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Jim Delaney

USA Born Mar 12, 1953 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1982

Jim Delaney represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 64. TennisDB's records show a 78–131 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1972 through 1982 and no recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

64 (Dec 13, 1976)

Elo peak

1678 (50th percentile)

Singles record

78–131 (37.3%)

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 →

Jim Delaney's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Juan Avendano	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 1982*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 250	Clay
Fernando Luna #63	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1982*	R16	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Clay
Eddie Dibbs #23	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 1982*	R32	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Clay
Marty Davis #93	3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 1982*	R64	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Clay
John Sadri #38	6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 8, 1982*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass

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Jim Delaney's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tim Gullikson	1	4	5	Aug 11, 1977	—
Mark Edmondson	1	3	4	Apr 30, 1982	H2H
Kim Warwick	2	2	4	Oct 15, 1981	H2H
Roscoe Tanner	0	4	4	Nov 8, 1979	H2H
John Whitlinger	3	1	4	Nov 24, 1977	H2H

Career Results

Jim Delaney career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	19	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—
1973	20	4	5	9	44.4%	84	159
1974	21	9	7	16	56.3%	163	109
1975	22	10	14	24	41.7%	108	73
1976	23	20	29	49	40.8%	78	64
1977	24	16	27	43	37.2%	64	74
1978	25	0	2	2	0.0%	133	418
1979	26	2	9	11	18.2%	276	276
1980	27	2	5	7	28.6%	269	269
1981	28	11	21	32	34.4%	—	—
1982	29	3	7	10	30.0%	—	—
Career		78	131	209	37.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jim Delaney 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 %
1972	19	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1973	20	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1974	21	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	9	7	16	56.2%
1975	22	3	5	8	37.5%	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	10	14	24	41.7%
1976	23	12	9	21	57.1%	4	12	16	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	20	29	49	40.8%
1977	24	4	8	12	33.3%	2	8	10	20.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	8	14	42.9%	16	27	43	37.2%
1978	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1979	26	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1980	27	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%
1981	28	2	7	9	22.2%	4	5	9	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	11	21	32	34.4%
1982	29	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
Career	—	23	39	62	37.1%	23	47	70	32.9%	16	20	36	44.4%	16	25	41	39.0%	78	131	209	37.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jim Delaney 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 %
1973	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1974	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1976	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1977	24	0	6	6	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	9	15	40.0%	0	0	—	—	6	17	23	26.1%
1979	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%
1980	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1981	28	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	0	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1982	29	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
Career		0	9	9	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	12	26	38	31.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	15	42	57	26.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 57/209 (27.3%) of Jim Delaney's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jim Delaney 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
1972	19	1453	97.8	—	—	—	—	+87	—	—	31.3%	-1.13	0–2	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.33
1973	20	1535	115.2	—	—	—	—	—	+28	—	43.5%	-0.04	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	-0.92
1974	21	1589	115.9	—	—	—	—	+4	-46	-43	51.2%	+0.15	4–3 (57%)	4–3 (57%)	103.1	+1.56
1975	22	1648	129.9	—	—	—	—	-59	-16	—	40.7%	-0.72	4–4 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	105.7	-1.22
1976	23	1633	124.0	—	—	—	—	+10	-64	-67	40.3%	-0.51	9–7 (56%)	5–11 (31%)	101.2	+2.58
1977	24	1625	131.3	—	—	—	—	+11	-88	-50	41.1%	-0.61	9–11 (45%)	3–5 (38%)	99.2	-0.92
1978	25	1602	98.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.03
1979	26	1521	100.2	—	—	—	—	+39	-40	+50	25.9%	-1.41	1–3 (25%)	0–2	—	+0.72
1980	27	1513	116.6	—	—	—	—	+44	—	—	35.3%	-0.65	1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	99.0	+0.37
1981	28	1514	115.6	—	—	—	—	-18	-33	+92	42.4%	-0.82	3–10 (23%)	10–4 (71%)	100.0	+1.04
1982	29	1514	105.2	—	—	—	—	—	-11	—	31.8%	-1.50	1–1	2–2 (50%)	—	0.00
Career		1678	125.2	—	—	—	—	+4	-38	+3	40.0%	-0.67	33–44 (43%)	36–37 (49%)	102.3	+1.68

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jim Delaney Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1972	19	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1973	20	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1974	21	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1976	23	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1977	24	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1979	26	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	28	R32	—	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–6 (25%)	4–13 (24%)

ATP 500

Jim Delaney ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1976	23	—	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
1979	26	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 250

Jim Delaney ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	BRI	CIN	HAM	HKG	MEL	NAP	NWP	QUE	ITA	TKY	WAS	BAL	BAN	MIA	BOM	BOU	CAL	CLE	COL	DEN	FOR	HIL	LA	LA	LAF	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAN	MAU	MEM	MER	NOR	EAS	IW	PER	PHI	REP	RIC	SAL	SAN	SAN	SOU	SPR	STO	SYD	SYD	TAI	CAN	U.S	W-L Win %
1972	19	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1974	21	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–6 (60%)
1975	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	10–14 (42%)
1976	23	—	—	—	R16	R64	R64	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R32	R64	R16	—	—	—	R64	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	18–24 (43%)
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R64	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	16–24 (40%)
1978	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1979	26	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1981	28	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	10–18 (36%)
1982	29	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	3–7 (30%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	0–2 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	2–7 (22%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	7–6 (54%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	74–115 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Dec 13, 1976

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jim Delaney ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	152	141	157	159
1974	21	—	—	163	158	163	179	149	103	99	—	108	109
1975	22	108	—	162	166	176	177	—	—	—	—	—	73
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	78	—	—	—	—	—	64
1977	24	75	80	82	73	76	71	72	72	73	74	—	—
1978	25	124	—	—	—	—	—	169	—	—	—	—	418
1979	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	276
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	269
1983	30	262	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Jim Delaney's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Belus Prajoux	CHI	#62	1,729	210	81	129	38.6%	$7,084	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Krulevitz	USA	#70	1,766	322	122	200	37.9%	—	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Ferdi Taygan	USA	#59	1,745	195	74	121	37.9%	$668,104	1973–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	#63	1,726	306	125	181	40.8%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Eric Deblicker	FRA	#65	1,739	155	66	89	42.6%	—	1971–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Rick Fagel	USA	#60	1,615	146	47	99	32.2%	$64,787	1972–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	#66	1,588	141	47	94	33.3%	$276	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Louis Haillet	FRA	#68	1,668	140	48	92	34.3%	—	1972–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Keith Richardson	USA	#63	1,538	61	18	43	29.5%	—	1976–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Cahill	USA	#58	1,727	256	100	156	39.1%	—	1974–1983	Rivalries	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	#75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	—	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Gilles Moretton	FRA	#65	1,735	148	59	89	39.9%	—	1977–1983	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Jim Delaney born?: Jim Delaney was born on March 12, 1953.
Which country did Jim Delaney represent?: Jim Delaney represented United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Jim Delaney left-handed or right-handed?: Jim Delaney plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jim Delaney won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Jim Delaney in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jim Delaney won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jim Delaney's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Jim Delaney's highest ATP ranking?: Jim Delaney's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 64, first achieved on December 13, 1976.
What is Jim Delaney's career win-loss record?: Jim Delaney has 78 wins and 131 losses (37.3%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1972 through 1982.
Which seasons of Jim Delaney's career appear in TennisDB?: Jim Delaney appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1982.
On which surface does Jim Delaney have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jim Delaney's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 44.4% (16–20).
Who has Jim Delaney faced most often?: Jim Delaney's most frequent opponent is Tim Gullikson, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.