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John Benson

USA Age 67 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1980–1981

John Benson represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 279. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 2–8 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

279 (Dec 26, 1979)

Elo peak

1528 (11th percentile)

Singles record

2–8 (20.0%)

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 →

John Benson's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Hans Kary	5-7 7-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 26, 1981*	R32	Manila	ATP 250	Clay
Chris Lewis #46	6-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 1981*	R32	Melbourne Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Victor Pecci #14	3-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1981*	R32	Sydney Indoor	ATP 250	Hard
Erik Van Dillen	6-4 0-6 6-4 1-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Sep 3, 1981*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Ivan Lendl #5	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 6, 1981*	R32	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

John Benson's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hans Kary	1	1	Nov 26, 1981	H2H
Chris Lewis	1	1	Oct 22, 1981	H2H
Victor Pecci	1	1	Oct 15, 1981	H2H
Erik Van Dillen	1	1	Sep 3, 1981	—
Ivan Lendl	1	1	Aug 6, 1981	H2H

Career Results

John Benson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	20	1	3	4	25.0%	356	356
1981	21	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—
Career		2	8	10	20.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

John Benson 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 %
1980	20	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1981	21	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
Career	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	8	10	20.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

John Benson 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 %
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1981	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 6/10 (60.0%) of John Benson's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

John Benson 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
1980	20	1509	116.1	—	—	—	—	+35	—	—	27.3%	-0.73	1–0	0–1	—	-0.27
1981	21	1485	113.2	—	—	—	—	+17	+43	—	35.3%	-1.12	0–3 (0%)	1–1	—	-0.14
Career		1528	114.6	—	—	—	—	+27	+43	—	32.1%	-0.97	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	97.1	-4.10

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

John Benson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	USO	W-L Win %
1980	20	R128	0–1 (0%)
1981	21	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

John Benson ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	MEL	NAP	CLE	DEN	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1980	20	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	21	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	1–4 (20%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–6 (25%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

279

Career-high date

Dec 26, 1979

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

John Benson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1978	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	465
1979	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	279
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	356
1983	23	434	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	24	445	—	—	—	—	487	483	511	678	739	726	727

Similar Players

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

John Benson's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Craig Edwards	USA	#258	1,515	10	2	8	20.0%	—	1980–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Ray Kelly	AUS	#288	1,500	11	2	9	18.2%	—	1976–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Norm Schellenger	USA	#254	1,506	5	1	4	20.0%	$10,270	1970–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Eric Wilborts	NED	#269	1,543	12	3	9	25.0%	$17,469	1980–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Bruce Nichols	USA	#275	1,500	22	3	19	13.6%	—	1974–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Marco Alciati	ITA	#274	1,500	11	3	8	27.3%	—	1979–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Shinichi Sakamoto	JPN	#274	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	$6,071	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Tetsu Kuramitsu	JPN	#281	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	$2,699	1976–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Nial Brash	USA	#305	1,514	7	1	6	14.3%	—	1979–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Orlando Agudelo	COL	#255	1,510	5	1	4	20.0%	$212	1974–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Jiri Prucha	CZE	#298	1,521	12	3	9	25.0%	$4,844	1977–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Shigeyuki Nishio	JPN	#263	1,533	15	4	11	26.7%	$10,785	1974–1985	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Benson?: John Benson is 67 years old, born on July 2, 1959.
Which country does John Benson represent?: John Benson represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is John Benson left-handed or right-handed?: John Benson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has John Benson won?: John Benson has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has John Benson won?: TennisDB does not group any of John Benson's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is John Benson's highest ATP ranking?: John Benson's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 279, first achieved on December 26, 1979.
What is John Benson's career win-loss record?: John Benson has a career ATP singles record of 2 wins and 8 losses (20.0%).
Which seasons of John Benson's career appear in TennisDB?: John Benson appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1980 through 1981.
Who has John Benson faced most often?: John Benson's most frequent opponent is Hans Kary, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.