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John Yuill

RSA Age 77 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1981

John Yuill represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 52. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 95–143 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

52 (Dec 23, 1974)

Elo peak

1739 (61st percentile)

Singles record

95–143 (39.9%)

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 Yuill's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jose Luis Clerc #5	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 1981*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 250	Clay
Fernando Luna	6-4 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1981*	R64	Hamburg Open	ATP 250	Clay
George Rudman	6-1 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1981*	R32	Johannesburg	ATP 250	Hard
Mario Martinez	7-5 4-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Sep 25, 1980*	R32	Bordeaux	ATP 250	Clay
Stefan Simonsson #86	1-6 7-5 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1980*	R32	Bournemouth	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

John Yuill's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Wojtek Fibak	1	6	7	Jul 17, 1980	H2H
Tom Gorman	1	3	4	Aug 16, 1979	H2H
Karl Meiler	0	4	4	Aug 5, 1976	H2H
Barry Phillips Moore	2	2	4	May 6, 1976	—
Raul Ramirez	0	3	3	May 30, 1980	H2H

Career Results

John Yuill career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	19	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
1969	20	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1971	22	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1972	23	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
1973	24	7	4	11	63.6%	—	—
1974	25	24	15	39	61.5%	136	52
1975	26	9	23	32	28.1%	52	147
1976	27	11	17	28	39.3%	154	97
1977	28	16	25	41	39.0%	98	82
1978	29	11	21	32	34.4%	134	147
1979	30	7	13	20	35.0%	193	193
1980	31	5	12	17	29.4%	188	188
1981	32	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
Career		95	143	238	39.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

John Yuill 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 %
1968	19	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1969	20	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1971	22	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1972	23	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1973	24	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	7	4	11	63.6%
1974	25	5	4	9	55.6%	9	5	14	64.3%	6	4	10	60.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	24	15	39	61.5%
1975	26	2	4	6	33.3%	3	10	13	23.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	9	23	32	28.1%
1976	27	1	3	4	25.0%	10	13	23	43.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	11	17	28	39.3%
1977	28	3	6	9	33.3%	12	15	27	44.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	16	25	41	39.0%
1978	29	2	4	6	33.3%	2	9	11	18.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	11	21	32	34.4%
1979	30	2	2	4	50.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1980	31	0	4	4	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	12	17	29.4%
1981	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	23	38	61	37.7%	46	70	116	39.7%	11	15	26	42.3%	15	20	35	42.9%	95	143	238	39.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

John Yuill 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 %
1974	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%
1975	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1976	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	28	0	6	6	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	0	1	100.0%	7	15	22	31.8%
1978	29	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	0	0	—	—	7	12	19	36.8%
1979	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	0	—	—	1	9	10	10.0%
1980	31	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	0	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
1981	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	11	11	0.0%	2	13	15	13.3%	17	32	49	34.7%	5	1	6	83.3%	24	57	81	29.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 81/238 (34.0%) of John Yuill's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

John Yuill 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
1968	19	1453	98.5	—	—	—	—	+1	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	—	—	-0.17
1969	20	1483	104.0	—	—	—	—	+50	—	—	42.9%	-0.14	1–0	—	—	+0.18
1971	22	1462	97.5	—	—	—	—	+37	—	—	40.0%	-0.60	1–1	1–0	—	+0.33
1972	23	1459	100.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	+63	42.9%	+0.07	0–1	—	—	+0.32
1973	24	1566	113.1	—	—	—	—	+8	—	+1	51.5%	+0.15	4–1 (80%)	—	—	+1.26
1974	25	1731	127.1	—	—	—	—	-51	-55	-94	55.3%	+0.36	9–4 (69%)	3–6 (33%)	105.2	+2.43
1975	26	1559	113.2	—	—	—	—	+73	+13	—	31.9%	-1.49	2–3 (40%)	4–5 (44%)	99.6	-0.09
1976	27	1611	125.2	—	—	—	—	0	+11	—	43.8%	-0.45	0–4 (0%)	7–6 (54%)	96.0	+0.70
1977	28	1597	131.9	—	—	—	—	-43	+47	—	43.0%	-0.47	4–9 (31%)	2–7 (22%)	94.6	+0.44
1978	29	1561	127.4	—	—	—	—	+48	+12	—	39.2%	-0.57	6–6 (50%)	2–7 (22%)	97.8	+1.83
1979	30	1557	114.8	—	—	—	—	+53	-6	—	39.6%	-0.87	3–5 (38%)	4–3 (57%)	99.1	+0.60
1980	31	1518	116.9	—	—	—	—	+6	+55	—	32.6%	-0.95	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.23
1981	32	1491	112.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.37	0–2	—	—	-0.04
Career		1739	127.0	—	—	—	—	+17	+14	-41	41.8%	-0.53	32–39 (45%)	24–36 (40%)	97.8	+3.38

