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Colin Dowdeswell

GBR Age 71 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1986

Colin Dowdeswell represented the United Kingdom on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 31. In TennisDB's records, Colin Dowdeswell finished with a career record of 119–174 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

31 (Dec 12, 1983)

Elo peak

1730 (59th percentile)

Career record

119–174 (40.6%)

Career titles

Prize money

$327,277

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 →

Colin Dowdeswell's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Henri Leconte #9	1-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1986*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Andrei Chesnokov #40	6-2 2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1986*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Christo Steyn #68	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 26, 1985*	R32	Melbourne	ATP 250	Grass
Tarik Benhabiles #139	3-6 6-4 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1985*	R32	Adelaide International	ATP 250	Grass
Leif Shiras #120	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 11, 1985*	R64	Sydney International	ATP 250	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Colin Dowdeswell's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jose Higueras	3	2	5	Aug 17, 1978	H2H
Ivan Lendl	1	3	4	Nov 8, 1984	H2H
Zoltan Kuharszky	2	2	4	Oct 11, 1984	H2H
Tomas Smid	1	3	4	Jul 19, 1984	H2H
Jan Kodes	1	3	4	Jul 15, 1977	H2H

Titles (1)

Colin Dowdeswell 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
1975	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Istanbul
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Colin Dowdeswell career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1973	18	4	5	9	44.4%	134	148
1974	19	4	4	8	50.0%	150	138
1975	20	22	24	46	47.8%	139	85
1976	21	14	26	40	35.0%	85	122
1977	22	9	13	22	40.9%	99	94
1978	23	20	22	42	47.6%	100	75
1979	24	12	16	28	42.9%	75	104
1980	25	1	13	14	7.1%	269	269
1982	27	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
1983	28	17	10	27	63.0%	238	33
1984	29	10	24	34	29.4%	33	179
1985	30	2	11	13	15.4%	173	258
1986	31	1	1	2	50.0%	258	414
Career		119	174	293	40.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Colin Dowdeswell 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 %
1972	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1973	18	2	1	3	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1974	19	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1975	20	2	2	4	50.0%	20	19	39	51.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	22	24	46	47.8%
1976	21	2	4	6	33.3%	10	16	26	38.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	14	26	40	35.0%
1977	22	1	2	3	33.3%	7	10	17	41.2%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	9	13	22	40.9%
1978	23	10	6	16	62.5%	9	14	23	39.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	22	42	47.6%
1979	24	5	9	14	35.7%	6	5	11	54.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	16	28	42.9%
1980	25	1	2	3	33.3%	0	10	10	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	13	14	7.1%
1982	27	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1983	28	8	3	11	72.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	17	10	27	63.0%
1984	29	4	5	9	44.4%	2	9	11	18.2%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	5	5	0.0%	10	24	34	29.4%
1985	30	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	11	13	15.4%
1986	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	39	41	80	48.8%	65	94	159	40.9%	10	22	32	31.2%	5	17	22	22.7%	119	174	293	40.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Colin Dowdeswell 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 %
1973	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1975	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1976	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1977	22	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1978	23	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	8	15	46.7%
1979	24	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	0	—	—	4	11	15	26.7%
1980	25	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
1982	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1983	28	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	0	0	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1984	29	1	3	4	25.0%	0	8	8	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	3	10	70.0%	10	19	29	34.5%
1985	30	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	2	8	10	20.0%
1986	31	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		2	9	11	18.2%	5	23	28	17.9%	19	35	54	35.2%	11	12	23	47.8%	37	79	116	31.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 116/293 (39.6%) of Colin Dowdeswell's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Colin Dowdeswell 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
1972	17	1505	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	57.1%	-0.57	—	3–0 (100%)	—	+0.01
1973	18	1522	117.3	—	—	—	—	+87	+60	—	47.6%	-0.19	0–1	—	—	+0.51
1974	19	1538	103.5	—	—	—	—	+109	—	—	50.0%	-0.39	1–1	1–1	—	+1.37
1975	20	1612	121.7	—	—	—	—	-27	+57	—	45.4%	-0.20	4–8 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	98.8	+4.07
1976	21	1627	127.0	—	—	—	—	-79	+48	-171	39.4%	-0.75	5–9 (36%)	7–4 (64%)	99.4	+0.35
1977	22	1577	118.3	—	—	—	—	-40	+40	—	43.9%	-0.53	4–4 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	100.3	+1.17
1978	23	1652	125.6	—	—	—	—	+16	-49	—	43.1%	-0.41	13–5 (72%)	4–10 (29%)	108.9	+1.98
1979	24	1617	120.0	—	—	—	—	-46	+21	—	43.1%	-0.64	5–5 (50%)	7–5 (58%)	101.9	-0.02
1980	25	1493	109.7	—	—	—	—	+86	+4	—	17.6%	-2.09	0–4 (0%)	1–1	—	-0.29
1982	27	1521	119.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31.3%	-0.94	1–0	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.28
1983	28	1718	139.0	—	—	—	—	-9	-106	—	59.1%	+0.92	6–4 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	104.5	+1.78
1984	29	1609	124.9	—	—	—	—	+55	-52	-92	31.7%	-1.22	4–4 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	100.4	-0.62
1985	30	1477	105.6	—	—	—	—	+122	—	-48	26.7%	-1.57	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	94.6	+0.51
1986	31	1511	104.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42.9%	-0.71	—	—	—	-0.18
Career		1730	128.5	—	—	—	—	+11	+10	-93	41.4%	-0.57	43–48 (47%)	39–37 (51%)	103.8	+3.56

