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Ricardo Ycaza

ECU Age 68 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1977–1985

Ricardo Ycaza represented Ecuador on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 44. In TennisDB's records, Ricardo Ycaza finished with a career record of 60–91 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

44 (Jul 20, 1981)

Elo peak

1750 (63rd percentile)

Career record

60–91 (39.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$133,237

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 →

Ricardo Ycaza's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pablo Arraya #81	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1985*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 250	Clay
Mel Purcell #32	3-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 27, 1983*	R64	North Conway	ATP 250	Clay
Ricardo Acuna #100	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1983*	R32	Vina Del Mar	ATP 250	Clay
Gustavo Tiberti	1-6 7-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 25, 1982*	R32	Bahia	ATP 250	Carpet
Jose Higueras #9	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 18, 1982*	R32	Sao Paulo	ATP 250	Clay

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Ricardo Ycaza's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jose Luis Clerc	0	7	7	Nov 22, 1980	H2H
Pablo Arraya	0	3	3	Jul 17, 1985	H2H
Mel Purcell	1	2	3	Jul 27, 1983	H2H
Hans Gildemeister	2	1	3	Nov 6, 1982	—
Raul Antonio Viver	3	0	3	Nov 4, 1982	H2H

Career Results

Ricardo Ycaza career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	19	7	14	21	33.3%	264	264
1978	20	12	16	28	42.9%	117	108
1979	21	5	13	18	27.8%	94	162
1980	22	14	14	28	50.0%	79	78
1981	23	19	16	35	54.3%	73	76
1982	24	3	15	18	16.7%	72	99
1983	25	0	2	2	0.0%	225	225
1985	27	0	1	1	0.0%	308	303
Career		60	91	151	39.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ricardo Ycaza 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 %
1977	19	0	1	1	0.0%	7	11	18	38.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	14	21	33.3%
1978	20	0	2	2	0.0%	12	11	23	52.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	16	28	42.9%
1979	21	0	4	4	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	5	13	18	27.8%
1980	22	0	1	1	0.0%	14	13	27	51.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	14	28	50.0%
1981	23	0	1	1	0.0%	19	15	34	55.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	16	35	54.3%
1982	24	—	—	—	—	3	10	13	23.1%	—	—	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	3	15	18	16.7%
1983	25	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1985	27	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	0	9	9	0.0%	59	70	129	45.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	8	8	0.0%	60	91	151	39.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ricardo Ycaza 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	19	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1978	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	0	—	—	3	10	13	23.1%
1979	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	0	0	—	—	3	9	12	25.0%
1980	22	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	0	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
1981	23	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	0	0	—	—	7	11	18	38.9%
1982	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
1983	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1985	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		2	10	12	16.7%	2	11	13	15.4%	17	31	48	35.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	21	53	74	28.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 74/151 (49.0%) of Ricardo Ycaza's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ricardo Ycaza 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
1977	19	1516	116.1	—	—	—	—	—	+48	—	36.7%	-1.02	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	97.0	+1.74
1978	20	1602	127.5	—	—	—	—	-111	+55	—	43.2%	-0.50	8–4 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	—	+1.14
1979	21	1568	110.9	—	—	—	—	-119	+51	-68	25.0%	-2.27	3–2 (60%)	3–3 (50%)	99.8	-1.05
1980	22	1638	131.0	—	—	—	—	—	+51	—	50.0%	-0.03	4–5 (44%)	6–2 (75%)	102.8	+1.97
1981	23	1659	123.8	—	—	—	—	—	+38	—	50.0%	-0.33	6–5 (55%)	5–3 (63%)	101.0	+2.24
1982	24	1530	118.1	—	—	—	—	-146	+77	—	26.2%	-1.69	2–4 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.36
1983	25	1510	101.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.60	0–1	—	—	-0.03
1985	27	1500	98.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.04
Career		1750	127.0	—	—	—	—	-127	+50	-68	40.4%	-0.85	24–24 (50%)	17–15 (53%)	102.1	+4.22

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ricardo Ycaza Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	19	R128	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1978	20	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1979	21	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1980	22	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1981	23	R16	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1982	24	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–5 (44%)	1–3 (25%)	2–4 (33%)	7–12 (37%)

