Jim Osborne

USA Age 81 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1982

Jim Osborne represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 211. In TennisDB's records, Jim Osborne finished with a career record of 118–121 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

211 (Dec 13, 1976)

Elo peak

1812 (72nd percentile)

Career record

118–121 (49.4%)

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 →

Jim Osborne's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
John Fitzgerald	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 30, 1982*	R32	Maui	ATP 250	Hard
Ross Case	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1981*	R32	Maui	ATP 250	Hard
Brian Gottfried #5	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1978*	R64	Indian Wells Open	ATP 250	Hard
Jim Delaney	4-6 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1976*	R32	Maui	ATP 250	Hard
John Yuill	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 1976*	R64	Maui	ATP 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Jim Osborne's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Peter Curtis	4	5	9	Mar 31, 1971	H2H
Stan Smith	1	7	8	Mar 11, 1972	H2H
Arthur Ashe	1	7	8	Sep 12, 1971	H2H
Onny Parun	4	2	6	Mar 5, 1973	H2H
Thomaz Koch	2	4	6	Mar 5, 1973	H2H

Career Results

Jim Osborne career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	23	35	24	59	59.3%	—	—
1969	24	29	17	46	63.0%	—	—
1970	25	26	29	55	47.3%	—	—
1971	26	15	19	34	44.1%	—	—
1972	27	8	20	28	28.6%	—	—
1973	28	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—
1974	29	3	2	5	60.0%	220	228
1975	30	0	1	1	0.0%	231	308
1976	31	2	2	4	50.0%	272	211
1978	33	0	1	1	0.0%	386	465
1981	36	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1982	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		118	121	239	49.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jim Osborne 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	23	19	12	31	61.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	11	8	19	57.9%	1	1	2	50.0%	35	24	59	59.3%
1969	24	8	5	13	61.5%	7	4	11	63.6%	8	5	13	61.5%	6	3	9	66.7%	29	17	46	63.0%
1970	25	16	12	28	57.1%	5	8	13	38.5%	4	5	9	44.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	26	29	55	47.3%
1971	26	7	10	17	41.2%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	15	19	34	44.1%
1972	27	3	6	9	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	8	20	28	28.6%
1973	28	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1974	29	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	3	2	5	60.0%
1975	30	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1976	31	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1978	33	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	36	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	55	55	110	50.0%	19	24	43	44.2%	27	23	50	54.0%	17	19	36	47.2%	118	121	239	49.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jim Osborne 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	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1978	33	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 3/239 (1.3%) of Jim Osborne's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jim Osborne 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	23	1634	115.0	—	—	—	—	+72	-103	-46	57.0%	+0.47	7–9 (44%)	—	—	-0.30
1969	24	1744	126.2	—	—	—	—	+78	-107	-67	58.3%	+0.69	8–2 (80%)	—	—	+1.41
1970	25	1665	122.6	—	—	—	—	+52	-115	+4	46.3%	-0.07	9–10 (47%)	4–3 (57%)	98.7	+2.54
1971	26	1717	116.9	—	—	—	—	-83	-182	+67	49.3%	-0.23	1–3 (25%)	9–7 (56%)	101.5	+0.99
1972	27	1525	122.7	—	—	—	—	+64	-28	+142	38.9%	-0.29	1–10 (9%)	1–12 (8%)	81.7	+1.15
1973	28	1501	104.3	—	—	—	—	+40	—	—	11.1%	-1.67	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.09
1974	29	1553	112.6	—	—	—	—	+29	—	—	58.3%	+0.42	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.21
1975	30	1550	104.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.16
1976	31	1576	112.5	—	—	—	—	+12	—	—	50.0%	+0.17	2–2 (50%)	—	—	-0.11
1978	33	1574	109.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.24
1981	36	1556	95.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.19
1982	37	1543	98.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.07
Career		1812	123.5	—	—	—	—	+39	-108	-18	49.9%	+0.11	29–38 (43%)	17–25 (40%)	93.8	+2.40