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

John Yuill Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	24	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1974	25	R32	R64	R32	5–3 (62%)
1975	26	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1976	27	R128	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1977	28	R16	R64	R32	6–3 (67%)
1978	29	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1979	30	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1980	31	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
W-L		8–7 (53%)	4–8 (33%)	6–6 (50%)	18–21 (46%)

ATP 500

John Yuill ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	W-L Win %
1975	26	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

John Yuill ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	CIN	FLR	GST	HAM	AUS	MAD	MIA	MUN	STO	STU	VIE	WAS	BEC	BER	BER	BIR	MIA	BOR	BOU	BRU	CAP	CLE	COL	COL	COL	DAY	DUB	DUR	DUR	DUS	FAI	HAM	JOH	JOH	JOH	LAG	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAU	MER	NEW	NEW	NOR	EAS	PAL	PAL	ROA	SAL	SAN	SAR	SOU	SOU	SPR	TEH	U.S	W-L Win %
1968	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1969	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1971	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1972	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1973	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
1974	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	19–12 (61%)
1975	26	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	8–19 (30%)
1976	27	—	R64	—	QF	R64	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	9–14 (39%)
1977	28	R16	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	10–22 (31%)
1978	29	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	R16	—	—	11–17 (39%)
1979	30	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	6–11 (35%)
1980	31	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1981	32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	8–3 (73%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	6–9 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	77–120 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Dec 23, 1974

First Top 100

Aug 12, 1974

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 Yuill ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	25	—	—	—	—	136	131	118	97	60	—	53	52
1975	26	52	—	63	72	72	86	—	—	—	—	—	147
1976	27	—	—	—	—	—	154	—	—	—	—	—	97
1977	28	99	—	—	95	93	74	78	81	82	—	—	—
1978	29	128	96	96	—	—	—	142	—	—	—	—	147
1979	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	193
1980	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	188
1983	34	669	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	35	661	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

John Yuill's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Byron Bertram	RSA	#57	1,815	254	115	139	45.3%	—	0	1969–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Kary	AUT	#54	1,767	371	152	219	41.0%	—	1	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Ian Fletcher	AUS	#56	1,751	219	105	114	47.9%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Szoke	HUN	#47	1,712	138	61	77	44.2%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Deon Joubert	RSA	#52	1,633	115	39	76	33.9%	—	0	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Leif Johansson	SWE	#51	1,619	34	16	18	47.1%	—	0	1969–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	#63	1,726	306	125	181	40.8%	—	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Delaney	USA	#48	1,706	60	26	34	43.3%	—	0	1973–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Marcello Lara	MEX	#59	1,673	170	60	110	35.3%	—	0	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Francois Caujolle	FRA	#59	1,713	203	85	118	41.9%	—	0	1970–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Ivan Molina	COL	#46	1,799	351	156	195	44.4%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Bob Carmichael	AUS	#55	1,902	469	213	256	45.4%	$414	1	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Yuill?: John Yuill is 77 years old, born on December 12, 1948.
Which country does John Yuill represent?: John Yuill represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is John Yuill left-handed or right-handed?: John Yuill plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has John Yuill won?: John Yuill has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has John Yuill won?: TennisDB does not group any of John Yuill's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is John Yuill's highest ATP ranking?: John Yuill's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 52, first achieved on December 23, 1974.
What is John Yuill's career win-loss record?: John Yuill has a career ATP singles record of 95 wins and 143 losses (39.9%).
Which seasons of John Yuill's career appear in TennisDB?: John Yuill appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1981.
On which surface does John Yuill have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, John Yuill's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 42.9% (15–20).
Who has John Yuill faced most often?: John Yuill's most frequent opponent is Wojtek Fibak, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.