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Eddie Edwards

RSA Age 70 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1975–1988

Eddie Edwards represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 42. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 87–133 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

42 (Jul 14, 1986)

Elo peak

1742 (61st percentile)

Singles record

87–133 (39.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$439,329

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 →

Eddie Edwards's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Stefan Edberg #3	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 1988*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Tim Wilkison #65	6-4 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 1988*	R64	Indian Wells Open	ATP 500	Hard
Mel Purcell #145	6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1988*	R64	Memphis	ATP 250	Hard
Yannick Noah #8	3-6 7-6 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1988*	R32	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Roger Rasheed #394	6-4 6-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1988*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Eddie Edwards's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
John Sadri	0	5	5	Aug 20, 1986	H2H
Brad Drewett	0	4	4	Aug 19, 1987	H2H
Sammy Giammalva Jr	1	3	4	Jul 10, 1987	—
Ramesh Krishnan	0	4	4	Jun 10, 1987	H2H
Kevin Curren	1	3	4	Feb 12, 1986	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Eddie Edwards 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	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	Adelaide International
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Eddie Edwards career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1975	18	0	1	1	0.0%	373	373
1977	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1979	22	2	3	5	40.0%	231	231
1980	23	7	9	16	43.8%	98	98
1981	24	10	19	29	34.5%	98	98
1982	25	14	18	32	43.8%	—	—
1983	26	6	15	21	28.6%	171	171
1984	27	12	13	25	48.0%	129	92
1985	28	11	13	24	45.8%	92	130
1986	29	15	17	32	46.9%	128	63
1987	30	8	18	26	30.8%	63	249
1988	31	2	6	8	25.0%	251	397
Career		87	133	220	39.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Eddie Edwards 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 %
1975	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	22	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1980	23	2	3	5	40.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
1981	24	4	7	11	36.4%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	19	29	34.5%
1982	25	2	5	7	28.6%	6	5	11	54.5%	5	7	12	41.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	14	18	32	43.8%
1983	26	2	6	8	25.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	15	21	28.6%
1984	27	3	6	9	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	13	25	48.0%
1985	28	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	—	—	—	—	11	13	24	45.8%
1986	29	7	10	17	41.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	15	17	32	46.9%
1987	30	3	8	11	27.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	18	26	30.8%
1988	31	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
Career	—	26	56	82	31.7%	16	25	41	39.0%	40	41	81	49.4%	5	11	16	31.2%	87	133	220	39.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Eddie Edwards 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 %
1979	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	23	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1981	24	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	0	0	—	—	3	10	13	23.1%
1982	25	3	1	4	75.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	0	0	—	—	5	13	18	27.8%
1983	26	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	4	7	11	36.4%
1984	27	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	1	6	83.3%	10	12	22	45.5%
1985	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	10	13	23	43.5%
1986	29	2	1	3	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	12	17	29.4%	7	2	9	77.8%	15	17	32	46.9%
1987	30	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1988	31	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
Career		6	10	16	37.5%	3	23	26	11.5%	25	47	72	34.7%	25	19	44	56.8%	59	99	158	37.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 158/220 (71.8%) of Eddie Edwards's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Eddie Edwards 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
1975	18	1498	104.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.13
1977	20	1485	98.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.18
1979	22	1491	109.4	—	—	—	—	—	+57	—	46.2%	-0.46	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+0.42
1980	23	1543	123.3	—	—	—	—	+6	+34	-31	45.2%	-0.29	3–5 (38%)	2–3 (40%)	98.3	+0.80
1981	24	1504	118.2	—	—	—	—	+18	+24	+49	39.0%	-0.77	4–6 (40%)	4–4 (50%)	99.2	+1.71
1982	25	1572	127.4	—	—	—	—	-50	+26	-13	42.2%	-0.45	8–5 (62%)	4–5 (44%)	104.4	-0.69
1983	26	1559	135.7	—	—	—	—	+4	+3	—	37.0%	-0.80	0–7 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	96.6	-1.12
1984	27	1649	127.0	—	—	—	—	-86	-53	+21	50.0%	0.00	4–3 (57%)	6–6 (50%)	103.4	-0.37
1985	28	1650	119.9	—	—	—	—	-123	—	+63	46.7%	+0.05	3–5 (38%)	3–10 (23%)	92.2	+0.74
1986	29	1669	122.4	—	—	—	—	-93	-114	+124	44.4%	-0.32	9–5 (64%)	8–9 (47%)	105.5	+0.75
1987	30	1553	117.7	—	—	—	—	-27	—	+123	40.3%	-0.51	3–9 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	94.0	+0.54
1988	31	1533	116.6	—	—	—	—	-4	—	—	36.4%	-0.50	0–1	1–5 (17%)	—	+0.45
Career		1742	130.0	—	—	—	—	-40	+8	+54	42.6%	-0.42	35–48 (42%)	37–52 (42%)	95.6	+1.49

