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Leo Palin

FIN Age 69 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1975–1985

Leo Palin represented Finland on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 92. In TennisDB's records, Leo Palin finished with a career record of 28–60 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

92 (May 17, 1982)

Elo peak

1561 (21st percentile)

Singles record

28–60 (31.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$140,695

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 →

Leo Palin's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Peter Carlsson #183	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1985*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP 250	Hard
Horacio de la Pena #57	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mel Purcell #66	4-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 1984*	R64	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
Marc Flur #133	6-3 2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 1984*	R16	Tel Aviv	ATP 250	Hard
Richard Meyer #185	2-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1984*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP 250	Hard

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Leo Palin's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Richard Meyer	1	1	2	Sep 13, 1984	H2H
Tim Mayotte	0	2	2	Sep 1, 1984	H2H
Corrado Barazzutti	0	2	2	Oct 28, 1982	H2H
Ilie Nastase	1	1	2	Oct 14, 1982	H2H
Tom Cain	0	2	2	Sep 30, 1982	H2H

Career Results

Leo Palin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1975	18	0	1	1	0.0%	383	399
1977	20	0	2	2	0.0%	366	366
1978	21	1	3	4	25.0%	332	236
1979	22	5	8	13	38.5%	135	135
1980	23	5	15	20	25.0%	197	197
1981	24	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—
1982	25	8	17	25	32.0%	107	99
1983	26	1	1	2	50.0%	216	216
1984	27	2	4	6	33.3%	181	234
1985	28	0	2	2	0.0%	236	277
Career		28	60	88	31.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Leo Palin 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 %
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	20	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1978	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1979	22	2	5	7	28.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	8	13	38.5%
1980	23	2	5	7	28.6%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
1981	24	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	6	7	13	46.2%
1982	25	4	8	12	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	17	25	32.0%
1983	26	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1984	27	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1985	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	11	26	37	29.7%	10	21	31	32.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	9	15	40.0%	28	60	88	31.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Leo Palin 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 %
1977	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1979	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1980	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%	0	0	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
1981	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1982	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	0	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
1983	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1984	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1985	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	7	26	33	21.2%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	35	44	20.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 44/88 (50.0%) of Leo Palin's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Leo Palin 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
1975	18	1478	97.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.33	—	—	—	+0.18
1977	20	1452	96.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	+0.39
1978	21	1450	111.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-0.75	—	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.18
1979	22	1493	111.3	—	—	—	—	+33	+57	—	40.7%	-0.52	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.71
1980	23	1464	111.8	—	—	—	—	+4	+70	—	33.3%	-0.90	1–5 (17%)	1–6 (14%)	91.7	+1.11
1981	24	1523	115.4	—	—	—	—	+17	-7	—	45.2%	-0.55	2–2 (50%)	5–3 (63%)	102.9	+1.63
1982	25	1504	104.4	—	—	—	—	+25	-20	—	34.4%	-1.34	3–2 (60%)	7–2 (78%)	109.0	+1.64
1983	26	1520	95.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.00	—	—	—	+0.02
1984	27	1521	105.3	—	—	—	—	+16	—	—	40.0%	-0.75	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.44
1985	28	1486	96.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.14	0–1	—	—	+0.36
Career		1561	111.1	—	—	—	—	+20	+27	—	35.6%	-0.99	10–13 (43%)	15–18 (45%)	101.0	+7.57

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Leo Palin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	20	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	22	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1980	23	—	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1982	25	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1984	27	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1985	28	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–6 (25%)	4–9 (31%)

ATP 500

Leo Palin ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1980	23	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1982	25	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

Leo Palin ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	SWE	BAS	HAM	HOU	MET	NAP	PAR	ROT	SOF	STO	BER	CAP	COL	DUT	FOR	FRA	HEL	JOH	LAG	LIN	LOS	MAU	MEX	MON	NOR	SAN	STO	SYD	TEL	U.S	W-L Win %
1975	18	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1979	22	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	5–7 (42%)
1980	23	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	3–12 (20%)
1981	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1982	25	—	R32	R16	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	6–12 (33%)
1983	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–3 (25%)
1985	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	23–48 (32%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

May 17, 1982

First Top 100

Apr 12, 1982

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Leo Palin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	18	—	—	—	383	399	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	366	—	—	—	—	—
1978	21	322	—	—	—	—	—	386	—	—	—	—	236
1979	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	135
1980	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	197
1982	25	107	—	—	98	92	100	100	99	—	—	—	—
1983	26	216	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	27	181	—	—	—	—	281	311	307	251	269	227	234
1985	28	235	239	239	254	220	221	211	211	247	247	286	277
1986	29	274	266	229	233	260	253	262	282	300	309	316	321
1987	30	323	354	627	694	701	903	901	904	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Leo Palin's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
John Hayes	USA	92	1,588	43	15	28	34.9%	1978–1984	Match log
Haroon Ismail	ZIM	87	1,611	66	20	46	30.3%	1978–1983	Match log
Terry Rocavert	AUS	92	1,630	98	37	61	37.8%	1975–1980	Match log
Craig Wittus	USA	94	1,593	56	20	36	35.7%	1980–1984	Match log
Ben Mckown	USA	94	1,526	13	4	9	30.8%	1980–1981	Match log
Randy Crawford	USA	95	1,528	22	7	15	31.8%	1975–1980	Match log
Tony Graham	USA	100	1,630	65	19	46	29.2%	1977–1982	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	1977–1982	Match log
Michael Grant	USA	88	1,568	46	15	31	32.6%	1974–1981	Match log
Gianluca Rinaldini	ITA	94	1,570	36	9	27	25.0%	1978–1984	Match log
Bruce Foxworth	USA	97	1,561	22	8	14	36.4%	1977–1985	Match log
Andy Andrews	USA	78	1,591	56	18	38	32.1%	1975–1985	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Leo Palin?: Leo Palin is 69 years old, born on October 20, 1956.
Which country does Leo Palin represent?: Leo Palin represents Finland in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Leo Palin?: Leo Palin is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Leo Palin left-handed or right-handed?: Leo Palin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Leo Palin won?: Leo Palin has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Leo Palin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Leo Palin's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Leo Palin's highest ATP ranking?: Leo Palin's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 92, first achieved on May 17, 1982.
What is Leo Palin's career win-loss record?: Leo Palin has a career ATP singles record of 28 wins and 60 losses (31.8%).
How much career prize money has Leo Palin earned?: Leo Palin has earned at least $140,695 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Leo Palin's career appear in TennisDB?: Leo Palin appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1975 through 1985.
On which surface does Leo Palin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Leo Palin's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 32.3% (10–21).
Who has Leo Palin faced most often?: Leo Palin's most frequent opponent is Richard Meyer, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.