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Jan Norback

SWE Age 70 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1973–1981

Jan Norback represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 84. In TennisDB's records, Jan Norback finished with a career record of 36–78 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

84 (Jul 20, 1981)

Elo peak

1670 (48th percentile)

Career record

36–78 (31.6%)

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 →

Jan Norback's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Gianni Ocleppo #74	4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 26, 1981*	R32	Bologna	ATP 250	Carpet
Joakim Nystrom #57	6-4 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 4, 1981*	R64	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
Tomas Smid #27	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 1981*	R32	Geneva Open	ATP 250	Clay
Manuel Orantes #65	6-3 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1981*	R32	Palermo	ATP 250	Clay
Vitas Gerulaitis #19	6-4 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1981*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard

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Jan Norback's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tomas Smid	0	3	3	Sep 24, 1981	H2H
Russell Simpson	3	0	3	Jan 22, 1981	H2H
Harold Solomon	0	3	3	Aug 28, 1980	H2H
Joakim Nystrom	0	2	2	Nov 4, 1981	H2H
Manuel Orantes	0	2	2	Sep 17, 1981	H2H

Titles (1)

Jan Norback titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1977	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Zurich
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Jan Norback career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1976	20	1	5	6	16.7%	201	201
1977	21	11	21	32	34.4%	109	109
1978	22	3	8	11	27.3%	161	185
1979	23	6	13	19	31.6%	177	177
1980	24	8	11	19	42.1%	109	109
1981	25	7	19	26	26.9%	98	100
Career		36	78	114	31.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jan Norback 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 %
1973	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1976	20	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1977	21	6	4	10	60.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	11	21	32	34.4%
1978	22	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	3	8	11	27.3%
1979	23	4	7	11	36.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1980	24	1	3	4	25.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	8	11	19	42.1%
1981	25	2	5	7	28.6%	4	11	15	26.7%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	7	19	26	26.9%
Career	—	15	23	38	39.5%	11	34	45	24.4%	3	6	9	33.3%	7	15	22	31.8%	36	78	114	31.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jan Norback 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	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	0	4	100.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1978	22	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1979	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
1980	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	0	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
1981	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	0	—	—	3	15	18	16.7%
Career		0	5	5	0.0%	1	17	18	5.6%	11	24	35	31.4%	4	1	5	80.0%	16	47	63	25.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 63/114 (55.3%) of Jan Norback's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jan Norback 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
1973	17	1492	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.05
1976	20	1478	115.1	—	—	—	—	+54	—	—	35.3%	-0.88	1–4 (20%)	—	—	-0.04
1977	21	1538	113.4	—	—	—	—	+58	-60	-31	39.5%	-0.86	2–7 (22%)	1–4 (20%)	93.6	+2.51
1978	22	1541	114.5	—	—	—	—	+53	—	—	32.0%	-1.60	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.39
1979	23	1546	112.7	—	—	—	—	+16	-99	—	35.6%	-0.89	0–1	4–4 (50%)	—	+0.76
1980	24	1611	122.8	—	—	—	—	-16	-105	—	38.1%	-0.74	3–2 (60%)	3–5 (38%)	101.7	+0.88
1981	25	1566	130.8	—	—	—	—	+14	-50	—	37.9%	-1.15	0–8 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	93.8	-1.61
Career		1670	124.0	—	—	—	—	+29	-72	-31	37.1%	-1.01	7–24 (23%)	11–15 (42%)	91.3	+2.51

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jan Norback Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	21	R32	R64	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
1979	23	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1980	24	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1981	25	—	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	7–9 (44%)

ATP 500

Jan Norback ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	CAN	W-L Win %
1981	25	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Jan Norback ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BAR	FLR	GEN	HAM	MAD	MUN	NAP	PAR	ROT	STO	STU	TKY	AVI	BOL	BOU	BRU	COL	DEN	FRA	HAM	LA	LAG	LON	LOS	LOS	MAU	MEM	MON	NOR	EAS	PAL	IW	REP	SAN	SPR	STO	SYD	CAN	U.S	ZUR	W-L Win %
1973	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	20	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1977	21	R64	R32	R64	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R64	—	W	8–17 (32%)
1978	22	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1979	23	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	4–10 (29%)
1980	24	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–10 (44%)
1981	25	—	R32	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	R64	—	R32	R64	QF	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–15 (21%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–6 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	3–3 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–5 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	28–66 (30%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 20, 1981

First Top 100

Feb 23, 1981

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jan Norback ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1976	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	201
1977	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	109	—	—	—	—	—
1978	22	185	—	—	—	—	—	230	—	—	—	—	185
1979	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	177
1980	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	109
1981	25	—	98	93	99	97	90	94	100	—	—	—	—
1982	26	250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Jan Norback's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Richard Meyer	USA	83	1,689	1	120	44	76	36.7%	1972–1984	Match log
Werner Zirngibl	GER	86	1,635	1	113	42	71	37.2%	1973–1982	Match log
Birger Andersson	SWE	88	1,621	1	100	34	66	34.0%	1969–1980	Match log
Dan Cassidy	USA	74	1,629	1	110	35	75	31.8%	1969–1990	Match log
Alvaro Betancur	COL	89	1,600	0	112	34	78	30.4%	1968–1981	Match log
Sashi Menon	IND	82	1,653	0	264	89	175	33.7%	1970–1985	Match log
Louk Sanders	NED	86	1,646	0	126	47	79	37.3%	1972–1982	Match log
Michael Grant	USA	88	1,568	0	46	15	31	32.6%	1974–1981	Match log
Pavel Hutka	CZE	84	1,657	0	102	39	63	38.2%	1968–1981	Match log
Alvin Gardiner	AUS	77	1,524	0	143	43	100	30.1%	1968–1981	Match log
Chris Kachel	AUS	77	1,614	0	118	32	86	27.1%	1973–1980	Match log
George Hardie	USA	80	1,635	0	221	77	144	34.8%	1972–1981	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jan Norback?: Jan Norback is 70 years old, born on March 6, 1956.
Which country does Jan Norback represent?: Jan Norback represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Jan Norback left-handed or right-handed?: Jan Norback plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jan Norback won?: Jan Norback has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jan Norback won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jan Norback's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Jan Norback won?: Jan Norback has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Zurich in 1977.
What is Jan Norback's highest ATP ranking?: Jan Norback's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 84, first achieved on July 20, 1981.
What is Jan Norback's career win-loss record?: Jan Norback has a career ATP singles record of 36 wins and 78 losses (31.6%).
Which seasons of Jan Norback's career appear in TennisDB?: Jan Norback appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1973 through 1981.
On which surface does Jan Norback have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jan Norback's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 39.5% (15–23).
Who has Jan Norback faced most often?: Jan Norback's most frequent opponent is Tomas Smid, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.