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Nduka Odizor

NGR Age 68 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1980–1992

Nduka Odizor represented Nigeria on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 52. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 81–121 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

52 (Jun 11, 1984)

Elo peak

1730 (59th percentile)

Singles record

81–121 (40.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$674,873

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 →

Nduka Odizor's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Bing Chao Lin #321	6-4 6-7(6) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 1992*	R32	Taipei	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Thomas Hogstedt #155	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 1992*	R32	Brisbane International	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Roger Smith #371	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1991*	R64	Brasilia	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Amos Mansdorf #32	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1990*	QF	Tel Aviv	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Gil Kovalski	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1990*	R16	Tel Aviv	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Nduka Odizor's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tim Mayotte	2	5	7	Nov 13, 1987	H2H
Brad Gilbert	0	4	4	Aug 11, 1989	H2H
Milan Srejber	1	3	4	Jun 22, 1988	H2H
Wally Masur	1	2	3	Jan 19, 1990	H2H
Bill Scanlon	0	3	3	Feb 11, 1988	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Nduka Odizor 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
1983	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Taipei
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Nduka Odizor Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	First Round	0	1	Robert Seguso #52 def. Nduka Odizor #250 6-4 6-3 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Nduka Odizor career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	21	0	1	1	0.0%	457	457
1981	22	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
1982	23	13	16	29	44.8%	96	81
1983	24	19	20	39	48.7%	80	65
1984	25	9	13	22	40.9%	65	108
1985	26	9	13	22	40.9%	110	108
1986	27	5	14	19	26.3%	108	75
1987	28	16	19	35	45.7%	72	98
1988	29	1	7	8	12.5%	103	195
1989	30	3	7	10	30.0%	195	245
1990	31	3	5	8	37.5%	192	186
1991	32	0	1	1	0.0%	185	266
1992	33	0	2	2	0.0%	266	551
Career		81	121	202	40.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nduka Odizor 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 %
1980	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	22	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1982	23	3	6	9	33.3%	5	5	10	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	13	16	29	44.8%
1983	24	5	9	14	35.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	19	20	39	48.7%
1984	25	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	9	13	22	40.9%
1985	26	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1986	27	3	6	9	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1987	28	9	12	21	42.9%	—	—	—	—	7	6	13	53.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	16	19	35	45.7%
1988	29	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	7	8	12.5%
1989	30	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
1990	31	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1991	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	33	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	32	59	91	35.2%	5	12	17	29.4%	31	30	61	50.8%	13	20	33	39.4%	81	121	202	40.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nduka Odizor 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	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1982	23	1	0	1	100.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	0	0	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
1983	24	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	0	—	—	9	11	20	45.0%
1984	25	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	10	13	23.1%
1985	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	5	11	54.5%	8	12	20	40.0%
1986	27	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	14	19	26.3%
1987	28	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	10	4	14	71.4%	14	17	31	45.2%
1988	29	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	6	7	14.3%
1989	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1990	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%
1991	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	33	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		3	8	11	27.3%	3	24	27	11.1%	21	37	58	36.2%	24	27	51	47.1%	51	96	147	34.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 147/202 (72.8%) of Nduka Odizor's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Nduka Odizor 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	32	1/1	3.0	4.0	52.6%	76.7%	51.9%	33.3%	0.0%	64.9%	22.2%
1992	33	2/2	5.0	6.5	47.1%	75.3%	42.1%	36.7%	16.7%	57.6%	34.7%
Career		3/202	4.3	5.7	48.9%	75.7%	45.4%	35.6%	11.1%	60.0%	30.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 3/202 (1.5%) of Nduka Odizor's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nduka Odizor 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	21	1489	99.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	0–2	—	+0.06
1981	22	1538	117.4	—	—	—	—	+36	—	—	50.0%	-0.14	1–1	2–2 (50%)	—	+0.10
1982	23	1591	118.9	—	—	—	—	-27	-28	+1	43.2%	-0.66	7–3 (70%)	7–7 (50%)	103.9	+0.74
1983	24	1684	129.3	—	—	—	—	+17	—	-25	45.2%	-0.54	11–4 (73%)	10–6 (63%)	113.9	+2.13
1984	25	1592	117.3	—	—	—	—	+11	—	+105	48.0%	-0.36	2–5 (29%)	5–5 (50%)	95.3	+0.89
1985	26	1620	126.2	—	—	—	—	-28	—	+128	45.2%	-0.39	2–4 (33%)	9–8 (53%)	99.3	+1.02
1986	27	1554	119.3	—	—	—	—	+28	-96	+112	37.7%	-0.83	1–6 (14%)	7–6 (54%)	95.1	+0.16
1987	28	1625	129.3	—	—	—	—	+3	—	+43	43.8%	-0.52	6–3 (67%)	12–4 (75%)	110.9	+0.78
1988	29	1550	100.4	—	—	—	—	+2	—	—	21.7%	-2.13	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	97.0	-0.26
1989	30	1531	107.3	—	—	—	—	+9	—	—	28.0%	-1.56	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	104.3	-0.04
1990	31	1524	116.9	—	—	—	—	+23	—	—	52.6%	+0.21	0–2	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.74
1991	32	1509	99.2	-0.45	+0.60	0.633	44.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.07
1992	33	1478	97.4	-2.56	-2.02	0.819	45.2%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	0–1	—	+0.37
Career		1730	127.6	-1.86	-1.15	0.765	44.8%	+6	-44	+57	42.3%	-0.64	34–33 (51%)	60–47 (56%)	107.9	+3.28

