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Nial Brash

USA Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1979–1983

Nial Brash represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 305. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 1–6 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

305 (Dec 26, 1979)

Elo peak

1515 (6th percentile)

Singles record

1–6 (14.3%)

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 →

Nial Brash's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Terry Moor	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 1983*	R32	Monterrey	ATP 250	Carpet
Mike Leach	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 1982*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay
Carlos Kirmayr #78	2-6 6-1 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1982*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Scott Mccain	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 1981*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay
Rick Fisher	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1979*	R32	Lafayette	ATP 250	Carpet

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Nial Brash's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Terry Moor	1	1	Mar 3, 1983	H2H
Mike Leach	1	1	Oct 20, 1982	H2H
Carlos Kirmayr	1	1	Aug 11, 1982	H2H
Scott Mccain	1	1	Oct 21, 1981	H2H
Rick Fisher	1	1	Sep 2, 1979	H2H

Career Results

Nial Brash career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1979	1	2	3	33.3%	305	305
1981	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1982	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1983	0	1	1	0.0%	389	389
Career	1	6	7	14.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nial Brash career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1979	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1981	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1983	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nial Brash career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1982	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 1/7 (14.3%) of Nial Brash's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nial Brash advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1979	1486	93.9	—	—	—	—	+51	—	—	28.6%	-2.57	1–0	1–0	—	+0.71
1981	1472	94.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.16
1982	1451	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	—	—	+0.17
1983	1444	101.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.03
Career	1515	94.8	—	—	—	—	+51	—	—	18.8%	-2.62	1–1	1–0	—	+15.29

Tournament Results by Category

ATP 500

Nial Brash ATP 500 results by season
Season	CAN	W-L Win %
1982	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

Nial Brash ATP 250 results by season
Season	TKY	CLE	LAF	MON	W-L Win %
1979	—	R16	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

305

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

Nial Brash ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	305
1983	389	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Nial Brash's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Fabrizio Fanucci	ITA	#309	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	$795	1978–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Shinichi Sakamoto	JPN	#274	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	$6,071	1978–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Benson	USA	#279	1,528	10	2	8	20.0%	—	1980–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Ken Barton	AUS	#343	1,516	6	1	5	16.7%	—	1980–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Tetsu Kuramitsu	JPN	#281	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	$2,699	1976–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Craig Edwards	USA	#258	1,515	10	2	8	20.0%	—	1980–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Shozo Shiraishi	JPN	#326	1,500	13	1	12	7.7%	$15,703	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Bruce Nichols	USA	#275	1,500	22	3	19	13.6%	—	1974–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Hansson	AUS	#382	1,511	8	1	7	12.5%	—	1980–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Stefan Svensson	SWE	#245	1,500	13	2	11	15.4%	$17,862	1979–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Norm Schellenger	USA	#254	1,506	5	1	4	20.0%	$10,270	1970–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Phil Davies	AUS	#339	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	—	1978–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Nial Brash represent?: Nial Brash represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Nial Brash left-handed or right-handed?: Nial Brash plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nial Brash won?: Nial Brash has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Nial Brash won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nial Brash's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Nial Brash's highest ATP ranking?: Nial Brash's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 305, first achieved on December 26, 1979.
What is Nial Brash's career win-loss record?: Nial Brash has a career ATP singles record of 1 wins and 6 losses (14.3%).
Which seasons of Nial Brash's career appear in TennisDB?: Nial Brash appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1979 through 1983.
Who has Nial Brash faced most often?: Nial Brash's most frequent opponent is Terry Moor, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.