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Danie Visser

RSA Age 65 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1981–1991

Danie Visser represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 59. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 92–129 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

59 (Sep 24, 1984)

Elo peak

1710 (55th percentile)

Singles record

92–129 (41.6%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,526,314

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 →

Danie Visser's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Udo Riglewski #124	6-7(3) 7-6(9) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1991*	R32	Berlin	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Michael Chang #24	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 1991*	R32	Cincinnati Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Ronald Agenor #39	6-4 3-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 7, 1991*	R64	Cincinnati Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Milan Srejber #74	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1990*	R16	Berlin	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Franco Davin #30	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1990*	R32	Berlin	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Danie Visser's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Andres Gomez	0	5	5	Sep 1, 1989	H2H
Johan Kriek	1	4	5	Jul 15, 1989	H2H
Jimmy Arias	1	2	3	Mar 7, 1990	H2H
Paul Annacone	2	1	3	Mar 1, 1990	H2H
Christo Van Rensburg	0	3	3	Jun 14, 1989	H2H

Career Results

Danie Visser career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	19	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1982	20	7	18	25	28.0%	99	93
1983	21	7	12	19	36.8%	138	138
1984	22	13	14	27	48.2%	135	72
1985	23	13	20	33	39.4%	72	145
1986	24	15	14	29	51.7%	145	83
1987	25	11	16	27	40.7%	86	136
1988	26	9	13	22	40.9%	137	143
1989	27	10	13	23	43.5%	145	141
1990	28	5	5	10	50.0%	160	197
1991	29	1	2	3	33.3%	195	405
Career		92	129	221	41.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Danie Visser 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 %
1981	19	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1982	20	3	7	10	30.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	18	25	28.0%
1983	21	6	6	12	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	12	19	36.8%
1984	22	7	9	16	43.8%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	13	14	27	48.1%
1985	23	6	9	15	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	13	20	33	39.4%
1986	24	8	8	16	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	14	29	51.7%
1987	25	6	7	13	46.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	11	16	27	40.7%
1988	26	4	7	11	36.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1989	27	6	9	15	40.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	10	13	23	43.5%
1990	28	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%
1991	29	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	51	67	118	43.2%	4	15	19	21.1%	31	36	67	46.3%	6	11	17	35.3%	92	129	221	41.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Danie Visser 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 %
1981	19	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1982	20	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	0	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
1983	21	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
1984	22	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	12	21	42.9%
1985	23	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	6	8	25.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	12	19	31	38.7%
1986	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	8	3	11	72.7%	13	13	26	50.0%
1987	25	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	4	4	8	50.0%	11	15	26	42.3%
1988	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
1989	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	12	19	36.8%
1990	28	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	0	0	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%
1991	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	13	13	0.0%	8	21	29	27.6%	29	46	75	38.7%	33	22	55	60.0%	70	102	172	40.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 172/221 (77.8%) of Danie Visser's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Danie Visser 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	7.3	1.3	63.8%	64.9%	49.3%	70.2%	8.3%	59.1%	26.6%
Career		3/221	7.3	1.3	63.8%	64.9%	49.3%	70.2%	8.3%	59.1%	26.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 3/221 (1.4%) of Danie Visser's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Danie Visser 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
1981	19	1507	107.7	—	—	—	—	+43	—	—	50.0%	-0.63	0–2	2–0	—	+0.01
1982	20	1483	114.0	—	—	—	—	+43	-13	+61	39.7%	-0.84	1–9 (10%)	9–7 (56%)	95.2	+1.20
1983	21	1496	111.4	—	—	—	—	+39	-38	—	42.3%	-0.17	3–5 (38%)	5–5 (50%)	100.5	+1.59
1984	22	1618	134.7	—	—	—	—	-27	-150	+4	50.0%	-0.04	7–7 (50%)	5–8 (38%)	101.4	-0.82
1985	23	1643	120.9	—	—	—	—	-82	—	+8	42.9%	-0.37	4–6 (40%)	7–11 (39%)	97.0	+0.53
1986	24	1676	124.7	—	—	—	—	-64	—	+38	51.4%	-0.11	4–5 (44%)	6–7 (46%)	101.0	+0.55
1987	25	1635	124.7	—	—	—	—	-10	—	+22	43.4%	-0.35	3–4 (43%)	10–7 (59%)	102.4	-1.15
1988	26	1591	112.9	—	—	—	—	-2	—	+38	41.4%	-0.38	4–3 (57%)	3–6 (33%)	99.9	+1.16
1989	27	1621	129.7	—	—	—	—	-23	—	+15	44.4%	-0.11	4–4 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	102.8	-0.79
1990	28	1652	113.0	—	—	—	—	-22	—	-22	51.9%	-0.11	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	100.2	-0.54
1991	29	1643	108.2	-0.83	-4.21	0.649	43.6%	-23	—	—	37.5%	-1.25	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.02
Career		1710	127.9	-0.83	-4.21	0.649	43.6%	-19	-50	+21	44.9%	-0.31	33–48 (41%)	58–58 (50%)	100.6	+0.80