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jim Osborne Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	23	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1969	24	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1970	25	R128	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1971	26	—	—	QF	4–1 (80%)
1972	27	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	9–5 (64%)	10–9 (53%)

ATP 500

Jim Osborne ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	CAN	W-L Win %
1970	25	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1971	26	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
1972	27	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)

ATP 250

Jim Osborne ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	CIN	HAM	HOU	NAP	QUE	SPB	WAS	BAR	BER	BOS	BOS	BRI	CAR	CHA	CLE	COL	CUR	DES	HAM	HAV	JAC	KAN	KIN	LA	LAS	QUE	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	MAC	MAU	MER	MIL	NEW	NEW	NEW	OMA	IW	PHI	PHO	SAC	SAL	SAL	SAN	SAN	SEA	SOU	SOU	TAN	W-L Win %
1968	23	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	R128	QF	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	R16	R16	R64	QF	—	R16	SF	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	33–22 (60%)
1969	24	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	27–16 (63%)
1970	25	—	—	—	R16	R64	R64	R16	R64	R32	R32	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	F	—	R16	F	R16	QF	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	23–25 (48%)
1971	26	—	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	9–16 (36%)
1972	27	—	R64	R64	—	R64	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	QF	R32	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	7–17 (29%)
1973	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1974	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1975	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1978	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–6 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	7–4 (64%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	7–4 (64%)	3–1 (75%)	4–3 (57%)	2–5 (29%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	5–4 (56%)	6–5 (55%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–6 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–5 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	104–108 (49%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

211

Career-high date

Dec 13, 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

Jim Osborne ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	220	228
1975	30	231	—	243	257	268	265	—	—	—	—	—	308
1976	31	—	—	—	—	—	272	—	—	—	—	—	211
1977	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	228	—	—	—	—	—
1978	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	386	—	—	—	—	465
1983	38	831	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Jim Osborne's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Franco Merlone	ITA	224	1,577	8	4	4	50.0%	1978–1980	Match log
Peter Doerner	AUS	204	1,536	60	25	35	41.7%	1968–1975	Match log
Luis Felipe Tavares	BRA	210	1,533	23	9	14	39.1%	1969–1976	Match log
Frank Sedgman	AUS	237	1,603	57	26	31	45.6%	1968–1976	Match log
Mitsuru Motoi	JPN	245	1,513	2	1	1	50.0%	1974–1974	Match log
Peter Curtis	GBR	235	1,696	129	53	76	41.1%	1968–1975	Match log
Guillermo Oropez	USA	222	1,531	8	3	5	37.5%	1968–1977	Match log
Allan McDonald	AUS	217	1,539	60	22	38	36.7%	1968–1975	Match log
Gerard Wimmer	AUT	206	1,567	11	4	7	36.4%	1974–1981	Match log
Vadim Borisov	RUS	239	1,525	9	4	5	44.4%	1976–1980	Match log
Geza Varga	HUN	228	1,551	36	14	22	38.9%	1968–1976	Match log
Christopher Sylvan	USA	203	1,535	9	3	6	33.3%	1977–1978	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jim Osborne?: Jim Osborne is 81 years old, born on February 1, 1945.
Which country does Jim Osborne represent?: Jim Osborne represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jim Osborne?: Jim Osborne is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Jim Osborne left-handed or right-handed?: Jim Osborne plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jim Osborne won?: Jim Osborne has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jim Osborne won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jim Osborne's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Jim Osborne's highest ATP ranking?: Jim Osborne's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 211, first achieved on December 13, 1976.
What is Jim Osborne's career win-loss record?: Jim Osborne has a career ATP singles record of 118 wins and 121 losses (49.4%).
Which seasons of Jim Osborne's career appear in TennisDB?: Jim Osborne appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1982.
On which surface does Jim Osborne have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jim Osborne's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.0% (27–23).
Who has Jim Osborne faced most often?: Jim Osborne's most frequent opponent is Peter Curtis, with a head-to-head record of 4–5 across 9 meetings.