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Haroon Ismail

ZIM Age 71 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1978–1983

Haroon Ismail represented Zimbabwe on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 87. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 20–46 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

87 (Oct 20, 1980)

Elo peak

1612 (35th percentile)

Singles record

20–46 (30.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$86,308

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 →

Haroon Ismail's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jan Gunnarsson	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 1983*	R32	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay
Heinz Gunthardt #83	6-3 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 18, 1982*	R32	Dortmund Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Bruce Manson #62	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 3, 1982*	R64	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
Mark Dickson #35	3-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 1982*	R32	Vienna Open	ATP 250	Hard
Hans Simonsson	5-7 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1982*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Haroon Ismail's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jan Gunnarsson	0	2	2	Jul 21, 1983	H2H
Jose Lopez Maeso	0	2	2	Jul 22, 1982	—
Wojtek Fibak	0	2	2	Jul 24, 1981	H2H
Andrew Pattison	2	0	2	Jul 17, 1981	—
Stan Smith	0	2	2	Jun 24, 1981	H2H

Career Results

Haroon Ismail career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1978	23	0	1	1	0.0%	130	130
1979	24	4	14	18	22.2%	98	197
1980	25	8	9	17	47.1%	100	100
1981	26	5	7	12	41.7%	99	99
1982	27	3	14	17	17.7%	95	99
1983	28	0	1	1	0.0%	187	187
Career		20	46	66	30.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Haroon Ismail 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 %
1978	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	24	3	4	7	42.9%	0	6	6	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	14	18	22.2%
1980	25	0	2	2	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	8	9	17	47.1%
1981	26	0	2	2	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%
1982	27	0	3	3	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	14	17	17.6%
1983	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	3	12	15	20.0%	13	24	37	35.1%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	20	46	66	30.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Haroon Ismail 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	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	7	7	0.0%
1980	25	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1981	26	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1982	27	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	8	9	11.1%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	5	14	19	26.3%	0	0	—	—	6	24	30	20.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 30/66 (45.5%) of Haroon Ismail's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Haroon Ismail 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
1978	23	1491	102.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	0–1	—	+0.03
1979	24	1474	113.3	—	—	—	—	+123	-9	+6	27.8%	-1.42	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	98.4	+0.36
1980	25	1543	119.3	—	—	—	—	+37	+3	—	46.2%	-0.44	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	103.9	+1.91
1981	26	1589	128.3	—	—	—	—	—	+29	—	40.0%	-0.51	2–1 (67%)	0–2	—	-0.08
1982	27	1492	109.5	—	—	—	—	+19	+46	—	23.1%	-2.00	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	-0.39
1983	28	1482	97.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.04
Career		1612	120.8	—	—	—	—	+70	+22	+6	33.8%	-1.12	6–7 (46%)	5–7 (42%)	100.7	+2.88

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Haroon Ismail Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	24	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	25	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1981	26	R32	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
1982	27	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–8 (27%)

ATP 500

Haroon Ismail ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1979	24	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

ATP 250

Haroon Ismail ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	GST	HAM	HKG	MUN	NAP	NWP	PAR	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	BAN	BOM	BRU	CAI	CLE	DOR	DUT	FOR	LOU	MAU	NOR	REP	SOU	TAI	U.S	VEN	W-L Win %
1978	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	24	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	R16	R64	—	3–12 (20%)
1980	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R16	—	—	7–8 (47%)
1981	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1982	27	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	3–11 (21%)
1983	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	16–37 (30%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Oct 20, 1980

First Top 100

May 21, 1979

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Haroon Ismail ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	130
1979	24	—	—	—	—	100	99	—	—	—	—	—	197
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	89	92	100
1981	26	98	100	99	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	27	—	95	—	99	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	28	187	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	29	527	—	—	—	—	612	742	768	748	739	726	745
1985	30	672	480	494	496	512	508	538	549	556	548	552	596
1986	31	592	783	735	731	715	708	736	764	775	780	785	716
1987	32	719	766	790	819	662	674	683	693	695	710	767	804
1988	33	802	769	778	777	964	984	992	991	1029	1015	992	1013
1989	34	1011	1054	1064	1067	1075	1060	1093	1114	1105	1133	1144	—

Similar Players

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

Haroon Ismail's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Leo Palin	FIN	#92	1,560	88	28	60	31.8%	$140,695	1975–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Robbie Venter	RSA	#87	1,556	26	7	19	26.9%	—	1976–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Hayes	USA	#92	1,588	43	15	28	34.9%	$35,062	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Andy Andrews	USA	#78	1,591	56	18	38	32.1%	$12,270	1975–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Ben Mckown	USA	#94	1,526	13	4	9	30.8%	—	1980–1981	Rivalries	Match log
David Dowlen	USA	#95	1,589	36	10	26	27.8%	$145,552	1978–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Gianluca Rinaldini	ITA	#94	1,570	36	9	27	25.0%	—	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Guedes	BRA	#89	1,500	22	5	17	22.7%	$7,784	1974–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	#82	1,653	264	89	175	33.7%	$3,771	1970–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Christophe Freyss	FRA	#82	1,695	131	48	83	36.6%	$981	1977–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Joao Soares	BRA	#74	1,615	141	42	99	29.8%	$73,074	1974–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	#85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	—	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Haroon Ismail?: Haroon Ismail is 71 years old, born on February 27, 1955.
Which country does Haroon Ismail represent?: Haroon Ismail represents Zimbabwe in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Haroon Ismail?: Haroon Ismail is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Haroon Ismail left-handed or right-handed?: Haroon Ismail plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Haroon Ismail won?: Haroon Ismail has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Haroon Ismail won?: TennisDB does not group any of Haroon Ismail's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Haroon Ismail's highest ATP ranking?: Haroon Ismail's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 87, first achieved on October 20, 1980.
What is Haroon Ismail's career win-loss record?: Haroon Ismail has a career ATP singles record of 20 wins and 46 losses (30.3%).
How much career prize money has Haroon Ismail earned?: Haroon Ismail has earned at least $86,308 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Haroon Ismail's career appear in TennisDB?: Haroon Ismail appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1978 through 1983.
On which surface does Haroon Ismail have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Haroon Ismail's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 35.1% (13–24).
Who has Haroon Ismail faced most often?: Haroon Ismail's most frequent opponent is Jan Gunnarsson, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.