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Rick Fagel

USA Born Nov 29, 1953 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1983

Rick Fagel represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 60. TennisDB's records show a 47–99 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1972 through 1983 and no recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

60 (Nov 7, 1977)

Elo peak

1615 (36th percentile)

Singles record

47–99 (32.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$64,787

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 →

Rick Fagel's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Eric Korita	3-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 1983*	R32	South Orange	ATP 250	Clay
Jerome Potier	3-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1982*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Brian Gottfried #29	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1982*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Martin Wostenholme	6-4 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1982*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Thierry Tulasne #84	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 5, 1982*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay

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Rick Fagel's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Harold Solomon	2	3	5	Jul 14, 1982	H2H
Eddie Dibbs	1	3	4	Apr 10, 1981	H2H
Peter Feigl	2	1	3	Aug 19, 1981	H2H
Ivan Lendl	0	3	3	Aug 5, 1981	H2H
Carlos Kirmayr	0	3	3	Jun 11, 1981	H2H

Career Results

Rick Fagel career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1975	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	308
1977	23	9	15	24	37.5%	—	75
1978	24	11	18	29	37.9%	78	135
1979	25	7	19	26	26.9%	—	113
1980	26	9	16	25	36.0%	—	—
1981	27	11	19	30	36.7%	—	—
1982	28	0	9	9	0.0%	—	—
1983	29	0	1	1	0.0%	217	—
Career		47	99	146	32.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Rick Fagel 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	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1975	21	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	23	1	5	6	16.7%	8	10	18	44.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	15	24	37.5%
1978	24	1	1	2	50.0%	9	12	21	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	11	18	29	37.9%
1979	25	2	2	4	50.0%	5	16	21	23.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	19	26	26.9%
1980	26	1	3	4	25.0%	8	12	20	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1981	27	4	5	9	44.4%	7	13	20	35.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	11	19	30	36.7%
1982	28	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	9	9	0.0%
1983	29	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	9	19	28	32.1%	37	69	106	34.9%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	47	99	146	32.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Rick Fagel 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	23	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	0	0	—	—	6	10	16	37.5%
1978	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	14	17	17.6%
1979	25	1	0	1	100.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	10	10	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	13	14	7.1%
1980	26	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	14	14	0.0%
1981	27	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	0	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
1982	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
Career		1	7	8	12.5%	3	22	25	12.0%	12	37	49	24.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	16	67	83	19.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 83/146 (56.8%) of Rick Fagel's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Rick Fagel 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	18	1490	98.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.13
1975	21	1481	103.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.08
1977	23	1527	120.3	—	—	—	—	-35	+48	—	42.3%	-0.58	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	99.2	+0.64
1978	24	1566	131.1	—	—	—	—	-73	+52	—	39.4%	-0.76	2–5 (29%)	5–3 (63%)	101.3	+1.23
1979	25	1512	123.8	—	—	—	—	-14	+13	—	31.8%	-1.24	4–6 (40%)	1–7 (13%)	95.8	-1.38
1980	26	1553	134.0	—	—	—	—	-48	+9	—	40.4%	-0.47	3–4 (43%)	2–4 (33%)	99.5	+0.01
1981	27	1583	136.8	—	—	—	—	-16	-9	—	37.8%	-0.85	5–5 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	104.0	-1.02
1982	28	1456	94.2	—	—	—	—	+50	+72	—	13.0%	-3.13	0–2	—	—	+0.72
1983	29	1446	100.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	+0.10
Career		1615	132.2	—	—	—	—	-27	+24	—	36.1%	-0.97	16–28 (36%)	11–19 (37%)	96.9	+0.24

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Rick Fagel Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1975	21	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1977	23	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1978	24	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1979	25	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1980	26	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1981	27	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1982	28	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–4 (0%)	4–7 (36%)	5–14 (26%)

ATP 500

Rick Fagel ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	24	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	26	R64	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1981	27	R16	R32	R64	3–3 (50%)
1982	28	R64	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	3–8 (27%)

ATP 250

Rick Fagel ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BUE	CIN	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	HKG	HOU	MAD	MIA	MUN	NAP	STG	TKY	VIE	WAS	BAL	BER	BIR	BOG	BOM	BOR	BRU	COL	COL	DUT	FOR	GUA	LIT	LOS	LOU	MAN	MAR	MON	NEW	NOR	QUI	SAR	SOU	TAI	TAM	TEH	U.S	VEN	VIN	W-L Win %
1972	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	23	R64	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	7–14 (33%)
1978	24	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	R64	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–14 (39%)
1979	25	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	7–16 (30%)
1980	26	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	8–13 (38%)
1981	27	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	R16	8–13 (38%)
1982	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–5 (0%)
1983	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	39–77 (34%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 7, 1977

First Top 100

Jul 25, 1977

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Rick Fagel ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	308
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	272	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	78	67	62	67	75
1978	24	78	92	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	135
1979	25	—	—	—	—	78	95	73	78	83	—	—	113
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	30	—	—	—	—	—	288	261	269	269	269	268	275
1985	31	289	292	296	328	331	357	737	745	742	742	753	743
1986	32	740	733	735	731	759	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Rick Fagel's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Robin Drysdale	GBR	#60	1,618	112	35	77	31.3%	$9,754	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Ferdi Taygan	USA	#59	1,745	195	74	121	37.9%	$668,104	1973–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Keith Richardson	USA	#63	1,538	61	18	43	29.5%	—	1976–1979	Rivalries	Match log
David Schneider	USA	#62	1,586	117	30	87	25.6%	—	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Jim Delaney	USA	#64	1,678	209	78	131	37.3%	—	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Cahill	USA	#58	1,727	256	100	156	39.1%	—	1974–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	#66	1,588	141	47	94	33.3%	$276	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Louis Haillet	FRA	#68	1,668	140	48	92	34.3%	—	1972–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Belus Prajoux	CHI	#62	1,729	210	81	129	38.6%	$7,084	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
John Marks	AUS	#60	1,631	111	30	81	27.0%	—	1970–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Deon Joubert	RSA	#52	1,633	115	39	76	33.9%	—	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Gilles Moretton	FRA	#65	1,735	148	59	89	39.9%	—	1977–1983	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Rick Fagel born?: Rick Fagel was born on November 29, 1953.
Which country did Rick Fagel represent?: Rick Fagel represented United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Rick Fagel?: Rick Fagel is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Rick Fagel left-handed or right-handed?: Rick Fagel plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Rick Fagel won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Rick Fagel in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Rick Fagel won?: TennisDB does not group any of Rick Fagel's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Rick Fagel's highest ATP ranking?: Rick Fagel's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on November 7, 1977.
What is Rick Fagel's career win-loss record?: Rick Fagel has 47 wins and 99 losses (32.2%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1972 through 1983.
How much career prize money has Rick Fagel earned?: Rick Fagel has earned at least $64,787 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Rick Fagel's career appear in TennisDB?: Rick Fagel appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1983.
On which surface does Rick Fagel have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Rick Fagel's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 34.9% (37–69).
Who has Rick Fagel faced most often?: Rick Fagel's most frequent opponent is Harold Solomon, with a head-to-head record of 2–3 across 5 meetings.