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Eddie Edwards Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1980	23	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1981	24	R64	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
1982	25	R64	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1983	26	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1984	27	R32	—	R64	R64	4–3 (57%)
1985	28	R128	R128	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1986	29	—	R128	R16	R32	5–3 (62%)
1987	30	R64	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	31	R32	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		4–7 (36%)	1–4 (20%)	7–8 (47%)	4–5 (44%)	16–24 (40%)

ATP 500

Eddie Edwards ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	IW	MIA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1985	28	—	R128	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	29	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1987	30	R64	—	R64	—	R64	R64	1–4 (20%)
1988	31	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–9 (25%)

ATP 250

Eddie Edwards ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BAR	BAS	FLR	GEN	HAM	HKG	MAD	MEL	MUN	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROT	STO	STU	VIE	WAS	BOU	BRI	CHI	CLE	COL	DEN	DUT	FOR	FOR	HIL	JOH	LA	LIV	LOS	LOS	LUX	MAU	MEM	MIL	NAN	ORL	PHI	RYE	SAN	SOU	STO	STR	SYD	TEL	TOR	U.S	W-L Win %
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	22	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1980	23	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	7–7 (50%)
1981	24	SF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	QF	R32	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	9–15 (38%)
1982	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	13–14 (48%)
1983	26	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	5–12 (29%)
1984	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	8–10 (44%)
1985	28	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	10–9 (53%)
1986	29	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	R64	—	R32	R32	—	8–12 (40%)
1987	30	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	6–12 (33%)
1988	31	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		8–4 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	1–1 (50%)	7–5 (58%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–9 (36%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	5–7 (42%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	68–99 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 14, 1986

First Top 100

Dec 1, 1980

First Top 50

Jul 14, 1986

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Eddie Edwards ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	373
1976	19	—	—	—	—	—	272	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	21	245	—	—	—	—	—	269	—	—	—	—	268
1979	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	231
1980	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	98
1981	24	93	94	99	—	—	98	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	26	171	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	27	129	96	96	—	—	144	109	84	77	83	96	92
1985	28	113	127	127	130	122	134	150	190	201	188	187	130
1986	29	128	102	106	110	103	96	42	54	57	62	57	63
1987	30	71	85	79	79	84	82	151	156	155	143	240	249
1988	31	239	245	276	269	254	273	323	341	351	345	378	397
1989	32	560	595	610	697	528	527	528	566	550	542	547	543
1990	33	540	532	542	553	1050	1048	1017	981	977	985	—	—

Similar Players

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

Eddie Edwards's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Dominique Bedel	FRA	#41	1,651	143	57	86	39.9%	$895	1	1976–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Ricardo Ycaza	ECU	#44	1,750	151	60	91	39.7%	$133,237	0	1977–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Francisco Gonzalez	PAR	#40	1,758	262	105	157	40.1%	$482,348	0	1975–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Angel Gimenez	ESP	#41	1,779	192	86	106	44.8%	$283	2	1975–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Christo Steyn	RSA	#42	1,748	96	43	53	44.8%	$251,474	0	1983–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Pascal Portes	FRA	#41	1,864	215	98	117	45.6%	$227,283	0	1977–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Claudio Panatta	ITA	#46	1,749	235	100	135	42.6%	$455,274	1	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Bernard Boileau	BEL	#41	1,694	78	34	44	43.6%	$2,260	0	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Simonsson	SWE	#45	1,698	116	42	74	36.2%	$325,035	0	1978–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Eric Fromm	USA	#46	1,793	134	51	83	38.1%	$197,330	0	1979–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Marcel Freeman	USA	#46	1,713	139	53	86	38.1%	$180,275	0	1980–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Doohan	AUS	#43	1,737	132	50	82	37.9%	$445,192	1	1979–1992	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Eddie Edwards?: Eddie Edwards is 70 years old, born on July 3, 1956.
Which country does Eddie Edwards represent?: Eddie Edwards represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Eddie Edwards?: Eddie Edwards is 190 cm / 6'3".
Is Eddie Edwards left-handed or right-handed?: Eddie Edwards plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Eddie Edwards won?: Eddie Edwards has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Eddie Edwards won?: TennisDB does not group any of Eddie Edwards's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Eddie Edwards won?: Eddie Edwards has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Adelaide in 1985.
What is Eddie Edwards' highest ATP ranking?: Eddie Edwards' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 42, first achieved on July 14, 1986.
What is Eddie Edwards' career win-loss record?: Eddie Edwards has a career ATP singles record of 87 wins and 133 losses (39.5%).
How much career prize money has Eddie Edwards earned?: Eddie Edwards has earned at least $439,329 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Eddie Edwards's career appear in TennisDB?: Eddie Edwards appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1975 through 1988.
On which surface does Eddie Edwards have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Eddie Edwards's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 49.4% (40–41).
Who has Eddie Edwards faced most often?: Eddie Edwards' most frequent opponent is John Sadri, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.