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Nick Saviano

USA Born Jun 5, 1956 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Left-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1973–1984

Nick Saviano represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 48. TennisDB's records show a 158–199 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1973 through 1984 and one recorded singles title.

Peak singles rank

48 (Jul 12, 1978)

Elo peak

1791 (69th percentile)

Singles record

158–199 (44.3%)

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 →

Nick Saviano's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Glenn Michibata #78	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1984*	R64	La Quinta	ATP 250	Hard
Heinz Gunthardt #33	6-4 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 25, 1983*	R16	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard
Bruno Dadillon	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 24, 1983*	R32	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard
Hank Pfister #20	7-5 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 3, 1983*	R32	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
Ville Jansson	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 2, 1983*	R64	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Nick Saviano's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hank Pfister	3	4	7	Nov 3, 1983	H2H
Bob Lutz	3	4	7	Feb 23, 1983	H2H
Eddie Dibbs	0	7	7	Jul 23, 1980	H2H
Andrew Pattison	3	3	6	Oct 1, 1982	—
Brian Gottfried	2	4	6	Aug 8, 1982	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Nick Saviano 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
1983	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Nancy
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Nick Saviano career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	18	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1975	19	2	6	8	25.0%	231	179
1976	20	7	12	19	36.8%	159	115
1977	21	13	18	31	41.9%	—	60
1978	22	32	32	64	50.0%	62	72
1979	23	24	26	50	48.0%	74	72
1980	24	19	24	43	44.2%	74	93
1981	25	26	28	54	48.2%	96	97
1982	26	14	27	41	34.2%	95	99
1983	27	20	21	41	48.8%	98	97
1984	28	0	1	1	0.0%	98	745
Career		158	199	357	44.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nick Saviano 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 %
1973	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	18	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1975	19	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1976	20	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	12	19	36.8%
1977	21	6	4	10	60.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	5	8	37.5%	13	18	31	41.9%
1978	22	2	7	9	22.2%	11	8	19	57.9%	6	4	10	60.0%	13	13	26	50.0%	32	32	64	50.0%
1979	23	13	12	25	52.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	24	26	50	48.0%
1980	24	10	13	23	43.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	3	11	72.7%	0	6	6	0.0%	19	24	43	44.2%
1981	25	17	15	32	53.1%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	26	28	54	48.1%
1982	26	6	12	18	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	6	10	40.0%	14	27	41	34.1%
1983	27	15	12	27	55.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	20	21	41	48.8%
1984	28	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	70	80	150	46.7%	25	39	64	39.1%	28	30	58	48.3%	35	50	85	41.2%	158	199	357	44.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nick Saviano 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 %
1975	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	21	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	7	16	56.2%	0	0	—	—	9	12	21	42.9%
1978	22	1	3	4	25.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	14	10	24	58.3%	0	0	—	—	18	20	38	47.4%
1979	23	1	7	8	12.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	13	5	18	72.2%	0	0	—	—	16	15	31	51.6%
1980	24	2	5	7	28.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	7	14	50.0%	0	0	—	—	11	16	27	40.7%
1981	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	0	0	—	—	6	15	21	28.6%
1982	26	1	6	7	14.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	0	—	—	6	20	26	23.1%
1983	27	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	0	—	—	5	12	17	29.4%
1984	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		5	27	32	15.6%	10	33	43	23.3%	56	51	107	52.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	71	112	183	38.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 183/357 (51.3%) of Nick Saviano's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nick Saviano 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
1973	17	1492	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.17
1974	18	1481	104.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.89	0–1	0–1	—	+0.06
1975	19	1474	104.9	—	—	—	—	+17	+78	—	36.4%	-0.82	2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	99.2	+0.67
1976	20	1501	114.5	—	—	—	—	+3	+4	—	39.1%	-0.30	3–6 (33%)	0–5 (0%)	95.7	+1.40
1977	21	1646	132.7	—	—	—	—	+4	-152	-115	44.9%	-0.54	4–8 (33%)	5–8 (38%)	96.1	+0.44
1978	22	1690	139.8	—	—	—	—	-95	-22	-18	51.0%	+0.07	9–12 (43%)	10–10 (50%)	101.1	+2.15
1979	23	1781	139.0	—	—	—	—	-24	-130	-115	47.5%	-0.25	8–6 (57%)	11–6 (65%)	106.4	-2.47
1980	24	1751	138.2	—	—	—	—	-71	-102	+48	45.6%	-0.13	7–7 (50%)	5–11 (31%)	97.9	-1.67
1981	25	1694	136.6	—	—	—	—	+35	-25	+4	47.3%	-0.38	10–8 (56%)	11–8 (58%)	103.7	-0.21
1982	26	1646	141.7	—	—	—	—	+41	-13	+48	38.5%	-0.97	5–8 (38%)	11–3 (79%)	105.0	-3.56
1983	27	1624	119.1	—	—	—	—	+43	-50	+58	46.5%	-0.25	9–4 (69%)	8–5 (62%)	105.9	+2.00
1984	28	1610	99.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.06
Career		1791	138.8	—	—	—	—	-9	-38	-17	45.3%	-0.35	57–64 (47%)	63–60 (51%)	103.8	-0.40

