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Richard Lewis

GBR Age 71 Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1984

Richard Lewis represented the United Kingdom on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 77. In TennisDB's records, Richard Lewis finished with a career record of 67–116 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

77 (Jan 2, 1978)

Elo peak

1657 (46th percentile)

Career record

67–116 (36.6%)

Career titles

Prize money

$547

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 Lewis's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Balazs Taroczy #68	4-6 6-4 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1984*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Mike Leach	6-7 6-2 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1983*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Hank Pfister #24	7-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 1983*	R16	Melbourne	ATP 250	Grass
Jeff Simpson	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 31, 1982*	R32	Melbourne	ATP 250	Grass
Rod Frawley #88	4-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 23, 1982*	R32	Adelaide International	ATP 250	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Richard Lewis's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ulrich Pinner	1	2	3	Oct 21, 1981	H2H
Jimmy Connors	1	2	3	Jun 25, 1980	H2H
Colin Dibley	0	3	3	Oct 13, 1979	H2H
Russell Simpson	2	1	3	Jan 5, 1979	H2H
Terry Moor	0	3	3	Jun 22, 1978	H2H

Career Results

Richard Lewis career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1973	18	2	4	6	33.3%	174	205
1974	19	6	8	14	42.9%	211	249
1975	20	3	7	10	30.0%	257	197
1976	21	4	9	13	30.8%	188	166
1977	22	27	30	57	47.4%	88	99
1978	23	3	17	20	15.0%	77	258
1979	24	9	8	17	52.9%	108	108
1980	25	1	9	10	10.0%	245	245
1981	26	6	8	14	42.9%	—	—
1982	27	6	13	19	31.6%	95	93
1983	28	0	1	1	0.0%	240	240
1984	29	0	1	1	0.0%	403	452
Career		67	116	183	36.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Richard Lewis 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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1973	18	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1974	19	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1975	20	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1976	21	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	4	9	13	30.8%
1977	22	8	5	13	61.5%	9	17	26	34.6%	8	7	15	53.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	27	30	57	47.4%
1978	23	0	3	3	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	17	20	15.0%
1979	24	5	3	8	62.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	8	17	52.9%
1980	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
1981	26	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1982	27	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1983	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	18	20	38	47.4%	12	35	47	25.5%	29	44	73	39.7%	8	17	25	32.0%	67	116	183	36.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Richard Lewis 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 %
1974	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	3	1	4	75.0%
1975	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%
1976	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1977	22	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	14	21	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	10	19	29	34.5%
1978	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1979	24	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1980	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1981	26	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	0	0	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1982	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1984	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	6	7	14.3%	1	13	14	7.1%	18	32	50	36.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	27	55	82	32.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 82/183 (44.8%) of Richard Lewis's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Richard Lewis 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	1491	98.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	+0.08
1973	18	1476	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	+39	18.2%	-1.73	—	—	—	+0.40
1974	19	1472	96.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+52	46.9%	-0.38	3–3 (50%)	1–1	—	+1.88
1975	20	1462	102.0	—	—	—	—	—	+62	-26	34.5%	-1.41	2–3 (40%)	1–0	—	+0.59
1976	21	1487	110.4	—	—	—	—	+40	-18	+37	30.6%	-1.50	2–2 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	98.6	+0.87
1977	22	1629	126.1	—	—	—	—	+9	-110	-13	44.9%	-0.42	14–7 (67%)	9–11 (45%)	107.8	+5.02
1978	23	1477	105.2	—	—	—	—	+70	-10	+104	19.1%	-1.92	1–3 (25%)	2–4 (33%)	96.8	+1.12
1979	24	1576	116.0	—	—	—	—	+32	—	+4	51.2%	-0.34	3–3 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	102.3	+1.44
1980	25	1506	108.8	—	—	—	—	+24	—	+86	20.0%	-2.56	1–3 (25%)	1–1	—	-0.28
1981	26	1582	121.6	—	—	—	—	+26	—	-6	47.2%	-0.28	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	99.7	+0.35
1982	27	1524	109.4	—	—	—	—	+22	—	+14	34.7%	-1.14	3–5 (38%)	8–4 (67%)	101.7	+1.17
1983	28	1502	99.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	0.00	—	0–2	—	+0.14
1984	29	1493	102.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-0.75	—	0–1	—	-0.12
Career		1657	117.4	—	—	—	—	+27	-70	+25	37.8%	-0.92	30–31 (49%)	28–33 (46%)	101.7	+6.96

