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Danny Saltz

USA Age 65 193 cm / 6'4" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1981–1987

Danny Saltz represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 122. In TennisDB's records, Danny Saltz finished with a career record of 17–20 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

122 (Jul 16, 1984)

Elo peak

1658 (46th percentile)

Singles record

17–20 (45.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$20,869

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 →

Danny Saltz's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ivan Lendl #1	4-6 6-3 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1987*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Patrik Kuhnen #169	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1987*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Ricki Osterthun #120	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 1986*	R32	Toronto Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Kelly Evernden #86	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1986*	R32	ASB Classic	ATP 250	Hard
Rick Rudeen #334	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1985*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard

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Danny Saltz's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Chip Hooper	1	1	2	Oct 19, 1984	H2H
Ivan Lendl	0	1	1	Jan 16, 1987	H2H
Patrik Kuhnen	1	0	1	Jan 14, 1987	H2H
Ricki Osterthun	0	1	1	Feb 6, 1986	H2H
Kelly Evernden	0	1	1	Jan 9, 1986	H2H

Titles (1)

Danny Saltz 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
1984	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Danny Saltz career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1983	21	1	1	2	50.0%	358	358
1984	22	12	13	25	48.0%	390	149
1985	23	3	2	5	60.0%	155	272
1986	24	0	2	2	0.0%	410	329
1987	25	1	1	2	50.0%	329	227
Career		17	20	37	45.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Danny Saltz 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 %
1981	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	21	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1984	22	6	4	10	60.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	5	8	37.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	12	13	25	48.0%
1985	23	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1986	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1987	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	10	9	19	52.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	6	10	40.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	17	20	37	45.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Danny Saltz 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	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	6	4	10	60.0%	10	10	20	50.0%
1985	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%
1986	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1987	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	14	16	30	46.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 30/37 (81.1%) of Danny Saltz's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Danny Saltz 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	19	1490	95.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.33	—	—	—	-0.04
1983	21	1505	107.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	1–0	—	+0.02
1984	22	1564	120.9	—	—	—	—	+13	+15	-28	48.4%	-0.39	3–3 (50%)	8–5 (62%)	104.4	+0.84
1985	23	1581	102.1	—	—	—	—	+6	—	—	50.0%	-0.08	2–0	0–2	—	+0.91
1986	24	1551	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.23
1987	25	1572	108.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	57.1%	-0.14	—	—	—	-0.09
Career		1658	115.6	—	—	—	—	+11	+15	-28	45.7%	-0.58	5–3 (63%)	9–7 (56%)	106.1	+5.05

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Danny Saltz Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	USO	W-L Win %
1981	19	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1984	22	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1987	25	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

ATP 250

Danny Saltz ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BRI	MEL	NWP	TKY	FOR	LA	LOS	STO	SYD	SYD	TAI	TOR	W-L Win %
1983	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	22	R16	W	R32	R16	R16	—	R16	R64	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	—	12–10 (55%)
1985	23	—	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1986	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	8–2 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	16–15 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

122

Career-high date

Jul 16, 1984

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

Danny Saltz ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	662
1983	21	358	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	22	390	—	—	—	—	158	126	137	124	123	131	149
1985	23	186	186	176	175	171	173	214	208	226	253	255	272
1986	24	410	376	388	384	370	362	317	316	309	321	289	329
1987	25	291	304	294	309	331	286	223	207	207	198	222	227
1988	26	255	257	253	248	267	307	522	776	807	798	—	—

Similar Players

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

Danny Saltz's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
John Mattke	USA	125	1,565	14	5	9	35.7%	1982–1985	Match log
Pender Murphy	USA	124	1,556	24	8	16	33.3%	1982–1983	Match log
Gabriel Urpi	ESP	115	1,618	110	43	67	39.1%	1978–1987	Match log
Patrice Kuchna	FRA	125	1,578	21	7	14	33.3%	1980–1988	Match log
Chris Dunk	USA	129	1,581	50	18	32	36.0%	1977–1986	Match log
Nick Brown	GBR	145	1,564	26	11	15	42.3%	1980–1991	Match log
Peter Carlsson	SWE	119	1,532	32	10	22	31.3%	1982–1987	Match log
Scott Mccain	USA	122	1,571	69	22	47	31.9%	1980–1985	Match log
Mark Buckley	USA	124	1,536	23	6	17	26.1%	1983–1987	Match log
Morris Skip Strode	USA	98	1,601	43	17	26	39.5%	1981–1983	Match log
Paul Torre	FRA	145	1,648	35	15	20	42.9%	1980–1986	Match log
Roger Knapp	USA	146	1,561	10	4	6	40.0%	1984–1985	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Danny Saltz?: Danny Saltz is 65 years old, born on July 30, 1961.
Which country does Danny Saltz represent?: Danny Saltz represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Danny Saltz?: Danny Saltz is 193 cm / 6'4".
Is Danny Saltz left-handed or right-handed?: Danny Saltz plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Danny Saltz won?: Danny Saltz has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Danny Saltz won?: TennisDB does not group any of Danny Saltz's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Danny Saltz won?: Danny Saltz has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Auckland in 1984.
What is Danny Saltz's highest ATP ranking?: Danny Saltz's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 122, first achieved on July 16, 1984.
What is Danny Saltz's career win-loss record?: Danny Saltz has a career ATP singles record of 17 wins and 20 losses (45.9%).
How much career prize money has Danny Saltz earned?: Danny Saltz has earned at least $20,869 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Danny Saltz's career appear in TennisDB?: Danny Saltz appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1981 through 1987.
Who has Danny Saltz faced most often?: Danny Saltz's most frequent opponent is Chip Hooper, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.