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Jay Lapidus

USA Age 67 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1978–1987

Jay Lapidus represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 34. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 76–106 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

34 (Mar 21, 1983)

Elo peak

1781 (67th percentile)

Singles record

76–106 (41.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$245,642

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 →

Jay Lapidus's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jay Berger #39	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 1987*	R32	Washington Open	ATP 250	Hard
Mark Kratzmann #165	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1987*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 250	Hard
Jaime Yzaga #70	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1987*	QF	Schenectady	ATP 250	Hard
Alvaro Jordan #278	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1987*	R16	Schenectady	ATP 250	Hard
Barry Moir #109	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1987*	R32	Schenectady	ATP 250	Hard

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Jay Lapidus's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tom Gullikson	2	2	4	Jun 28, 1985	—
Mark Kratzmann	1	2	3	Jul 29, 1987	H2H
Paul Annacone	0	3	3	Jul 16, 1987	H2H
Diego Perez	1	2	3	Jul 8, 1987	H2H
Jimmy Arias	1	2	3	May 6, 1987	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Jay Lapidus singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
1982	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Stowe
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Jay Lapidus career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1978	19	0	1	1	0.0%	308	272
1979	20	6	6	12	50.0%	184	184
1980	21	2	7	9	22.2%	283	283
1981	22	9	12	21	42.9%	—	—
1982	23	26	17	43	60.5%	100	40
1983	24	0	7	7	0.0%	39	81
1984	25	13	12	25	52.0%	503	65
1985	26	11	25	36	30.6%	64	150
1986	27	5	7	12	41.7%	150	145
1987	28	4	12	16	25.0%	145	234
Career		76	106	182	41.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jay Lapidus 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	19	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	20	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	50.0%
1980	21	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1981	22	3	5	8	37.5%	5	5	10	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	12	21	42.9%
1982	23	16	7	23	69.6%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	26	17	43	60.5%
1983	24	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%
1984	25	7	3	10	70.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	13	12	25	52.0%
1985	26	3	12	15	20.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	11	25	36	30.6%
1986	27	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%
1987	28	3	7	10	30.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
Career	—	36	45	81	44.4%	17	26	43	39.5%	16	22	38	42.1%	7	13	20	35.0%	76	106	182	41.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jay Lapidus 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	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	20	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1980	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1981	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	0	—	—	4	10	14	28.6%
1982	23	1	3	4	25.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	8	14	42.9%	0	0	—	—	11	14	25	44.0%
1983	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1984	25	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	9	2	11	81.8%	12	11	23	52.2%
1985	26	0	5	5	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	12	14	14.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	8	22	30	26.7%
1986	27	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1987	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	9	10	10.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
Career		1	13	14	7.1%	11	12	23	47.8%	17	55	72	23.6%	17	8	25	68.0%	46	88	134	34.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 134/182 (73.6%) of Jay Lapidus's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jay Lapidus 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	19	1494	100.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	0–2	—	-0.10
1979	20	1560	123.2	—	—	—	—	—	+34	—	48.1%	-0.78	1–2 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	102.6	+0.12
1980	21	1548	114.6	—	—	—	—	-27	—	-18	34.8%	-1.26	0–3 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	99.6	-0.54
1981	22	1609	120.7	—	—	—	—	-79	+4	—	43.9%	-0.79	6–5 (55%)	3–1 (75%)	104.9	-0.65
1982	23	1760	131.6	—	—	—	—	-34	-136	-200	57.0%	+0.20	6–4 (60%)	8–4 (67%)	105.7	+1.42
1983	24	1624	105.1	—	—	—	—	-6	—	—	15.8%	-2.31	0–2	2–0	—	-0.08
1984	25	1670	120.2	—	—	—	—	+11	-60	-141	54.4%	+0.40	2–2 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	98.3	+1.43
1985	26	1622	129.4	—	—	—	—	-58	-59	+6	35.4%	-0.88	5–7 (42%)	5–9 (36%)	95.8	-1.39
1986	27	1625	117.1	—	—	—	—	-69	—	+27	45.5%	-0.30	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	102.8	+0.19
1987	28	1551	114.3	—	—	—	—	-8	—	+42	32.5%	-1.10	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	95.9	-0.11
Career		1781	129.6	—	—	—	—	-37	-35	-56	44.0%	-0.52	23–31 (43%)	32–27 (54%)	102.4	+0.16

