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Louk Sanders

NED Age 76 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1982

Louk Sanders represented the Netherlands on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 86. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 47–79 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

86 (Apr 20, 1981)

Elo peak

1646 (44th percentile)

Singles record

47–79 (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 →

Louk Sanders's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Anders Jarryd #70	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1982*	R32	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard
Paul Torre	6-3 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 17, 1981*	R32	Sofia	ATP 250	Carpet
Brad Gilbert	4-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 27, 1981*	R16	Manila	ATP 250	Clay
Marty Davis	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 26, 1981*	R32	Manila	ATP 250	Clay
John Austin	2-6 6-4 4-6	L	—	Match data	Nov 19, 1981*	R32	Bangkok	ATP 250	Carpet

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Louk Sanders's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Carlos Kirmayr	2	1	3	Oct 22, 1981	H2H
Hans Gildemeister	1	2	3	Oct 1, 1980	—
John Feaver	3	0	3	Sep 25, 1980	—
Balazs Taroczy	0	3	3	Jul 28, 1979	H2H
Peter Mcnamara	1	2	3	Jul 12, 1979	—

Career Results

Louk Sanders career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1973	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	24	2	2	4	50.0%	210	210
1975	25	0	2	2	0.0%	214	308
1976	26	1	3	4	25.0%	272	235
1977	27	6	6	12	50.0%	246	95
1978	28	10	19	29	34.5%	98	155
1979	29	11	16	27	40.7%	97	143
1980	30	13	15	28	46.4%	90	104
1981	31	4	13	17	23.5%	99	95
1982	32	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		47	79	126	37.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Louk Sanders 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	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1973	23	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	24	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1975	25	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1976	26	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1977	27	3	3	6	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	50.0%
1978	28	1	2	3	33.3%	9	13	22	40.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	19	29	34.5%
1979	29	0	4	4	0.0%	10	11	21	47.6%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
1980	30	3	1	4	75.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%	13	15	28	46.4%
1981	31	3	6	9	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
1982	32	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	10	18	28	35.7%	31	44	75	41.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	15	21	28.6%	47	79	126	37.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Louk Sanders 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 %
1977	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	0	0	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1978	28	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%	0	0	—	—	1	13	14	7.1%
1979	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	0	0	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
1980	30	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	0	0	—	—	5	10	15	33.3%
1981	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1982	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	5	5	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	13	34	47	27.7%	0	0	—	—	13	44	57	22.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 57/126 (45.2%) of Louk Sanders's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Louk Sanders 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	22	1487	96.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.07
1973	23	1481	100.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	-0.06
1974	24	1494	104.0	—	—	—	—	—	+54	—	44.4%	+0.22	1–0	0–1	—	+0.77
1975	25	1472	95.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.00	0–2	1–0	—	+0.17
1976	26	1479	107.9	—	—	—	—	—	+54	—	30.0%	-1.80	1–1	—	—	-0.09
1977	27	1567	124.6	—	—	—	—	-13	+1	—	53.3%	-0.20	2–4 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.39
1978	28	1590	124.4	—	—	—	—	-20	+19	—	38.9%	-1.03	4–5 (44%)	3–2 (60%)	103.2	+0.37
1979	29	1604	126.0	—	—	—	—	-83	+39	—	44.9%	-0.45	3–7 (30%)	5–2 (71%)	99.5	+1.42
1980	30	1624	114.1	—	—	—	—	-33	-32	—	43.8%	-0.42	4–3 (57%)	2–4 (33%)	100.3	+3.06
1981	31	1530	112.4	—	—	—	—	-3	+6	—	34.8%	-0.76	3–7 (30%)	3–6 (33%)	95.3	+0.60
1982	32	1521	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.02
Career		1646	123.2	—	—	—	—	-27	+16	—	41.2%	-0.69	18–30 (38%)	15–15 (50%)	98.8	+5.30

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Louk Sanders Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1978	28	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1979	29	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1980	30	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1981	31	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)

ATP 250

Louk Sanders ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	FLR	GST	HAM	HKG	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	PAR	QUE	ROT	SOF	STU	TKY	VIE	BAN	BER	BOM	BOR	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAL	COL	DUT	LIN	MAN	NIC	PAL	REP	SYD	TAI	TEL	TOU	ZUR	W-L Win %
1972	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1975	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1976	26	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1977	27	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	6–6 (50%)
1978	28	R16	R16	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R16	SF	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	10–17 (37%)
1979	29	—	R64	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–14 (39%)
1980	30	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	11–13 (46%)
1981	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	4–12 (25%)
1982	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	6–9 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	43–72 (37%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 20, 1981

First Top 100

Dec 12, 1977

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Louk Sanders ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	210	210
1975	25	214	—	228	235	247	249	—	—	—	—	—	308
1976	26	—	—	—	—	—	272	—	—	—	—	—	235
1977	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	246	—	—	—	—	95
1978	28	99	—	—	100	100	100	123	—	—	—	—	155
1979	29	—	—	—	—	—	94	99	100	99	98	—	143
1980	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	97	104
1981	31	—	—	94	86	89	95	95	—	—	—	—	—
1983	33	279	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Louk Sanders's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Mayotte	USA	#85	1,588	92	34	58	37.0%	—	0	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Werner Zirngibl	GER	#86	1,635	113	42	71	37.2%	—	1	1973–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Rocavert	AUS	#92	1,630	98	37	61	37.8%	—	0	1975–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Pavel Hutka	CZE	#84	1,657	102	39	63	38.2%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Meyer	USA	#83	1,689	120	44	76	36.7%	—	1	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	#82	1,653	264	89	175	33.7%	$3,771	0	1970–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Grant	USA	#88	1,568	46	15	31	32.6%	$12,600	0	1974–1981	Rivalries	Match log
David Carter	AUS	#78	1,732	195	76	119	39.0%	$238,612	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	#75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	—	0	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	#78	1,623	163	64	99	39.3%	—	0	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Butch Seewagen	USA	#87	1,668	142	61	81	43.0%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Docherty	AUS	#74	1,636	122	46	76	37.7%	—	0	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Louk Sanders?: Louk Sanders is 76 years old, born on May 9, 1950.
Which country does Louk Sanders represent?: Louk Sanders represents Netherlands in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Louk Sanders left-handed or right-handed?: Louk Sanders plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Louk Sanders won?: Louk Sanders has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Louk Sanders won?: TennisDB does not group any of Louk Sanders's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Louk Sanders' highest ATP ranking?: Louk Sanders' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 86, first achieved on April 20, 1981.
What is Louk Sanders' career win-loss record?: Louk Sanders has a career ATP singles record of 47 wins and 79 losses (37.3%).
Which seasons of Louk Sanders's career appear in TennisDB?: Louk Sanders appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1982.
On which surface does Louk Sanders have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Louk Sanders's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 41.3% (31–44).
Who has Louk Sanders faced most often?: Louk Sanders' most frequent opponent is Carlos Kirmayr, with a head-to-head record of 2–1 across 3 meetings.