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Richard Lewis Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	18	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	20	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1976	21	R32	R128	R32	—	3–3 (50%)
1977	22	R16	R128	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1978	23	R64	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1979	24	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	25	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	26	R32	—	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1982	27	R64	—	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1983	28	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	0–3 (0%)	2–11 (15%)	0–1 (0%)	7–21 (25%)

ATP 250

Richard Lewis ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	SWE	BRI	FLR	GST	HAM	MAD	MEL	MUN	NWP	PAR	QUE	SOF	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	ANC	BAL	BEC	BOL	BOM	BOU	CAI	CAL	COL	DUS	DUT	GUA	HEL	JOH	LON	MAN	MAN	MIL	MUR	NIC	NOR	EAS	PER	REP	SAN	SAN	SOU	SUR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TEH	TEL	CAN	TUL	WEM	W-L Win %
1972	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1974	19	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–8 (43%)
1975	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1976	21	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1977	22	R64	SF	—	R32	QF	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	R32	R32	R16	—	QF	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	SF	R64	—	R32	—	—	24–25 (49%)
1978	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	3–14 (18%)
1979	24	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	9–7 (56%)
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1981	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	5–6 (45%)
1982	27	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	5–10 (33%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	8–5 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–6 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	59–93 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jan 2, 1978

First Top 100

Jan 16, 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

Richard Lewis ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	174	192	188	203	205
1974	19	—	—	211	209	211	193	289	296	282	—	270	249
1975	20	257	—	265	257	220	189	—	—	—	—	—	197
1976	21	—	—	—	—	—	188	—	—	—	—	—	166
1977	22	89	92	83	84	96	98	105	—	—	—	—	99
1978	23	93	—	—	—	—	—	134	—	—	—	—	258
1979	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	108
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	245
1982	27	—	—	—	—	93	90	91	93	—	—	—	—
1983	28	240	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	29	403	—	—	—	—	379	366	372	426	441	433	452
1985	30	445	460	584	590	761	766	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Richard Lewis's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
David Carter	AUS	78	1,732	195	76	119	39.0%	1970–1984	Match log
George Hardie	USA	80	1,635	221	77	144	34.8%	1972–1981	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	1973–1980	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	78	1,624	163	64	99	39.3%	1968–1984	Match log
Christophe Freyss	FRA	82	1,695	131	48	83	36.6%	1977–1984	Match log
Steve Docherty	AUS	74	1,636	122	46	76	37.7%	1972–1981	Match log
Javier Soler	ESP	74	1,655	79	27	52	34.2%	1971–1984	Match log
Bernard Fritz	FRA	79	1,696	135	53	82	39.3%	1977–1984	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	82	1,653	264	89	175	33.7%	1970–1985	Match log
Jun Kuki	JPN	78	1,662	207	73	134	35.3%	1968–1982	Match log
Louk Sanders	NED	86	1,646	126	47	79	37.3%	1972–1982	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	1977–1982	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Richard Lewis?: Richard Lewis is 71 years old, born on December 6, 1954.
Which country does Richard Lewis represent?: Richard Lewis represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Richard Lewis left-handed or right-handed?: Richard Lewis plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Richard Lewis won?: Richard Lewis has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Richard Lewis won?: TennisDB does not group any of Richard Lewis's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Richard Lewis' highest ATP ranking?: Richard Lewis' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 77, first achieved on January 2, 1978.
What is Richard Lewis' career win-loss record?: Richard Lewis has a career ATP singles record of 67 wins and 116 losses (36.6%).
How much career prize money has Richard Lewis earned?: Richard Lewis has earned at least $547 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Richard Lewis's career appear in TennisDB?: Richard Lewis appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1984.
On which surface does Richard Lewis have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Richard Lewis's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 47.4% (18–20).
Who has Richard Lewis faced most often?: Richard Lewis' most frequent opponent is Ulrich Pinner, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.