Van Winitsky

USA Age 67 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1975–1985

Van Winitsky represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 35. In TennisDB's records, Van Winitsky finished with a career record of 106–133 and 3 singles titles.

Peak ranking

35 (Feb 8, 1982)

Elo peak

1855 (78th percentile)

Career record

106–133 (44.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$408,120

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 →

Van Winitsky's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Shlomo Glickstein #90	4-6 6-2 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 5, 1985*	R128	Miami Open	ATP 500	Hard
Tony Giammalva #123	1-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 1, 1984*	R32	Taipei	ATP 250	Carpet
Sammy Giammalva Jr	6-7 3-6	L	—	Match data	Oct 10, 1984*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard
Greg Holmes #71	6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 28, 1984*	R16	Honolulu	ATP 250	Hard
Leif Shiras #40	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 1984*	R32	Honolulu	ATP 250	Hard

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Van Winitsky's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jimmy Connors	0	7	7	Oct 28, 1983	H2H
Wojtek Fibak	1	4	5	Aug 18, 1983	H2H
Brian Gottfried	0	4	4	May 30, 1984	H2H
Andres Gomez	1	3	4	Oct 20, 1983	H2H
Raul Ramirez	2	2	4	Jan 23, 1982	H2H

Titles (3)

Van Winitsky titles by season and category
Season	Age	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
1981	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hong Kong Open
1982	23	2	—	—	—	2	—	Guaruja, Hilton Head Wct
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

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

Career Results

Van Winitsky career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1975	16	1	1	2	50.0%	281	282
1976	17	1	2	3	33.3%	239	239
1977	18	8	7	15	53.3%	228	228
1978	19	15	25	40	37.5%	169	132
1979	20	6	14	20	30.0%	141	141
1980	21	14	17	31	45.2%	69	90
1981	22	16	12	28	57.1%	90	47
1982	23	28	23	51	54.9%	46	53
1983	24	10	17	27	37.0%	53	91
1984	25	7	14	21	33.3%	91	133
1985	26	0	1	1	0.0%	133	331
Career		106	133	239	44.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Van Winitsky 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	16	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1976	17	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1977	18	2	1	3	66.7%	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	8	7	15	53.3%
1978	19	4	4	8	50.0%	5	13	18	27.8%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	15	25	40	37.5%
1979	20	3	4	7	42.9%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	14	20	30.0%
1980	21	7	7	14	50.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	14	17	31	45.2%
1981	22	7	4	11	63.6%	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	16	12	28	57.1%
1982	23	1	4	5	20.0%	17	8	25	68.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	28	23	51	54.9%
1983	24	6	7	13	46.2%	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1984	25	4	5	9	44.4%	2	6	8	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	14	21	33.3%
1985	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	35	38	73	47.9%	48	57	105	45.7%	2	10	12	16.7%	21	28	49	42.9%	106	133	239	44.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Van Winitsky 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 %
1977	18	0	5	5	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
1978	19	1	6	7	14.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	2	0	2	100.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1979	20	0	6	6	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	10	10	0.0%
1980	21	1	3	4	25.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	0	—	—	5	12	17	29.4%
1981	22	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	0	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1982	23	0	5	5	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	12	10	22	54.5%	0	0	—	—	15	17	32	46.9%
1983	24	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%	0	0	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
1984	25	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	11	16	31.2%
1985	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		4	31	35	11.4%	10	16	26	38.5%	30	41	71	42.3%	5	4	9	55.6%	49	92	141	34.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 141/239 (59.0%) of Van Winitsky's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Van Winitsky 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	16	1506	94.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.60	1–0	—	—	+0.48
1976	17	1527	111.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.71	—	—	—	-0.15
1977	18	1650	135.8	—	—	—	—	-35	-21	—	51.5%	-0.30	2–3 (40%)	3–3 (50%)	101.8	-1.13
1978	19	1592	127.5	—	—	—	—	+61	-13	-54	42.2%	-0.64	6–10 (38%)	4–7 (36%)	95.3	+2.52
1979	20	1581	134.0	—	—	—	—	+71	-23	—	28.3%	-1.46	2–2 (50%)	1–0	—	-0.14
1980	21	1678	132.8	—	—	—	—	-26	-25	—	47.7%	-0.09	6–8 (43%)	6–6 (50%)	99.0	+0.39
1981	22	1720	130.7	—	—	—	—	-6	-61	—	55.4%	+0.48	6–6 (50%)	2–7 (22%)	96.0	+1.69
1982	23	1699	144.3	—	—	—	—	+20	+43	—	52.0%	-0.02	12–9 (57%)	10–5 (67%)	104.8	-1.05
1983	24	1648	139.5	—	—	—	—	+22	+53	—	39.7%	-0.46	6–6 (50%)	3–6 (33%)	99.1	-1.74
1984	25	1565	117.3	—	—	—	—	+43	+76	-104	33.3%	-1.02	6–3 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.48
1985	26	1552	101.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.06
Career		1855	140.6	—	—	—	—	+21	+5	-75	44.6%	-0.38	47–48 (49%)	30–36 (45%)	99.0	+0.59