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Colin Dowdeswell Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	18	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	19	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	20	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1976	21	—	R128	R128	R16	3–3 (50%)
1977	22	—	R64	R64	—	2–2 (50%)
1978	23	—	R64	R64	R16	5–3 (62%)
1979	24	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1980	25	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1982	27	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	29	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1985	30	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1986	31	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	3–8 (27%)	5–11 (31%)	6–5 (55%)	15–26 (37%)

ATP 500

Colin Dowdeswell ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1975	20	—	R32	—	R16	3–2 (60%)
1976	21	—	R32	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1978	23	—	R32	R16	—	2–2 (50%)
1979	24	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	25	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	28	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	29	R64	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	2–3 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	8–11 (42%)

ATP 250

Colin Dowdeswell ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BAR	BAS	FLR	GST	HAM	HKG	AUS	MAD	MC	MEL	MUN	NAP	ITA	STO	STU	VIE	WAS	BEC	BER	BER	BOR	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAP	CLE	COL	COL	DUB	DUS	IST	JOH	JOH	LAG	LIT	LON	LOU	MAU	MEM	MEX	MIL	NAN	NIC	NOR	EAS	NUR	PAL	PHI	IW	SAN	SAR	SOU	SOU	STR	SYD	TEH	TEL	U.S	VAL	WEM	W-L Win %
1972	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1973	18	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1974	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1975	20	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R64	—	19–20 (49%)
1976	21	—	—	R64	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	10–21 (32%)
1977	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–11 (39%)
1978	23	—	R32	R64	R32	—	R16	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13–17 (43%)
1979	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–11 (45%)
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–10 (9%)
1982	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–3 (25%)
1983	28	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	16–9 (64%)
1984	29	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	R64	—	QF	—	R32	QF	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	9–18 (33%)
1985	30	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	5–7 (42%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–7 (30%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–4 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	6–4 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–9 (53%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	96–136 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Dec 12, 1983

First Top 100

Aug 12, 1974

First Top 50

Nov 28, 1983

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Colin Dowdeswell ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	134	136	118	148	148
1974	19	—	—	150	151	151	123	107	78	128	—	137	138
1975	20	139	—	—	235	141	118	—	—	—	—	—	85
1976	21	—	—	—	—	—	85	—	—	—	—	—	122
1977	22	—	—	—	99	87	90	88	77	—	89	92	94
1978	23	97	—	—	64	74	71	79	73	67	80	86	75
1979	24	75	70	72	77	—	—	80	81	—	84	77	104
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	269
1983	28	238	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	71	34	33
1984	29	35	39	42	47	59	59	66	77	94	105	175	179
1985	30	176	175	165	150	153	140	144	109	110	123	212	258
1986	31	258	269	272	277	273	280	234	345	360	368	383	414
1987	32	412	411	408	418	422	439	901	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Colin Dowdeswell's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Billy Martin	USA	32	1,821	1	321	146	175	45.5%	1972–1982	Match log
Rolf Gehring	GER	30	1,826	1	241	113	128	46.9%	1973–1985	Match log
Gianni Ocleppo	ITA	30	1,807	1	221	98	123	44.3%	1975–1987	Match log
Christophe Roger-Vasselin	FRA	29	1,743	0	218	90	128	41.3%	1976–1985	Match log
Jose Luis Damiani	URU	32	1,781	0	114	50	64	43.9%	1978–1983	Match log
Carlos Kirmayr	BRA	36	1,893	1	292	135	157	46.2%	1972–1987	Match log
Marcos Hocevar	BRA	30	1,819	0	174	80	94	46.0%	1979–1985	Match log
Jay Lapidus	USA	34	1,780	1	182	76	106	41.8%	1978–1987	Match log
Kjell Johansson	SWE	32	1,807	1	242	111	131	45.9%	1969–1982	Match log
Butch Walts	USA	30	1,915	4	275	140	135	50.9%	1975–1984	Match log
Van Winitsky	USA	35	1,855	3	239	106	133	44.4%	1975–1985	Match log
Mike Leach	USA	29	1,787	0	175	73	102	41.7%	1980–1987	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Colin Dowdeswell?: Colin Dowdeswell is 71 years old, born on May 12, 1955.
Which country does Colin Dowdeswell represent?: Colin Dowdeswell represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Colin Dowdeswell?: Colin Dowdeswell is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Colin Dowdeswell left-handed or right-handed?: Colin Dowdeswell plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Colin Dowdeswell won?: Colin Dowdeswell has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Colin Dowdeswell won?: TennisDB does not group any of Colin Dowdeswell's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Colin Dowdeswell won?: Colin Dowdeswell has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Istanbul in 1975.
What is Colin Dowdeswell's highest ATP ranking?: Colin Dowdeswell's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 31, first achieved on December 12, 1983.
What is Colin Dowdeswell's career win-loss record?: Colin Dowdeswell has a career ATP singles record of 119 wins and 174 losses (40.6%).
How much career prize money has Colin Dowdeswell earned?: Colin Dowdeswell has earned at least $327,277 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Colin Dowdeswell's career appear in TennisDB?: Colin Dowdeswell appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1986.
On which surface does Colin Dowdeswell have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Colin Dowdeswell's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 48.8% (39–41).
Who has Colin Dowdeswell faced most often?: Colin Dowdeswell's most frequent opponent is Jose Higueras, with a head-to-head record of 3–2 across 5 meetings.