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jay Lapidus Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	20	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1980	21	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	22	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1982	23	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1983	24	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1984	25	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1985	26	R16	R128	R64	R128	4–4 (50%)
1986	27	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1987	28	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	3–6 (33%)	11–15 (42%)

ATP 500

Jay Lapidus ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	MIA	MIA	MIA	CAN	W-L Win %
1982	23	—	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1985	26	R32	R128	—	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
1986	27	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	28	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–6 (33%)

ATP 250

Jay Lapidus ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BAR	BAS	DAL	HKG	HOU	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	SEL	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	BOR	BRI	CHI	COL	DEN	FER	FOR	FOR	FOR	HAR	LA	LIV	LOS	MEM	NOR	PAL	PHI	SAN	SCH	SOU	SOU	STO	STR	SYD	TAI	TAM	TEL	U.S	W-L Win %
1978	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	6–5 (55%)
1980	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	2–6 (25%)
1981	22	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	8–11 (42%)
1982	23	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	QF	QF	R32	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	W	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	23–13 (64%)
1983	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–5 (0%)
1984	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	SF	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	11–11 (50%)
1985	26	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	5–18 (22%)
1986	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1987	28	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	4–10 (29%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	5–7 (42%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	5–4 (56%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–6 (40%)	62–85 (42%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Mar 21, 1983

First Top 100

Feb 15, 1982

First Top 50

Oct 18, 1982

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jay Lapidus ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	308	—	—	—	—	272
1979	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	184
1980	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	283
1982	23	—	100	—	—	—	100	96	73	67	51	36	40
1983	24	36	36	38	37	35	35	44	85	83	81	—	—
1984	25	503	—	—	—	—	217	198	140	97	86	75	65
1985	26	61	68	61	72	80	83	80	100	112	164	176	150
1986	27	150	171	215	197	154	135	118	112	110	107	114	145
1987	28	155	144	151	165	179	184	248	246	251	249	235	234
1988	29	229	254	251	250	370	381	504	621	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Jay Lapidus's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Brad Drewett	AUS	#34	1,750	406	181	225	44.6%	$755,546	2	1976–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Larry Stefanki	USA	#35	1,729	140	53	87	37.9%	$290,073	1	1979–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Leach	USA	#29	1,787	175	73	102	41.7%	$378,336	0	1980–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Carlos Kirmayr	BRA	#36	1,893	292	135	157	46.2%	$570,207	1	1972–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Gianni Ocleppo	ITA	#30	1,807	221	98	123	44.3%	$325,570	1	1975–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Van Winitsky	USA	#35	1,855	239	106	133	44.4%	$408,120	3	1975–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Roberto Arguello	ARG	#38	1,718	142	60	82	42.3%	$241,299	1	1979–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Jose Luis Damiani	URU	#32	1,781	114	50	64	43.9%	—	0	1978–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Colin Dowdeswell	GBR	#31	1,730	293	119	174	40.6%	$327,277	1	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Pedro Rebolledo	CHI	#36	1,802	194	91	103	46.9%	$435,551	3	1978–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Leif Shiras	USA	#31	1,687	173	71	102	41.0%	$467,156	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Moor	USA	#32	1,924	465	237	228	51.0%	$776,732	2	1973–1987	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jay Lapidus?: Jay Lapidus is 67 years old, born on May 1, 1959.
Which country does Jay Lapidus represent?: Jay Lapidus represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jay Lapidus?: Jay Lapidus is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Jay Lapidus left-handed or right-handed?: Jay Lapidus plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jay Lapidus won?: Jay Lapidus has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jay Lapidus won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jay Lapidus's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Jay Lapidus won?: Jay Lapidus has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Stowe in 1982.
What is Jay Lapidus' highest ATP ranking?: Jay Lapidus' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 34, first achieved on March 21, 1983.
What is Jay Lapidus' career win-loss record?: Jay Lapidus has a career ATP singles record of 76 wins and 106 losses (41.8%).
How much career prize money has Jay Lapidus earned?: Jay Lapidus has earned at least $245,642 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jay Lapidus's career appear in TennisDB?: Jay Lapidus appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1978 through 1987.
On which surface does Jay Lapidus have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jay Lapidus's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 44.4% (36–45).
Who has Jay Lapidus faced most often?: Jay Lapidus' most frequent opponent is Tom Gullikson, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.