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David Carter

AUS Age 70 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1970–1984

David Carter represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 78. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 76–119 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

78 (Feb 15, 1982)

Elo peak

1732 (59th percentile)

Singles record

76–119 (39.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$238,612

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 →

David Carter's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Horacio de la Pena	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1984*	R64	Forest Hills Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Butch Walts	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 28, 1983*	R32	Maui	ATP 250	Hard
Mats Wilander #6	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1983*	R32	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Scott Davis #80	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 1983*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Pablo Arraya #41	3-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 4, 1983*	R32	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

David Carter's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
John Alexander	0	4	4	Oct 14, 1982	H2H
Eliot Teltscher	0	4	4	Oct 9, 1982	H2H
Jose Higueras	2	2	4	Jun 10, 1982	H2H
Ulrich Pinner	0	3	3	Mar 11, 1982	H2H
John James	1	2	3	Jan 9, 1982	H2H

Career Results

David Carter career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1970	14	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1972	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1973	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	18	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1975	19	3	2	5	60.0%	355	373
1976	20	1	1	2	50.0%	254	288
1977	21	2	3	5	40.0%	269	269
1978	22	12	19	31	38.7%	236	139
1979	23	8	16	24	33.3%	118	118
1980	24	15	23	38	39.5%	93	145
1981	25	16	19	35	45.7%	95	95
1982	26	14	23	37	37.8%	93	85
1983	27	3	8	11	27.3%	190	190
1984	28	0	1	1	0.0%	179	609
Career		76	119	195	39.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

David Carter 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 %
1970	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1972	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1973	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1976	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1977	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1978	22	3	4	7	42.9%	6	9	15	40.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	19	31	38.7%
1979	23	1	2	3	33.3%	5	10	15	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	8	16	24	33.3%
1980	24	6	10	16	37.5%	9	9	18	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	23	38	39.5%
1981	25	3	4	7	42.9%	12	10	22	54.5%	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—	—	—	16	19	35	45.7%
1982	26	2	9	11	18.2%	5	9	14	35.7%	4	2	6	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	14	23	37	37.8%
1983	27	1	2	3	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	8	11	27.3%
1984	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	16	32	48	33.3%	38	52	90	42.2%	18	27	45	40.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	76	119	195	39.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

David Carter 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	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1977	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	22	0	6	6	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	12	15	20.0%
1979	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	11	13	15.4%
1980	24	1	4	5	20.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	5	16	21	23.8%
1981	25	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	0	0	—	—	7	9	16	43.8%
1982	26	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	1	0	1	100.0%	6	16	22	27.3%
1983	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
Career		1	18	19	5.3%	1	23	24	4.2%	20	30	50	40.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	27	72	99	27.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 99/195 (50.8%) of David Carter's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

David Carter 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
1970	14	1484	94.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.23
1972	16	1478	96.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.02
1973	17	1460	92.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.14
1974	18	1471	103.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.34	1–1	—	—	+0.11
1975	19	1512	109.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+38	50.0%	+0.22	2–0	0–1	—	+0.47
1976	20	1531	105.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42.9%	-0.29	—	—	—	+0.16
1977	21	1530	108.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	+17	46.2%	-0.08	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.40
1978	22	1550	134.3	—	—	—	—	-3	+30	+30	43.4%	-0.38	3–6 (33%)	1–6 (14%)	95.5	+0.41
1979	23	1597	121.4	—	—	—	—	-30	-32	-21	36.9%	-1.23	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	100.5	-0.67
1980	24	1604	128.6	—	—	—	—	-47	+10	—	41.8%	-0.65	6–7 (46%)	6–5 (55%)	99.5	+0.84
1981	25	1699	132.3	—	—	—	—	-92	+6	-163	43.8%	-0.45	10–6 (63%)	6–2 (75%)	110.1	+0.01
1982	26	1602	125.8	—	—	—	—	-54	+61	-25	40.4%	-0.52	5–4 (56%)	7–7 (50%)	101.0	+0.86
1983	27	1581	115.4	—	—	—	—	-37	+46	—	32.0%	-1.40	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	99.7	-0.32
1984	28	1562	93.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.18
Career		1732	130.8	—	—	—	—	-46	+15	-22	40.8%	-0.67	32–31 (51%)	25–26 (49%)	104.4	+1.45