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Danie Visser Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1982	20	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1983	21	—	R64	R128	R32	3–3 (50%)
1984	22	—	R128	R32	R64	3–3 (50%)
1985	23	R64	R64	R16	R64	6–4 (60%)
1986	24	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1987	25	R64	—	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1988	26	R32	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1989	27	R32	—	R128	R64	3–3 (50%)
1990	28	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		6–4 (60%)	3–5 (38%)	8–8 (50%)	6–7 (46%)	23–24 (49%)

Masters 1000

Danie Visser Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	IW	W-L Win %
1990	28	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1991	29	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 500

Danie Visser ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	IW	MIA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1982	20	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1984	22	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	23	R32	R128	—	—	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
1986	24	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1987	25	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
1988	26	—	—	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1989	27	R32	—	R32	—	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	3–3 (50%)	11–15 (42%)

ATP 250

Danie Visser ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BAS	GEN	HOU	MEL	U.S	NWP	PAR	QUE	VIE	WAS	ANC	BER	BRI	COL	COL	FOR	FOR	HIL	HON	JOH	LA	LIV	LOS	MEM	MIL	NAN	NOR	ORL	PAL	PHI	SAN	SCO	SOU	STR	SYD	TEL	U.S	W-L Win %
1981	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1982	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R64	R32	R64	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	4–13 (24%)
1983	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	4–9 (31%)
1984	22	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	10–10 (50%)
1985	23	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	5–13 (28%)
1986	24	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	R32	—	10–9 (53%)
1987	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	7–11 (39%)
1988	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	SF	R32	R32	R64	R32	—	—	7–10 (41%)
1989	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
1990	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1991	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	10–9 (53%)	0–1 (0%)	6–7 (46%)	0–4 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–5 (29%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	6–9 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	3–3 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	57–88 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 24, 1984

First Top 100

Jun 21, 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

Danie Visser ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1982	20	—	—	—	—	—	99	79	93	—	—	—	—
1983	21	138	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	22	135	—	—	—	—	80	72	68	59	59	70	72
1985	23	78	98	108	120	130	182	147	143	145	141	138	145
1986	24	145	120	112	116	106	97	101	110	112	106	87	83
1987	25	86	94	81	75	79	85	110	76	89	97	122	136
1988	26	137	138	197	193	198	178	167	253	231	145	164	143
1989	27	143	127	109	109	113	127	102	112	110	157	139	141
1990	28	182	190	153	154	154	157	184	209	230	194	194	197
1991	29	194	193	273	309	315	320	430	302	307	389	404	405
1992	30	403	406	385	380	383	383	373	624	621	728	734	738
1993	31	742	749	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Danie Visser's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Joey Rive	USA	#57	1,737	125	54	71	43.2%	$388,558	0	1985–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Damir Keretic	GER	#58	1,741	207	87	120	42.0%	$338,421	0	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Ricki Osterthun	GER	#58	1,696	139	60	79	43.2%	$390,259	1	1984–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Ken Flach	USA	#56	1,715	132	52	80	39.4%	$2,059,571	0	1982–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Drew Gitlin	USA	#65	1,663	82	34	48	41.5%	$211,109	0	1981–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Todd Nelson	USA	#58	1,650	143	53	90	37.1%	$541,277	0	1983–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Alberto Tous	ESP	#52	1,633	101	40	61	39.6%	$200,221	0	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Gilad Bloom	ISR	#61	1,749	188	83	105	44.1%	$694,271	0	1984–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Jeremy Bates	GBR	#54	1,717	292	117	175	40.1%	$1,338,555	1	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Jens Woehrmann	GER	#54	1,670	47	20	27	42.6%	$165,790	0	1989–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Shahar Perkiss	ISR	#53	1,755	99	46	53	46.5%	$206,224	0	1980–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Eduardo Masso	BEL	#56	1,685	110	41	69	37.3%	$397,593	0	1986–1992	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Danie Visser?: Danie Visser is 65 years old, born on July 26, 1961.
Which country does Danie Visser represent?: Danie Visser represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Danie Visser?: Danie Visser is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Danie Visser left-handed or right-handed?: Danie Visser plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Danie Visser won?: Danie Visser has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Danie Visser won?: TennisDB does not group any of Danie Visser's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Danie Visser's highest ATP ranking?: Danie Visser's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 59, first achieved on September 24, 1984.
What is Danie Visser's career win-loss record?: Danie Visser has a career ATP singles record of 92 wins and 129 losses (41.6%).
How much career prize money has Danie Visser earned?: Danie Visser has earned at least $1,526,314 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Danie Visser's career appear in TennisDB?: Danie Visser appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1981 through 1991.
On which surface does Danie Visser have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Danie Visser's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 46.3% (31–36).
Who has Danie Visser faced most often?: Danie Visser's most frequent opponent is Andres Gomez, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.