ATP 500

Ricardo Ycaza ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	W-L Win %
1978	20	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1979	21	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	23	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1982	24	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

ATP 250

Ricardo Ycaza ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BUE	CIN	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	HOU	AUS	MAD	MUN	NAP	QUE	STG	STU	VIE	WAS	AIX	BAH	BER	BOG	BOR	BRU	CLE	FOR	GEN	GUA	JAC	LA	LOU	MEX	NOR	PAL	QUI	SAN	SAO	SAR	SOU	SOU	STR	TEH	TUL	U.S	VEN	VIN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1977	19	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	5–11 (31%)
1978	20	R16	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	11–12 (48%)
1979	21	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R32	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1980	22	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14–13 (52%)
1981	23	R64	R16	—	—	QF	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	16–14 (53%)
1982	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	R32	3–13 (19%)
1983	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1985	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–5 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	53–75 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 20, 1981

First Top 100

Apr 17, 1978

First Top 50

Jun 15, 1981

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Ricardo Ycaza ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1977	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	264	—	—	—	—	—
1978	20	111	—	—	95	97	98	122	—	—	—	—	108
1979	21	—	—	—	84	83	84	90	100	—	—	—	162
1980	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	79	83	73	78
1981	23	76	75	76	75	59	45	55	55	52	69	73	76
1982	24	72	78	79	76	99	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	25	225	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	26	403	—	—	—	—	612	742	768	748	741	—	—
1985	27	—	—	—	—	—	307	310	309	311	309	311	303
1986	28	302	302	303	305	318	761	773	—	—	—	—	—

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

Ricardo Ycaza's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Hans Simonsson	SWE	45	1,698	0	116	42	74	36.2%	1978–1985	Match log
Russell Simpson	NZL	47	1,767	0	326	131	195	40.2%	1972–1987	Match log
Francisco Gonzalez	PAR	40	1,758	0	262	105	157	40.1%	1975–1986	Match log
Eddie Edwards	RSA	42	1,742	1	220	87	133	39.5%	1975–1988	Match log
Bernard Boileau	BEL	41	1,694	0	78	34	44	43.6%	1978–1984	Match log
Pascal Portes	FRA	41	1,864	0	215	98	117	45.6%	1977–1985	Match log
Ricardo Acuna	CHI	47	1,729	0	161	60	101	37.3%	1978–1989	Match log
Stefan Simonsson	SWE	48	1,788	0	219	98	121	44.7%	1977–1986	Match log
Eric Fromm	USA	46	1,793	0	134	51	83	38.1%	1979–1987	Match log
Dominique Bedel	FRA	41	1,651	1	143	57	86	39.9%	1976–1984	Match log
Peter Elter	GER	51	1,788	0	203	88	115	43.3%	1976–1986	Match log
Peter Rennert	USA	40	1,770	0	109	49	60	45.0%	1979–1984	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ricardo Ycaza?: Ricardo Ycaza is 68 years old, born on February 16, 1958.
Which country does Ricardo Ycaza represent?: Ricardo Ycaza represents Ecuador in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Ricardo Ycaza?: Ricardo Ycaza is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Ricardo Ycaza left-handed or right-handed?: Ricardo Ycaza plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ricardo Ycaza won?: Ricardo Ycaza has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Ricardo Ycaza won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ricardo Ycaza's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Ricardo Ycaza's highest ATP ranking?: Ricardo Ycaza's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 44, first achieved on July 20, 1981.
What is Ricardo Ycaza's career win-loss record?: Ricardo Ycaza has a career ATP singles record of 60 wins and 91 losses (39.7%).
How much career prize money has Ricardo Ycaza earned?: Ricardo Ycaza has earned at least $133,237 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ricardo Ycaza's career appear in TennisDB?: Ricardo Ycaza appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1977 through 1985.
On which surface does Ricardo Ycaza have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ricardo Ycaza's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 45.7% (59–70).
Who has Ricardo Ycaza faced most often?: Ricardo Ycaza's most frequent opponent is Jose Luis Clerc, with a head-to-head record of 0–7 across 7 meetings.