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Steve Denton

USA Age 69 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1978–1987

Steve Denton represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 12. In TennisDB's records, Steve Denton finished with a career record of 109–116 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

12 (Feb 14, 1983)

Elo peak

1981 (89th percentile)

Career record

109–116 (48.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,084,664

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 →

Steve Denton's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Gary Muller	7-6 3-6 4-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Jan 14, 1987*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Jim Grabb #129	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1986*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard
Stefan Edberg #4	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 1986*	R32	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Mark Kratzmann #102	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 20, 1986*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Joey Blake	2-6 3-6	L	—	Match data	Jul 24, 1986*	R32	Livingston	ATP 250	Hard

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Steve Denton's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kevin Curren	1	6	7	Feb 28, 1985	H2H
John McEnroe	1	6	7	May 10, 1984	H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis	2	5	7	Mar 12, 1983	H2H
Jimmy Connors	0	6	6	Mar 27, 1986	H2H
Tim Mayotte	2	4	6	Aug 14, 1985	H2H

Career Results

Steve Denton career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1978	21	1	3	4	25.0%	226	226
1979	22	2	7	9	22.2%	251	251
1980	23	0	3	3	0.0%	403	403
1981	24	20	17	37	54.1%	74	54
1982	25	43	24	67	64.2%	24	13
1983	26	25	23	48	52.1%	13	58
1984	27	13	21	34	38.2%	58	149
1985	28	3	10	13	23.1%	149	241
1986	29	2	7	9	22.2%	241	300
1987	30	0	1	1	0.0%	301	560
Career		109	116	225	48.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Steve Denton 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	21	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1979	22	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%
1980	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1981	24	9	8	17	52.9%	1	3	4	25.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	20	17	37	54.1%
1982	25	22	8	30	73.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	4	13	69.2%	11	10	21	52.4%	43	24	67	64.2%
1983	26	8	7	15	53.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	11	10	21	52.4%	25	23	48	52.1%
1984	27	1	5	6	16.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	7	14	50.0%	13	21	34	38.2%
1985	28	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	10	13	23.1%
1986	29	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%
1987	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	42	40	82	51.2%	8	14	22	36.4%	26	22	48	54.2%	33	40	73	45.2%	109	116	225	48.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Steve Denton 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 %
1978	21	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1979	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1980	23	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1981	24	1	1	2	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	0	—	—	8	12	20	40.0%
1982	25	2	13	15	13.3%	5	1	6	83.3%	14	4	18	77.8%	0	0	—	—	21	18	39	53.8%
1983	26	0	7	7	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	12	5	17	70.6%	0	0	—	—	15	17	32	46.9%
1984	27	1	6	7	14.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
1985	28	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	10	12	16.7%
1986	29	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%
Career		4	30	34	11.8%	14	23	37	37.8%	38	30	68	55.9%	3	6	9	33.3%	59	89	148	39.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 148/225 (65.8%) of Steve Denton's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Steve Denton 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	21	1496	110.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30.0%	-1.00	1–1	0–1	—	-0.01
1979	22	1467	102.1	—	—	—	—	+40	—	—	31.8%	-1.45	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	96.6	+0.83
1980	23	1456	108.7	—	—	—	—	+27	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.24
1981	24	1763	136.8	—	—	—	—	-160	-250	+9	48.0%	+0.01	9–2 (82%)	14–16 (47%)	111.3	+0.93
1982	25	1930	153.6	—	—	—	—	0	-431	-59	57.4%	+0.43	17–7 (71%)	22–14 (61%)	110.7	-2.93
1983	26	1743	146.4	—	—	—	—	+46	-218	+85	49.6%	+0.16	8–7 (53%)	9–19 (32%)	92.0	-1.46
1984	27	1621	134.5	—	—	—	—	+54	-82	+116	42.0%	-0.37	5–7 (42%)	6–12 (33%)	93.1	-1.88
1985	28	1577	119.1	—	—	—	—	+20	—	+123	34.1%	-0.80	2–4 (33%)	4–6 (40%)	95.1	-0.55
1986	29	1554	123.5	—	—	—	—	+28	—	—	25.0%	-1.50	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.38
1987	30	1526	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.50	—	1–0	—	+0.20
Career		1981	145.8	—	—	—	—	+2	-208	+32	47.1%	-0.11	44–32 (58%)	58–73 (44%)	100.8	-2.45

