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1982	20	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	12	17	29.4%
1983	21	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1984	22	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1985	23	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
1986	24	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1987	25	2	1	3	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	4	11	63.6%
1988	26	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1989	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	28	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1991	29	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	14	22	36	38.9%	8	18	26	30.8%	8	18	26	30.8%	30	58	88	34.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Bruce Derlin 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 %
1980	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
1983	21	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1984	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	6	10	40.0%
1985	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	8	9	11.1%
1986	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1987	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	5	1	6	83.3%	6	4	10	60.0%
1988	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1990	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1991	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	7	17	24	29.2%	17	15	32	53.1%	24	45	69	34.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 69/88 (78.4%) of Bruce Derlin's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Bruce Derlin 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	29	3/3	0.3	0.3	74.9%	54.5%	33.2%	31.3%	35.3%	49.4%	44.8%
Career		3/88	0.3	0.3	74.9%	54.5%	33.2%	31.3%	35.3%	49.4%	44.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 3/88 (3.4%) of Bruce Derlin's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Bruce Derlin 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
1980	18	1485	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.18
1981	19	1466	102.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.67	—	0–1	—	-0.16
1982	20	1459	120.3	—	—	—	—	—	+42	+47	34.9%	-0.63	0–3 (0%)	1–6 (14%)	92.4	+0.90
1983	21	1462	109.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+60	43.5%	-0.44	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.86
1984	22	1502	117.6	—	—	—	—	+53	—	+16	46.2%	-0.08	1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	100.5	+0.47
1985	23	1415	100.4	—	—	—	—	+129	-2	+38	19.2%	-1.81	0–2	0–1	—	+0.67
1986	24	1466	123.3	—	—	—	—	+70	+19	—	45.5%	-0.27	2–2 (50%)	0–1	—	+0.40
1987	25	1558	112.1	—	—	—	—	+12	-21	-83	62.5%	+0.46	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	107.5	+1.30
1988	26	1549	102.9	—	—	—	—	+1	—	—	31.3%	-1.69	2–1 (67%)	—	—	-0.02
1989	27	1529	97.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.25
1990	28	1529	111.1	—	—	—	—	+3	—	—	42.1%	-0.21	1–2 (33%)	0–2	—	+0.34
1991	29	1531	114.7	-0.57	+2.15	0.885	47.6%	+1	—	—	42.9%	-0.57	0–1	—	—	-0.03
Career		1594	120.6	-0.57	+2.15	0.885	47.6%	+32	+18	+20	38.4%	-0.69	10–16 (38%)	8–19 (30%)	93.9	+5.86

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Bruce Derlin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	W-L Win %
1982	20	R64	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1983	21	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	22	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1985	23	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1987	25	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1988	26	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–10 (23%)

Masters 1000

Bruce Derlin Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	28	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	29	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 500

Bruce Derlin ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	TKY	W-L Win %
1986	24	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1990	28	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 250

Bruce Derlin ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	SWE	BAR	FLR	HAM	MAD	MEL	NWP	STU	TKY	BOR	BRI	DUT	FOR	NAN	SYD	SYD	VEN	WEL	W-L Win %
1980	18	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	19	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1982	20	R16	R16	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	R64	R32	—	4–9 (31%)
1983	21	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1984	22	R32	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1985	23	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1986	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1987	25	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1988	26	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	2–3 (40%)
1989	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1990	28	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	3–3 (50%)
1991	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	6–10 (38%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	25–44 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

115

Career-high date

Dec 10, 1984

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Bruce Derlin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	21	193	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	22	222	—	—	—	—	213	149	157	150	120	139	129
1985	23	133	132	116	123	132	143	184	185	190	215	198	205
1986	24	199	195	149	169	172	158	161	157	162	168	195	167
1987	25	147	146	197	198	217	213	162	163	172	175	202	205
1988	26	230	218	211	233	237	224	359	365	383	386	390	347
1989	27	409	434	381	333	287	293	304	309	223	226	190	213
1990	28	194	199	215	237	236	243	207	208	244	230	252	249
1991	29	287	287	262	266	301	303	428	438	462	565	538	625
1992	30	626	616	908	906	891	884	879	877	893	886	884	664
1993	31	669	674	688	697	697	712	734	750	750	762	779	—

Similar Players

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

Bruce Derlin's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Guy	NZL	#109	1,529	51	16	35	31.4%	$162,353	1980–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Carlsson	SWE	#119	1,532	32	10	22	31.3%	$70,262	1982–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Scott Mccain	USA	#122	1,571	69	22	47	31.9%	$99,991	1980–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Roberto Saad	ARG	#109	1,572	43	13	30	30.2%	$188,147	1983–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Jorgen Windahl	SWE	#108	1,516	42	13	29	31.0%	$152,785	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Rivas	ARG	#116	1,507	37	10	27	27.0%	$93,919	1984–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Robertson	USA	#101	1,590	69	23	46	33.3%	$218,152	1982–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Nelson Aerts	BRA	#109	1,560	33	10	23	30.3%	$233,278	1983–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Patrice Kuchna	FRA	#125	1,578	21	7	14	33.3%	$32,999	1980–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Kures	USA	#107	1,557	33	10	23	30.3%	$58,872	1981–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Pender Murphy	USA	#124	1,556	24	8	16	33.3%	—	1982–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Gabriel Urpi	ESP	#115	1,618	110	43	67	39.1%	$144,450	1978–1987	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Bruce Derlin?: Bruce Derlin is 64 years old, born on November 28, 1961.
Which country does Bruce Derlin represent?: Bruce Derlin represents New Zealand in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Bruce Derlin?: Bruce Derlin is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Bruce Derlin left-handed or right-handed?: Bruce Derlin plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Bruce Derlin won?: Bruce Derlin has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Bruce Derlin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Bruce Derlin's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Bruce Derlin's highest ATP ranking?: Bruce Derlin's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 115, first achieved on December 10, 1984.
What is Bruce Derlin's career win-loss record?: Bruce Derlin has a career ATP singles record of 30 wins and 58 losses (34.1%).
How much career prize money has Bruce Derlin earned?: Bruce Derlin has earned at least $208,630 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Bruce Derlin's career appear in TennisDB?: Bruce Derlin appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1980 through 1991.
On which surface does Bruce Derlin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Bruce Derlin's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 38.9% (14–22).
Who has Bruce Derlin faced most often?: Bruce Derlin's most frequent opponent is Marty Davis, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.