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Van Winitsky Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1976	17	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1977	18	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1978	19	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1979	20	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1980	21	R32	R128	R32	4–3 (57%)
1981	22	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1982	23	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1983	24	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1984	25	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	1–5 (17%)	4–8 (33%)	8–18 (31%)

ATP 500

Van Winitsky ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	19	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	20	R16	—	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1980	21	—	—	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
1981	22	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	23	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	25	—	—	—	R16	2–1 (67%)
1985	26	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	5–9 (36%)

ATP 250

Van Winitsky ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BUE	CIN	DAL	DLB	FLR	HAM	HKG	HOU	MIA	MUN	NAP	QUE	STG	TKY	WAS	AIX	BAN	BIR	MIA	BOG	BRI	CLE	COL	DEN	FOR	GUA	GUA	HAR	HIL	HON	IW	LAS	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAN	MAU	MEM	MEX	MEX	MON	NIC	NOR	PAL	PHI	PHI	RIC	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAR	SOU	STO	STR	TAI	TEL	TUL	U.S	W-L Win %
1975	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1976	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	18	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1978	19	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	R16	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	F	R16	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	13–21 (38%)
1979	20	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–9 (25%)
1980	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	10–12 (45%)
1981	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	R32	16–10 (62%)
1982	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	R64	—	W	—	W	—	R64	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	27–19 (59%)
1983	24	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	9–15 (38%)
1984	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R64	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	4–10 (29%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	5–8 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	91–104 (47%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 8, 1982

First Top 100

Apr 24, 1978

First Top 50

Nov 9, 1981

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Van Winitsky ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	16	—	—	281	293	302	300	—	—	—	—	—	282
1976	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	239
1977	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	228	—	—	—	—	—
1978	19	164	—	—	99	—	—	147	—	—	—	—	132
1979	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	141
1980	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	74	98	93	88	87	90
1981	22	90	73	75	91	94	76	79	—	—	86	48	47
1982	23	46	40	44	41	44	48	42	39	38	42	57	53
1983	24	87	—	—	—	—	92	82	92	95	91	91	91
1984	25	85	85	75	68	72	86	104	103	116	126	124	133
1985	26	129	135	154	178	178	154	153	233	323	328	338	331
1986	27	329	335	341	341	351	592	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	29	—	—	—	—	—	758	602	544	572	576	582	586
1989	30	586	588	591	602	606	666	834	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Van Winitsky's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Peter Feigl	AUT	35	1,795	3	220	107	113	48.6%	1975–1985	Match log
Carlos Kirmayr	BRA	36	1,893	1	292	135	157	46.2%	1972–1987	Match log
Brad Drewett	AUS	34	1,750	2	406	181	225	44.6%	1976–1990	Match log
Terry Moor	USA	32	1,924	2	465	237	228	51.0%	1973–1987	Match log
Jay Lapidus	USA	34	1,780	1	182	76	106	41.8%	1978–1987	Match log
Bruce Manson	USA	39	1,838	0	300	129	171	43.0%	1973–1985	Match log
Angel Gimenez	ESP	41	1,779	2	192	86	106	44.8%	1975–1984	Match log
Gianni Ocleppo	ITA	30	1,807	1	221	98	123	44.3%	1975–1987	Match log
Butch Walts	USA	30	1,915	4	275	140	135	50.9%	1975–1984	Match log
Pedro Rebolledo	CHI	36	1,802	3	194	91	103	46.9%	1978–1991	Match log
Peter Rennert	USA	40	1,770	0	109	49	60	45.0%	1979–1984	Match log
Jose Luis Damiani	URU	32	1,781	0	114	50	64	43.9%	1978–1983	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Van Winitsky?: Van Winitsky is 67 years old, born on March 12, 1959.
Which country does Van Winitsky represent?: Van Winitsky represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Van Winitsky?: Van Winitsky is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Van Winitsky left-handed or right-handed?: Van Winitsky plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Van Winitsky won?: Van Winitsky has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Van Winitsky won?: TennisDB does not group any of Van Winitsky's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Van Winitsky won?: Van Winitsky has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Hilton Head Wct in 1982.
What is Van Winitsky's highest ATP ranking?: Van Winitsky's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 35, first achieved on February 8, 1982.
What is Van Winitsky's career win-loss record?: Van Winitsky has a career ATP singles record of 106 wins and 133 losses (44.4%).
How much career prize money has Van Winitsky earned?: Van Winitsky has earned at least $408,120 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Van Winitsky's career appear in TennisDB?: Van Winitsky appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1975 through 1985.
On which surface does Van Winitsky have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Van Winitsky's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 47.9% (35–38).
Who has Van Winitsky faced most often?: Van Winitsky's most frequent opponent is Jimmy Connors, with a head-to-head record of 0–7 across 7 meetings.