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Steve Docherty

AUS Age 76 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1981

Steve Docherty represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 74. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 46–76 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

74 (Jun 12, 1978)

Elo peak

1637 (41st percentile)

Singles record

46–76 (37.7%)

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 →

Steve Docherty's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Roland Stadler #96	4-6 5-7 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1981*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Shlomo Glickstein #42	7-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1981*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Peter Fleming #56	6-7 2-6 6-2 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1981*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Hank Pfister #90	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1981*	R16	Napa	ATP 250	Hard
Sashi Menon	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1981*	R32	Napa	ATP 250	Hard

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Steve Docherty's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tim Wilkison	1	5	6	Feb 13, 1980	H2H
Hank Pfister	1	4	5	Mar 27, 1981	H2H
Bill Scanlon	0	3	3	Jan 8, 1981	H2H
John McEnroe	0	3	3	Nov 9, 1979	H2H
Robin Drysdale	2	1	3	Dec 30, 1978	H2H

Career Results

Steve Docherty career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	24	1	3	4	25.0%	282	249
1975	25	1	4	5	20.0%	257	282
1976	26	0	3	3	0.0%	254	169
1977	27	14	16	30	46.7%	93	85
1978	28	15	22	37	40.5%	102	99
1979	29	7	12	19	36.8%	100	130
1980	30	7	10	17	41.2%	122	122
1981	31	1	5	6	16.7%	78	99
Career		46	76	122	37.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Steve Docherty 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%
1974	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1975	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1976	26	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1977	27	4	4	8	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	14	16	30	46.7%
1978	28	7	6	13	53.8%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	5	8	37.5%	15	22	37	40.5%
1979	29	6	9	15	40.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	12	19	36.8%
1980	30	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%
1981	31	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
Career	—	23	33	56	41.1%	4	10	14	28.6%	14	19	33	42.4%	5	14	19	26.3%	46	76	122	37.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Steve Docherty 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	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	9	12	25.0%	0	0	—	—	5	11	16	31.2%
1978	28	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	0	0	—	—	4	14	18	22.2%
1979	29	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	12	15	20.0%
1980	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1981	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	8	33	41	19.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	14	48	62	22.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 62/122 (50.8%) of Steve Docherty's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Steve Docherty 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	1498	105.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.13
1974	24	1488	104.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	+45	27.3%	-2.09	1–0	1–0	—	-0.01
1975	25	1486	109.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.84	—	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.10
1976	26	1463	106.9	—	—	—	—	+12	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	1–1	—	+0.01
1977	27	1589	122.0	—	—	—	—	-38	-62	-14	45.9%	-0.18	6–5 (55%)	5–10 (33%)	101.2	+1.34
1978	28	1579	118.7	—	—	—	—	+46	-95	0	43.6%	-0.42	5–8 (38%)	5–3 (63%)	101.0	+3.83
1979	29	1576	121.9	—	—	—	—	+31	—	-17	40.0%	-0.71	1–3 (25%)	5–5 (50%)	98.9	+0.56
1980	30	1592	119.6	—	—	—	—	-34	—	+27	43.5%	-0.13	3–4 (43%)	2–8 (20%)	95.4	+1.23
1981	31	1551	109.5	—	—	—	—	-27	—	—	33.3%	-1.11	0–2	2–2 (50%)	—	-0.24
Career		1637	124.1	—	—	—	—	+6	-82	+1	41.0%	-0.55	16–23 (41%)	23–30 (43%)	99.0	+5.32

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Steve Docherty Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	USO	W-L Win %
1974	24	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1975	25	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1977	27	R32	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1978	28	R32	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1979	29	R32	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1980	30	R32	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1981	31	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	2–7 (22%)	8–14 (36%)

ATP 500

Steve Docherty ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	CAN	W-L Win %
1979	29	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	30	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1981	31	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 250

Steve Docherty ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	HKG	NAP	NWP	QUE	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	BOM	CAL	COL	COL	DAY	DEN	GUA	HAR	LOS	LOS	MAN	MAU	MEX	MEX	NAP	NEW	PAL	IW	IW	SAN	SAN	SEA	SPR	STO	SYD	SYD	TAI	TUL	U.S	W-L Win %
1972	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1975	25	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1976	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1977	27	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	11–12 (48%)
1978	28	—	—	—	R16	R64	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	QF	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	R64	QF	SF	R64	12–19 (39%)
1979	29	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	6–9 (40%)
1980	30	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	6–7 (46%)
1981	31	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	4–2 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	38–58 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jun 12, 1978

First Top 100

Jul 3, 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

Steve Docherty ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	282	—	245	249
1975	25	257	—	281	235	220	249	—	—	—	—	—	282
1976	26	—	—	—	—	—	254	—	—	—	—	—	169
1977	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	93	—	—	—	100	85
1978	28	98	94	100	—	90	83	84	—	—	—	—	99
1979	29	—	100	100	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	130
1980	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	122
1981	31	—	—	—	—	78	94	95	99	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Steve Docherty's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
John Whitlinger	USA	#75	1,630	122	45	77	36.9%	—	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
David Carter	AUS	#78	1,732	195	76	119	39.0%	$238,612	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Antonio Munoz	ESP	#74	1,695	281	108	173	38.4%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	#78	1,623	163	64	99	39.3%	—	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Javier Soler	ESP	#74	1,655	79	27	52	34.2%	$283	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Krulevitz	USA	#70	1,766	322	122	200	37.9%	—	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Lewis	GBR	#77	1,656	183	67	116	36.6%	$547	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Alvin Gardiner	AUS	#77	1,524	143	43	100	30.1%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kuki	JPN	#78	1,662	207	73	134	35.3%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Frank Gebert	GER	#71	1,670	109	40	69	36.7%	—	1971–1978	Rivalries	Match log
John James	AUS	#81	1,682	242	98	144	40.5%	$2,210	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Kachel	AUS	#77	1,614	118	32	86	27.1%	—	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Steve Docherty?: Steve Docherty is 76 years old, born on May 6, 1950.
Which country does Steve Docherty represent?: Steve Docherty represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Steve Docherty left-handed or right-handed?: Steve Docherty plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Steve Docherty won?: Steve Docherty has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Steve Docherty won?: TennisDB does not group any of Steve Docherty's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Steve Docherty's highest ATP ranking?: Steve Docherty's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 74, first achieved on June 12, 1978.
What is Steve Docherty's career win-loss record?: Steve Docherty has a career ATP singles record of 46 wins and 76 losses (37.7%).
Which seasons of Steve Docherty's career appear in TennisDB?: Steve Docherty appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1981.
On which surface does Steve Docherty have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Steve Docherty's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 42.4% (14–19).
Who has Steve Docherty faced most often?: Steve Docherty's most frequent opponent is Tim Wilkison, with a head-to-head record of 1–5 across 6 meetings.