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David Dowlen

USA Age 66 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1978–1987

David Dowlen represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 95. In TennisDB's records, David Dowlen finished with a career record of 10–26 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

95 (Aug 27, 1984)

Elo peak

1589 (29th percentile)

Singles record

10–26 (27.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$145,552

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 →

David Dowlen's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Damir Keretic #69	6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 1987*	R32	Sydney International	ATP 250	Grass
Bob Green #65	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1985*	R32	Livingston	ATP 250	Hard
Marcel Freeman #95	6-7 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 28, 1984*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Robert Seguso #178	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 1, 1984*	R32	Taipei	ATP 250	Carpet
Marty Davis #59	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1984*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard

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David Dowlen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Marty Davis	0	3	3	Oct 10, 1984	H2H
Morris Skip Strode	0	2	2	Mar 3, 1983	H2H
Peter Rennert	1	1	2	Oct 20, 1982	H2H
Damir Keretic	0	1	1	Jan 29, 1987	H2H
Bob Green	0	1	1	Jul 25, 1985	H2H

Career Results

David Dowlen career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1978	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	423	423
1981	21	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1982	22	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1983	23	5	7	12	41.7%	301	301
1984	24	2	7	9	22.2%	173	160
1985	25	0	1	1	0.0%	161	319
1987	27	0	1	1	0.0%	435	392
Career		10	26	36	27.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

David Dowlen 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	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	21	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1982	22	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1983	23	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
1984	24	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1985	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1987	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	8	11	19	42.1%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	10	26	36	27.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

David Dowlen 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	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1982	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1983	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	0	0	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
1984	24	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1985	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1987	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	17	25	32.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 25/36 (69.4%) of David Dowlen's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

David Dowlen 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	18	1491	99.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.04
1980	20	1488	102.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.10
1981	21	1505	114.1	—	—	—	—	+38	+24	—	29.4%	-1.24	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	102.1	-0.42
1982	22	1514	105.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27.3%	-1.09	—	0–1	—	-0.39
1983	23	1536	119.0	—	—	—	—	+57	—	—	48.5%	-0.18	2–5 (29%)	6–3 (67%)	99.2	+0.51
1984	24	1494	109.7	—	—	—	—	+50	—	—	20.0%	-1.05	1–0	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.42
1985	25	1482	97.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.10
1987	27	1475	98.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.00	—	0–2	—	-0.06
Career		1589	116.1	—	—	—	—	+52	+24	—	31.5%	-0.93	5–6 (45%)	7–11 (39%)	98.3	+0.28

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

David Dowlen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	18	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1982	22	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1983	23	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	24	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

ATP 500

David Dowlen ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	W-L Win %
1981	21	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

David Dowlen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	TKY	BIR	CAR	CLE	GUA	HON	LIV	MAU	MEM	MON	NOR	SYD	TAI	U.S	W-L Win %
1980	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	21	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1982	22	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1983	23	—	R64	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1984	24	R32	R64	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	2–6 (25%)
1985	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	9–21 (30%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Aug 27, 1984

First Top 100

Aug 20, 1984

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

David Dowlen ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	400
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	423
1983	23	301	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	24	173	—	—	—	—	166	167	95	101	151	151	160
1985	25	153	162	158	163	167	170	172	300	306	317	320	319
1986	26	317	273	295	301	419	412	448	469	468	478	427	435
1987	27	433	566	560	576	586	371	375	355	354	356	381	392
1988	28	396	413	415	412	405	662	673	955	987	1013	—	—

Similar Players

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

David Dowlen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Ron Hightower	USA	97	1,550	27	7	20	25.9%	1980–1983	Match log
Gianluca Rinaldini	ITA	94	1,570	36	9	27	25.0%	1978–1984	Match log
Ben Mckown	USA	94	1,526	13	4	9	30.8%	1980–1981	Match log
Craig Wittus	USA	94	1,593	56	20	36	35.7%	1980–1984	Match log
John Hayes	USA	92	1,588	43	15	28	34.9%	1978–1984	Match log
Tony Mmoh	NGR	105	1,517	35	9	26	25.7%	1978–1988	Match log
Derek Tarr	USA	87	1,572	58	18	40	31.0%	1981–1987	Match log
Tony Graham	USA	100	1,630	65	19	46	29.2%	1977–1982	Match log
Morris Skip Strode	USA	98	1,601	43	17	26	39.5%	1981–1983	Match log
Raul Antonio Viver	ECU	94	1,567	69	20	49	29.0%	1979–1993	Match log
Egan Adams	USA	109	1,537	31	7	24	22.6%	1981–1985	Match log
Haroon Ismail	ZIM	87	1,611	66	20	46	30.3%	1978–1983	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is David Dowlen?: David Dowlen is 66 years old, born on February 3, 1960.
Which country does David Dowlen represent?: David Dowlen represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is David Dowlen?: David Dowlen is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is David Dowlen left-handed or right-handed?: David Dowlen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has David Dowlen won?: David Dowlen has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has David Dowlen won?: TennisDB does not group any of David Dowlen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is David Dowlen's highest ATP ranking?: David Dowlen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 95, first achieved on August 27, 1984.
What is David Dowlen's career win-loss record?: David Dowlen has a career ATP singles record of 10 wins and 26 losses (27.8%).
How much career prize money has David Dowlen earned?: David Dowlen has earned at least $145,552 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of David Dowlen's career appear in TennisDB?: David Dowlen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1978 through 1987.
Who has David Dowlen faced most often?: David Dowlen's most frequent opponent is Marty Davis, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.