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Richard Meyer

USA Age 71 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1984

Richard Meyer represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 83. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 44–76 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

83 (Feb 2, 1981)

Elo peak

1689 (52nd percentile)

Singles record

44–76 (36.7%)

Singles titles

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 →

Richard Meyer's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Boris Becker #108	3-6 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 28, 1984*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
John Sadri #36	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 15, 1984*	R32	Treviso	ATP 250	Clay
Leo Palin #263	6-2 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1984*	R32	Tel Aviv	ATP 250	Hard
Hans Simonsson #177	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1984*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Eliot Teltscher #15	4-6 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 8, 1983*	R16	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass

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Richard Meyer's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rolf Gehring	1	2	3	Oct 15, 1983	H2H
Bernie Mitton	1	2	3	Dec 6, 1982	H2H
Vijay Amritraj	0	3	3	Oct 2, 1980	H2H
Leo Palin	1	1	2	Sep 13, 1984	H2H
Eliot Teltscher	0	2	2	Dec 8, 1983	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Richard Meyer 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
1981	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Sofia
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Richard Meyer career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1975	19	0	1	1	0.0%	355	373
1978	22	1	3	4	25.0%	352	225
1979	23	8	14	22	36.4%	146	146
1980	24	12	14	26	46.2%	86	89
1981	25	11	22	33	33.3%	89	100
1982	26	6	9	15	40.0%	—	—
1983	27	6	7	13	46.2%	248	248
1984	28	0	4	4	0.0%	193	320
Career		44	76	120	36.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Richard Meyer 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	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	22	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1979	23	2	5	7	28.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	8	14	22	36.4%
1980	24	3	4	7	42.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	7	12	41.7%	12	14	26	46.2%
1981	25	2	9	11	18.2%	2	6	8	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	11	22	33	33.3%
1982	26	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
1983	27	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	7	13	46.2%
1984	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
Career	—	9	22	31	29.0%	7	17	24	29.2%	11	13	24	45.8%	17	24	41	41.5%	44	76	120	36.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Richard Meyer 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	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1979	23	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	0	—	—	4	10	14	28.6%
1980	24	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	0	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
1981	25	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	14	16	12.5%	0	0	—	—	2	17	19	10.5%
1982	26	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	0	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
1983	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1984	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	5	11	16	31.2%	9	31	40	22.5%	0	3	3	0.0%	14	51	65	21.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 65/120 (54.2%) of Richard Meyer's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Richard Meyer 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	16	1493	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.01
1974	18	1479	96.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.05
1975	19	1477	104.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.16
1978	22	1475	106.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.38	—	0–1	—	+0.27
1979	23	1533	127.5	—	—	—	—	+58	-19	—	37.7%	-0.53	3–4 (43%)	4–4 (50%)	101.3	+0.67
1980	24	1676	130.5	—	—	—	—	-12	-145	-136	46.0%	-0.54	4–4 (50%)	4–7 (36%)	100.8	+0.97
1981	25	1638	123.1	—	—	—	—	+22	-150	-82	40.7%	-0.54	4–9 (31%)	8–13 (38%)	93.9	+0.93
1982	26	1646	128.8	—	—	—	—	-5	-147	-45	45.5%	-0.25	3–5 (38%)	3–3 (50%)	100.3	-0.59
1983	27	1631	100.5	—	—	—	—	-53	—	+44	48.6%	-0.14	2–2 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	100.1	+2.56
1984	28	1558	96.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.0%	-2.20	0–1	0–1	—	+0.29
Career		1689	126.9	—	—	—	—	+10	-121	-50	40.7%	-0.58	16–25 (39%)	24–33 (42%)	95.7	+4.17

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Richard Meyer Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	23	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1980	24	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1981	25	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1982	26	R64	—	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1983	27	R16	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1984	28	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	8–10 (44%)

ATP 500

Richard Meyer ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1980	24	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1981	25	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Richard Meyer ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BRI	GST	HOU	AUS	MEL	NWP	QUE	SOF	STO	TKY	WAS	BAL	BAL	BOL	BRI	CAL	CAP	COL	COL	DEN	FER	FOR	GEN	GUA	LA	LAS	LOS	MAU	MER	MEX	MEX	MON	MON	NAP	NEW	NEW	PHI	PHI	SAL	SAN	SAR	SOU	STO	STR	SYD	TAM	TEL	TRE	WEM	W-L Win %
1972	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1979	23	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	8–12 (40%)
1980	24	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	10–11 (48%)
1981	25	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	W	R64	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	9–18 (33%)
1982	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
1983	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1984	28	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	36–63 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Feb 2, 1981

First Top 100

Nov 24, 1980

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Richard Meyer ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	19	—	—	355	383	399	396	—	—	—	—	—	373
1978	22	352	—	—	—	—	—	265	—	—	—	—	225
1979	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	146
1980	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	89
1981	25	91	84	93	96	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	27	248	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	28	193	—	—	—	—	179	182	189	179	205	204	320
1985	29	314	319	423	496	534	531	622	672	727	725	732	—

Similar Players

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

Richard Meyer's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Werner Zirngibl	GER	#86	1,635	113	42	71	37.2%	—	1	1973–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	#85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	—	0	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Jan Norback	SWE	#84	1,670	114	36	78	31.6%	—	1	1973–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Louk Sanders	NED	#86	1,646	126	47	79	37.3%	—	0	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Christophe Freyss	FRA	#82	1,695	131	48	83	36.6%	$981	0	1977–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	#75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	—	0	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
George Hardie	USA	#80	1,635	221	77	144	34.8%	—	0	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Dan Cassidy	USA	#74	1,629	110	35	75	31.8%	$263,318	1	1969–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	#82	1,653	264	89	175	33.7%	$3,771	0	1970–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Bernard Fritz	FRA	#79	1,696	135	53	82	39.3%	—	0	1977–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Lewis	GBR	#77	1,656	183	67	116	36.6%	$547	0	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Grant	USA	#88	1,568	46	15	31	32.6%	$12,600	0	1974–1981	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Richard Meyer?: Richard Meyer is 71 years old, born on September 4, 1955.
Which country does Richard Meyer represent?: Richard Meyer represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Richard Meyer?: Richard Meyer is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Richard Meyer left-handed or right-handed?: Richard Meyer plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Richard Meyer won?: Richard Meyer has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Richard Meyer won?: TennisDB does not group any of Richard Meyer's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Richard Meyer won?: Richard Meyer has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Sofia in 1981.
What is Richard Meyer's highest ATP ranking?: Richard Meyer's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 83, first achieved on February 2, 1981.
What is Richard Meyer's career win-loss record?: Richard Meyer has a career ATP singles record of 44 wins and 76 losses (36.7%).
Which seasons of Richard Meyer's career appear in TennisDB?: Richard Meyer appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1984.
On which surface does Richard Meyer have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Richard Meyer's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 45.8% (11–13).
Who has Richard Meyer faced most often?: Richard Meyer's most frequent opponent is Rolf Gehring, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.