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Denis Naegelen

FRA Age 74 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1973–1982

Denis Naegelen represented France on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 131. In TennisDB's records, Denis Naegelen finished with a career record of 20–29 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

131 (Jun 14, 1976)

Elo peak

1568 (24th percentile)

Career record

20–29 (40.8%)

Career 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 →

Denis Naegelen's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christophe Roger-Vasselin #98	2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1982*	R32	Cap D'adge Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Gilles Moretton	3-6 6-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1981*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Steve Denton	0-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 21, 1981*	R32	Munich Open	ATP 250	Clay
Jean Louis Haillet	6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 1980*	R32	Paris Masters	ATP 250	Carpet
Ferdi Taygan #88	6-4 6-3 2-6 4-6 9-11	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 1, 1980*	R32	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

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Denis Naegelen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Juan Gisbert	1	1	2	Jul 20, 1976	—
Christophe Roger-Vasselin	0	1	1	Jul 29, 1982	H2H
Gilles Moretton	0	1	1	May 27, 1981	H2H
Steve Denton	0	1	1	May 21, 1981	H2H
Jean Louis Haillet	0	1	1	Oct 30, 1980	H2H

Career Results

Denis Naegelen career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	21	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1974	22	1	2	3	33.3%	212	210
1975	23	7	7	14	50.0%	214	148
1976	24	8	9	17	47.1%	131	158
1978	26	0	1	1	0.0%	305	259
1979	27	0	2	2	0.0%	252	252
1980	28	2	3	5	40.0%	203	203
1981	29	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1982	30	0	1	1	0.0%	438	438
Career		20	29	49	40.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Denis Naegelen 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	21	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1974	22	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1975	23	—	—	—	—	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	14	50.0%
1976	24	1	1	2	50.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	8	9	17	47.1%
1978	26	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	27	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1980	28	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1981	29	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1982	30	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	1	3	4	25.0%	16	21	37	43.2%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	20	29	49	40.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Denis Naegelen 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	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1978	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1982	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	6	8	25.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 8/49 (16.3%) of Denis Naegelen's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Denis Naegelen 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	21	1506	100.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	+45	50.0%	0.00	1–0	1–1	—	+0.38
1974	22	1505	105.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-0.50	0–1	0–2	—	+0.38
1975	23	1558	117.0	—	—	—	—	—	+26	—	47.1%	-0.26	4–2 (67%)	0–1	—	+0.99
1976	24	1560	115.2	—	—	—	—	-7	+22	—	45.0%	+0.02	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	99.2	+2.50
1978	26	1552	101.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.18
1979	27	1521	96.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	—	—	+0.30
1980	28	1538	106.6	—	—	—	—	—	+52	—	52.9%	+0.30	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.79
1981	29	1502	96.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.40	—	0–2	—	+0.32
1982	30	1494	102.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	-0.05
Career		1568	113.7	—	—	—	—	-7	+27	+45	41.9%	-0.43	8–9 (47%)	3–11 (21%)	94.4	+11.31

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Denis Naegelen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W-L Win %
1973	21	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1974	22	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1975	23	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1976	24	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1978	26	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1980	28	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1981	29	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	3–6 (33%)	4–7 (36%)

ATP 500

Denis Naegelen ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1976	24	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

ATP 250

Denis Naegelen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BAR	FLR	AUS	MAD	MET	MUN	NAP	PAR	WAS	ALG	BOU	CAI	CAP	COL	NAN	NIC	NUR	VAL	W-L Win %
1973	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1974	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	23	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1976	24	—	R32	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	R64	6–7 (46%)
1979	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1980	28	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1981	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	15–21 (42%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

131

Career-high date

Jun 14, 1976

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

Denis Naegelen ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	22	—	—	212	211	213	206	228	235	211	—	210	210
1975	23	214	—	202	197	204	196	—	—	—	—	—	148
1976	24	—	—	—	—	—	131	—	—	—	—	—	158
1977	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	228	—	—	—	—	—
1978	26	298	—	—	—	—	—	248	—	—	—	—	259
1979	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	252
1980	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	203
1982	30	438	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	32	331	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Denis Naegelen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Peter Kanderal	SUI	126	1,589	27	11	16	40.7%	1973–1977	Match log
Freddie Sauer	RSA	134	1,639	55	24	31	43.6%	1979–1983	Match log
Dave Siegler	USA	137	1,546	40	15	25	37.5%	1979–1983	Match log
Alejandro Cortes	COL	126	1,544	52	18	34	34.6%	1979–1983	Match log
Ivan Dupasquier	SUI	122	1,581	43	15	28	34.9%	1978–1983	Match log
Guillermo Aubone	ARG	133	1,546	46	12	34	26.1%	1969–1982	Match log
Jan Pisecky	CZE	112	1,647	43	20	23	46.5%	1973–1976	Match log
Herve Gauvain	FRA	148	1,561	36	10	26	27.8%	1974–1982	Match log
Christophe Casa	FRA	146	1,533	54	16	38	29.6%	1974–1984	Match log
Chris Dunk	USA	129	1,581	50	18	32	36.0%	1977–1986	Match log
David Lloyd	GBR	128	1,554	106	35	71	33.0%	1968–1980	Match log
Ramiro Benavides	BOL	124	1,562	152	44	108	28.9%	1968–1983	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Denis Naegelen?: Denis Naegelen is 74 years old, born on March 14, 1952.
Which country does Denis Naegelen represent?: Denis Naegelen represents France in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Denis Naegelen left-handed or right-handed?: Denis Naegelen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Denis Naegelen won?: Denis Naegelen has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Denis Naegelen won?: TennisDB does not group any of Denis Naegelen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Denis Naegelen's highest ATP ranking?: Denis Naegelen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 131, first achieved on June 14, 1976.
What is Denis Naegelen's career win-loss record?: Denis Naegelen has a career ATP singles record of 20 wins and 29 losses (40.8%).
Which seasons of Denis Naegelen's career appear in TennisDB?: Denis Naegelen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1973 through 1982.
On which surface does Denis Naegelen have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Denis Naegelen's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 43.2% (16–21).
Who has Denis Naegelen faced most often?: Denis Naegelen's most frequent opponent is Juan Gisbert, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.