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nduka Odizor Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1982	23	—	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1983	24	R64	—	R16	R128	3–3 (50%)
1984	25	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1985	26	R32	—	R64	R32	5–3 (62%)
1986	27	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1987	28	R128	—	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1988	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	31	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	6–7 (46%)	6–6 (50%)	15–18 (45%)

ATP 500

Nduka Odizor ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1981	22	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1982	23	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1983	24	R32	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1984	25	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	26	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	27	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1987	28	QF	—	R128	—	3–2 (60%)
1988	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	30	—	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		7–5 (58%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	8–12 (40%)

ATP 250

Nduka Odizor ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAS	BRI	DAL	DLB	HKG	MTP	MEL	MET	MUN	NAP	NWP	QUE	RIO	SEL	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	MIA	BRA	BRI	CAI	CAP	CAR	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	DOR	FOR	FOR	FRA	GUA	HIL	HON	LIV	LOS	MEM	MON	PHI	RIC	LIB	SAN	SCH	SCO	STR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TEL	TOU	WEM	ZEL	W-L Win %
1980	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1982	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R64	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	10–13 (43%)
1983	24	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	W	—	—	—	—	15–15 (50%)
1984	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	8–10 (44%)
1985	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1986	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–10 (23%)
1987	28	SF	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	11–14 (44%)
1988	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1989	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1990	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1991	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	33	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	8–6 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	58–89 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 11, 1984

First Top 100

May 3, 1982

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Nduka Odizor ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	19	397	—	—	—	—	—	429	—	—	—	—	374
1979	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	377
1980	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	457
1982	23	—	—	—	—	96	88	70	72	72	70	79	81
1983	24	79	80	73	83	87	82	73	84	86	84	64	65
1984	25	64	61	73	55	60	52	62	62	54	75	116	108
1985	26	102	93	89	83	92	119	117	106	86	87	76	108
1986	27	108	119	71	71	67	91	77	80	97	88	85	75
1987	28	80	78	95	99	91	73	97	87	70	71	101	98
1988	29	102	134	126	137	144	167	156	241	252	237	261	195
1989	30	195	174	206	217	206	198	197	176	194	195	187	245
1990	31	170	217	224	226	171	180	188	191	182	173	184	186
1991	32	198	167	162	166	204	214	200	199	234	261	261	266
1992	33	266	408	416	426	432	428	593	600	557	542	546	551
1993	34	554	560	569	582	642	653	906	931	1135	1165	—	—

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Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Jeremy Bates	GBR	#54	1,717	292	117	175	40.1%	$1,338,555	1	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Alberto Tous	ESP	#52	1,633	101	40	61	39.6%	$200,221	0	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Zoltan Kuharszky	HUN	#53	1,723	115	43	72	37.4%	$217,169	0	1980–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Kratzmann	AUS	#50	1,751	156	60	96	38.5%	$1,378,936	0	1982–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Cassio Motta	BRA	#48	1,739	269	105	164	39.0%	$986,158	0	1979–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Westphal	GER	#49	1,755	170	73	97	42.9%	$255,317	0	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Glenn Michibata	CAN	#48	1,676	182	70	112	38.5%	$1,081,667	0	1979–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Ricki Osterthun	GER	#58	1,696	139	60	79	43.2%	$390,259	1	1984–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Shahar Perkiss	ISR	#53	1,755	99	46	53	46.5%	$206,224	0	1980–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Claudio Panatta	ITA	#46	1,749	235	100	135	42.6%	$455,274	1	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Glenn Layendecker	USA	#48	1,733	181	77	104	42.5%	$646,578	0	1984–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Danie Visser	RSA	#59	1,709	221	92	129	41.6%	$1,526,314	0	1981–1991	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nduka Odizor?: Nduka Odizor is 68 years old, born on August 9, 1958.
Which country does Nduka Odizor represent?: Nduka Odizor represents Nigeria in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Nduka Odizor?: Nduka Odizor is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Nduka Odizor left-handed or right-handed?: Nduka Odizor plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nduka Odizor won?: Nduka Odizor has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Nduka Odizor won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nduka Odizor's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Nduka Odizor won?: Nduka Odizor has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Taipei in 1983.
What is Nduka Odizor's highest ATP ranking?: Nduka Odizor's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 52, first achieved on June 11, 1984.
What is Nduka Odizor's career win-loss record?: Nduka Odizor has a career ATP singles record of 81 wins and 121 losses (40.1%).
How much career prize money has Nduka Odizor earned?: Nduka Odizor has earned at least $674,873 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Nduka Odizor's career appear in TennisDB?: Nduka Odizor appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1980 through 1992.
On which surface does Nduka Odizor have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nduka Odizor's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 50.8% (31–30).
Who has Nduka Odizor faced most often?: Nduka Odizor's most frequent opponent is Tim Mayotte, with a head-to-head record of 2–5 across 7 meetings.