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nick Saviano Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1976	20	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1977	21	R32	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1978	22	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1979	23	—	R128	R64	R32	3–3 (50%)
1980	24	—	—	R16	R128	3–2 (60%)
1981	25	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1982	26	R64	R128	R16	R128	3–4 (43%)
1983	27	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–4 (0%)	10–7 (59%)	3–8 (27%)	14–21 (40%)

ATP 500

Nick Saviano ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	22	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	23	R32	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1980	24	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1981	25	R64	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1982	26	R64	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–8 (20%)

ATP 250

Nick Saviano ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAS	BRI	CIN	HKG	HOU	AUS	MEL	MIA	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	ITA	ROT	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	BAL	BAL	BIR	BIR	BRI	BRU	CAP	CAR	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	COL	DAY	DEN	FOR	GUA	HAM	LA	LAS	LIN	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAN	MAU	MEM	MER	MIL	MON	MON	NAN	NOR	EAS	TKY	PAL	IW	PER	IW	SAC	SAL	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAO	SAR	SOU	SOU	SPR	ST.	STR	SUR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TAM	TEH	TOU	TUL	U.S	WEM	ZEL	ZUR	W-L Win %
1973	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1976	20	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	6–11 (35%)
1977	21	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–14 (46%)
1978	22	R32	—	R32	R16	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	30–27 (53%)
1979	23	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	20–20 (50%)
1980	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	15–20 (43%)
1981	25	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	26–24 (52%)
1982	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	11–21 (34%)
1983	27	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	QF	R32	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	19–19 (50%)
1984	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	9–7 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	8–5 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–5 (17%)	3–6 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	11–5 (69%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–3 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	6–3 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–7 (36%)	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–6 (40%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–3 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	142–167 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 12, 1978

First Top 100

Jan 16, 1977

First Top 50

Jun 26, 1978

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Nick Saviano ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	270	219	—	220	—
1975	19	231	—	228	224	234	—	—	—	—	—	—	179
1976	20	—	—	—	—	—	159	—	—	—	—	—	115
1977	21	92	82	87	89	95	—	—	82	83	65	56	60
1978	22	58	54	53	55	59	50	49	52	55	68	68	72
1979	23	74	82	80	72	69	67	—	99	82	—	69	72
1980	24	76	84	89	—	93	100	68	74	89	85	83	93
1981	25	86	82	83	69	58	65	92	86	86	78	97	97
1982	26	94	—	71	83	83	93	71	84	86	87	—	99
1983	27	94	—	77	74	80	73	92	95	99	—	100	97
1984	28	97	100	—	—	—	171	194	234	235	354	726	745
1985	29	738	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Chris Delaney	USA	#48	1,706	60	26	34	43.3%	—	0	1973–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Rod Frawley	AUS	#43	1,814	255	112	143	43.9%	$256,333	1	1969–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Russell Simpson	NZL	#47	1,767	326	131	195	40.2%	$326,467	0	1972–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Stefan Simonsson	SWE	#48	1,788	219	98	121	44.7%	$278,086	0	1977–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Georges Goven	FRA	#56	1,864	435	204	231	46.9%	$212	1	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Bruce Manson	USA	#39	1,838	300	129	171	43.0%	$492,338	0	1973–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Kary	AUT	#54	1,767	370	152	218	41.1%	—	1	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Bernie Mitton	RSA	#42	1,827	429	206	223	48.0%	—	2	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Angel Gimenez	ESP	#41	1,779	192	86	106	44.8%	$283	2	1975–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Ivan Molina	COL	#46	1,799	351	156	195	44.4%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Elter	GER	#51	1,788	203	88	115	43.3%	$242,362	0	1976–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Rennert	USA	#40	1,770	109	49	60	45.0%	—	0	1979–1984	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Nick Saviano born?: Nick Saviano was born on June 5, 1956.
Which country did Nick Saviano represent?: Nick Saviano represented United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Nick Saviano?: Nick Saviano is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Nick Saviano left-handed or right-handed?: Nick Saviano plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nick Saviano won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Nick Saviano in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Nick Saviano won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nick Saviano's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Nick Saviano won?: TennisDB records 1 ATP singles title for Nick Saviano across all categories. The most recent was Nancy in 1983.
What is Nick Saviano's highest ATP ranking?: Nick Saviano's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 48, first achieved on July 12, 1978.
What is Nick Saviano's career win-loss record?: Nick Saviano has 158 wins and 199 losses (44.3%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1973 through 1984.
Which seasons of Nick Saviano's career appear in TennisDB?: Nick Saviano appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1973 through 1984.
On which surface does Nick Saviano have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nick Saviano's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 48.3% (28–30).
Who has Nick Saviano faced most often?: Nick Saviano's most frequent opponent is Hank Pfister, with a head-to-head record of 3–4 across 7 meetings.