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Steve Denton Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1981	24	F	—	R128	R128	5–3 (62%)
1982	25	F	R128	R16	R16	12–4 (75%)
1983	26	R32	—	R128	R32	3–3 (50%)
1984	27	R128	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
1985	28	R64	—	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1987	30	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		13–6 (68%)	0–2 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	6–5 (55%)	23–18 (56%)

ATP 500

Steve Denton ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1981	24	—	—	QF	3–1 (75%)
1982	25	F	—	QF	8–2 (80%)
1983	26	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1984	27	R64	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1985	28	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1986	29	R32	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		8–4 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	14–9 (61%)

ATP 250

Steve Denton ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BAS	BRI	DAL	HKG	HOU	MAD	MEL	MET	MUN	NAP	NWP	QUE	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	BOM	BRU	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	DEN	FOR	FRA	HIL	JOH	LAF	LAS	LIV	LUX	MEM	MIL	NOR	PHI	RIC	SAN	SOU	SYD	SYD	TAI	WEM	W-L Win %
1978	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1979	22	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–7 (22%)
1980	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1981	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	R64	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	12–13 (48%)
1982	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	F	R32	—	—	R64	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	R64	—	SF	23–17 (58%)
1983	26	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	QF	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	F	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	20–18 (53%)
1984	27	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	R16	—	R64	F	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	12–15 (44%)
1985	28	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1986	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	5–5 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	72–87 (45%)

ATP Finals

Steve Denton ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	W-L Win %
1982	25	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 14, 1983

First Top 100

Nov 30, 1981

First Top 50

Jan 4, 1982

First Top 20

Aug 9, 1982

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Steve Denton ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	226
1979	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	251
1980	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	403
1981	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74	54
1982	25	24	34	33	25	21	23	21	15	15	14	13	13
1983	26	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	19	25	29	58
1984	27	59	63	68	65	66	70	73	92	99	96	120	149
1985	28	147	154	170	220	233	290	250	248	274	281	276	241
1986	29	241	213	214	265	266	272	296	255	261	267	270	300
1987	30	292	379	386	389	385	360	396	550	542	564	554	560
1988	31	593	597	606	632	649	943	951	955	987	977	1032	1054

Similar Players

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

Steve Denton's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Pavel Slozil	CZE	12	1,791	0	2	302	142	160	47.0%	1975–1986	Match log
Scott Davis	USA	11	1,925	0	3	403	206	197	51.1%	1979–1994	Match log
John Sadri	USA	14	1,980	0	2	403	214	189	53.1%	1976–1987	Match log
Chip Hooper	USA	17	1,855	0	0	223	104	119	46.6%	1980–1988	Match log
Pat Dupre	USA	14	1,986	0	1	377	179	198	47.5%	1972–1984	Match log
Paul Annacone	USA	12	1,942	0	3	291	160	131	55.0%	1982–1993	Match log
Alexander Volkov	RUS	14	1,922	0	3	537	291	246	54.2%	1968–1997	Match log
Thierry Tulasne	FRA	10	1,938	0	5	421	215	206	51.1%	1979–1991	Match log
Kim Warwick	AUS	15	1,946	0	3	557	288	269	51.7%	1969–1988	Match log
Mark Edmondson	AUS	15	1,927	1	6	475	244	231	51.4%	1972–1987	Match log
Derrick Rostagno	USA	13	1,921	0	1	372	192	180	51.6%	1983–1996	Match log
Tomas Smid	CZE	11	1,994	0	9	807	490	317	60.7%	1976–1989	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Steve Denton?: Steve Denton is 69 years old, born on September 5, 1956.
Which country does Steve Denton represent?: Steve Denton represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Steve Denton?: Steve Denton is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Steve Denton left-handed or right-handed?: Steve Denton plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Steve Denton won?: Steve Denton has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Steve Denton won?: TennisDB does not group any of Steve Denton's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Steve Denton's highest ATP ranking?: Steve Denton's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 12, first achieved on February 14, 1983.
What is Steve Denton's career win-loss record?: Steve Denton has a career ATP singles record of 109 wins and 116 losses (48.4%).
How much career prize money has Steve Denton earned?: Steve Denton has earned at least $1,084,664 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Steve Denton's career appear in TennisDB?: Steve Denton appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1978 through 1987.
On which surface does Steve Denton have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Steve Denton's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.2% (26–22).
Who has Steve Denton faced most often?: Steve Denton's most frequent opponent is Kevin Curren, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.