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Brent Pirow

RSA Age 67 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1981–1985

Brent Pirow represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 229. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 2–10 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

229 (Jan 3, 1983)

Elo peak

1500 (3rd percentile)

Singles record

2–10 (16.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$5,844

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 →

Brent Pirow's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Mike De Palmer	3-6 6-7	L	—	Match data	Oct 11, 1985*	R16	South African Open	ATP 250	Hard
Kevin Moir #198	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1985*	R32	South African Open	ATP 250	Hard
Patrice Kuchna	6-2 2-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1983*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Gilles Moretton	6-4 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1983*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Ivan Lendl #1	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 4, 1983*	R32	Forest Hills Wct	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Brent Pirow's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mike De Palmer	0	1	1	Oct 11, 1985	—
Kevin Moir	1	0	1	Oct 10, 1985	H2H
Patrice Kuchna	0	1	1	May 27, 1983	H2H
Gilles Moretton	1	0	1	May 25, 1983	H2H
Ivan Lendl	0	1	1	May 4, 1983	H2H

Career Results

Brent Pirow career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	22	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1982	23	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—
1983	24	1	2	3	33.3%	229	229
1985	26	1	1	2	50.0%	334	343
Career		2	10	12	16.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Brent Pirow 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 %
1981	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1982	23	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1983	24	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1985	26	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	10	12	16.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Brent Pirow 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	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1983	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	6	7	14.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 7/12 (58.3%) of Brent Pirow's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Brent Pirow 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	22	1480	104.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.83	0–2	—	—	+0.08
1982	23	1449	109.7	—	—	—	—	—	+36	—	7.7%	-3.15	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.44
1983	24	1463	111.2	—	—	—	—	—	+29	—	42.9%	-1.14	1–0	—	—	+0.09
1985	26	1473	104.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+1.00	—	0–1	—	+0.25
Career		1500	112.8	—	—	—	—	—	+33	—	26.7%	-1.66	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	97.3	-0.17

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Brent Pirow Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1982	23	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1983	24	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

Brent Pirow ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	GEN	AUS	FOR	JOH	SOU	W-L Win %
1981	22	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1982	23	R32	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1983	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–7 (12%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

229

Career-high date

Jan 3, 1983

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

Brent Pirow ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	24	229	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	25	367	—	—	—	—	322	325	335	330	335	331	339
1985	26	365	378	471	550	570	567	585	589	567	366	368	343
1986	27	379	367	380	378	377	366	374	375	389	669	673	687
1987	28	689	685	667	694	701	748	755	771	779	789	798	603
1988	29	602	605	614	610	611	620	626	636	647	650	656	1054
1989	30	1054	1054	1064	1067	1075	1060	1093	1114	1122	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Brent Pirow's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Johnston	AUS	#226	1,500	18	3	15	16.7%	$4,012	1980–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Billy Nealon	USA	#230	1,523	11	1	10	9.1%	$17,904	1980–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Cary Stansbury	USA	#220	1,518	29	7	22	24.1%	$43,282	1978–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Bill Cowan	CAN	#207	1,513	9	1	8	11.1%	$12,847	1980–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Hugo Nunez	ECU	#222	1,500	5	1	4	20.0%	$25,970	1982–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Joel Bailey	USA	#197	1,500	41	7	34	17.1%	$16,298	1976–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Ricky Brown	USA	#215	1,515	21	4	17	19.0%	$35,729	1983–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Norm Schellenger	USA	#254	1,506	5	1	4	20.0%	$10,270	1970–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Stefan Svensson	SWE	#245	1,500	13	2	11	15.4%	$17,862	1979–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Anthony Lane	AUS	#235	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	$20,065	1983–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Christophe Bernelle	FRA	#185	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	—	1981–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Lorenzo Fargas	ESP	#201	1,500	14	1	13	7.1%	$12,176	1976–1986	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Brent Pirow?: Brent Pirow is 67 years old, born on February 6, 1959.
Which country does Brent Pirow represent?: Brent Pirow represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Brent Pirow left-handed or right-handed?: Brent Pirow plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Brent Pirow won?: Brent Pirow has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Brent Pirow won?: TennisDB does not group any of Brent Pirow's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Brent Pirow's highest ATP ranking?: Brent Pirow's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 229, first achieved on January 3, 1983.
What is Brent Pirow's career win-loss record?: Brent Pirow has a career ATP singles record of 2 wins and 10 losses (16.7%).
How much career prize money has Brent Pirow earned?: Brent Pirow has earned at least $5,844 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Brent Pirow's career appear in TennisDB?: Brent Pirow appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1981 through 1985.
Who has Brent Pirow faced most often?: Brent Pirow's most frequent opponent is Mike De Palmer, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.