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

David Carter Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1975	19	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	20	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	22	R64	R64	R64	R64	3–4 (43%)
1979	23	R32	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1980	24	R64	R128	—	R128	0–3 (0%)
1981	25	R64	R128	R128	R32	2–4 (33%)
1982	26	—	R128	R32	R64	3–3 (50%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	2–5 (29%)	3–4 (43%)	5–5 (50%)	12–20 (38%)

ATP 500

David Carter ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	CAN	W-L Win %
1981	25	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1982	26	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	27	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

David Carter ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	SWE	BAS	BRI	BUE	DLB	FLR	GST	HAM	HKG	HOU	AUS	MEL	MET	MUN	NAP	QUE	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	BIR	BOU	BRI	BRU	CLE	COL	COL	DUT	FOR	GUA	HOB	IW	EAS	MAN	MAR	MAU	MEM	MEX	MON	NOR	TKY	PAL	PHI	QUI	SAO	SAR	SOU	STO	SUR	SYD	SYD	TAI	TAM	TEL	TUL	U.S	VEN	VIN	ZEL	W-L Win %
1970	14	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1972	16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1977	21	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1978	22	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–15 (38%)
1979	23	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	5–12 (29%)
1980	24	—	R16	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	SF	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	15–20 (43%)
1981	25	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	R64	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	14–14 (50%)
1982	26	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	R32	QF	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	11–19 (37%)
1983	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1984	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–4 (43%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–7 (46%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	63–95 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 15, 1982

First Top 100

Jul 31, 1978

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

David Carter ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	19	—	—	355	383	247	249	—	—	—	—	—	373
1976	20	—	—	—	—	—	254	—	—	—	—	—	288
1977	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	269	—	—	—	—	—
1978	22	258	—	—	—	—	—	99	—	—	—	—	139
1979	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	118
1980	24	—	95	89	—	—	—	—	89	92	—	—	145
1981	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	92	95
1982	26	92	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	27	190	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	28	179	—	—	—	—	255	254	459	445	459	451	609
1985	29	606	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

David Carter's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	#78	1,623	163	64	99	39.3%	—	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Docherty	AUS	#74	1,636	122	46	76	37.7%	—	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Bernard Fritz	FRA	#79	1,696	135	53	82	39.3%	—	1977–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Lewis	GBR	#77	1,656	183	67	116	36.6%	$547	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	#75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	—	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
John James	AUS	#81	1,682	242	98	144	40.5%	$2,210	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
George Hardie	USA	#80	1,634	221	77	144	34.8%	—	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kuki	JPN	#78	1,662	207	73	134	35.3%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	#82	1,653	264	89	175	33.7%	$3,771	1970–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Louk Sanders	NED	#86	1,646	126	47	79	37.3%	—	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Kachel	AUS	#77	1,614	118	32	86	27.1%	—	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Christophe Freyss	FRA	#82	1,695	131	48	83	36.6%	$981	1977–1984	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is David Carter?: David Carter is 70 years old, born on April 21, 1956.
Which country does David Carter represent?: David Carter represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is David Carter?: David Carter is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is David Carter left-handed or right-handed?: David Carter plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has David Carter won?: David Carter has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has David Carter won?: TennisDB does not group any of David Carter's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is David Carter's highest ATP ranking?: David Carter's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 78, first achieved on February 15, 1982.
What is David Carter's career win-loss record?: David Carter has a career ATP singles record of 76 wins and 119 losses (39.0%).
How much career prize money has David Carter earned?: David Carter has earned at least $238,612 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of David Carter's career appear in TennisDB?: David Carter appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1970 through 1984.
On which surface does David Carter have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, David Carter's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 42.2% (38–52).
Who has David Carter faced most often?: David Carter's most frequent opponent is John Alexander, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.