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Nicola Spear

SRB Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1980

Nicola Spear represented Serbia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 68. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 110–172 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

68 (Jul 11, 1977)

Elo peak

1705 (54th percentile)

Singles record

110–172 (39.0%)

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 →

Nicola Spear's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christophe Freyss	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 6, 1980*	R32	Cairo	ATP 250	Clay
Robin Drysdale	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 1980*	R32	Lagos	ATP 250	Clay
Alejandro Pierola #100	6-1 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1979*	R32	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay
Kjell Johansson	3-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1979*	R16	Swedish Open	ATP 250	Clay
Antonio Munoz	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1979*	R32	Swedish Open	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Nicola Spear's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jan Kodes	2	8	10	Oct 12, 1977	H2H
Manuel Orantes	1	5	6	Nov 11, 1976	H2H
Richard Russell	5	1	6	Apr 25, 1973	H2H
Kjell Johansson	1	4	5	Jul 20, 1979	H2H
J. Mandarino	3	2	5	Jun 2, 1976	H2H

Career Results

Nicola Spear career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	9	12	21	42.9%	—	—
1969	11	14	25	44.0%	—	—
1970	27	17	44	61.4%	—	—
1971	10	20	30	33.3%	—	—
1972	3	12	15	20.0%	—	—
1973	5	13	18	27.8%	184	124
1974	3	14	17	17.7%	125	153
1975	20	26	46	43.5%	155	92
1976	5	16	21	23.8%	134	151
1977	15	19	34	44.1%	99	95
1978	1	4	5	20.0%	122	357
1979	1	3	4	25.0%	312	312
1980	0	2	2	0.0%	383	383
Career	110	172	282	39.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nicola Spear career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	—	—	—	—	6	9	15	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	9	12	21	42.9%
1969	3	3	6	50.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	11	14	25	44.0%
1970	5	3	8	62.5%	21	11	32	65.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	27	17	44	61.4%
1971	6	9	15	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	10	20	30	33.3%
1972	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	12	15	20.0%
1973	1	1	2	50.0%	4	12	16	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	13	18	27.8%
1974	0	1	1	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	3	14	17	17.6%
1975	0	2	2	0.0%	20	21	41	48.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	26	46	43.5%
1976	2	2	4	50.0%	3	12	15	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	16	21	23.8%
1977	3	2	5	60.0%	12	16	28	42.9%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	15	19	34	44.1%
1978	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1979	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1980	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	20	23	43	46.5%	80	119	199	40.2%	6	19	25	24.0%	4	11	15	26.7%	110	172	282	39.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nicola Spear career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1974	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1975	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%
1976	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1977	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	14	21	33.3%
1978	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1979	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	1	5	6	16.7%	1	9	10	10.0%	6	9	15	40.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	12	29	41	29.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 41/282 (14.5%) of Nicola Spear's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nicola Spear advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	1491	109.4	—	—	—	—	—	+3	+11	50.0%	+0.09	1–4 (20%)	—	—	+0.39
1969	1572	117.3	—	—	—	—	+67	-28	—	44.9%	-0.26	4–2 (67%)	—	—	+0.04
1970	1659	126.0	—	—	—	—	-14	+25	—	57.3%	+0.67	5–4 (56%)	1–0	—	+4.07
1971	1487	101.9	—	—	—	—	+53	+121	-22	39.5%	-1.01	5–8 (38%)	4–5 (44%)	95.5	+3.75
1972	1481	123.8	—	—	—	—	—	+99	-19	28.2%	-1.13	2–3 (40%)	—	—	-1.13
1973	1470	115.6	—	—	—	—	—	+47	—	38.6%	-0.52	1–4 (20%)	2–0	—	+0.32
1974	1453	115.0	—	—	—	—	—	+4	-20	31.6%	-0.71	3–6 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.50
1975	1538	127.4	—	—	—	—	-69	+37	—	43.3%	-0.37	2–7 (22%)	4–5 (44%)	95.1	+2.46
1976	1498	119.0	—	—	—	—	-2	-22	—	32.0%	-1.12	0–5 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	93.6	+0.67
1977	1564	131.9	—	—	—	—	-29	-17	—	47.4%	0.00	4–7 (36%)	3–1 (75%)	99.4	+1.75
1978	1532	109.8	—	—	—	—	—	-12	—	30.8%	-0.85	0–1	—	—	+0.29
1979	1510	102.5	—	—	—	—	—	-25	—	36.4%	-0.91	0–2	0–2	—	+0.37
1980	1480	91.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.25	—	—	—	+0.34
Career	1705	125.0	—	—	—	—	+22	+19	-10	42.9%	-0.36	27–53 (34%)	17–18 (49%)	91.5	+4.75

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nicola Spear Grand Slams results by season
Season	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1969	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1970	—	R32	R64	—	3–2 (60%)
1971	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1972	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1973	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1975	R64	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1976	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1977	—	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1978	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	5–11 (31%)	1–7 (12%)	0–4 (0%)	6–23 (21%)

ATP 500

Nicola Spear ATP 500 results by season
Season	CIN	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1970	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1971	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1974	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1975	—	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–5 (44%)

ATP 250

Nicola Spear ATP 250 results by season
Season	ADE	SWE	BAR	BAS	FLR	GST	HAM	HKG	HOU	MAD	MC	MIA	MUN	NAP	PAR	QUE	ITA	SPB	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	ALG	AVI	BAR	BEC	BER	BOU	BRI	BRU	CAI	CAL	CAR	CAT	CED	CHA	COL	COL	DES	DUS	DUT	HAM	JAC	KIN	LAG	LON	LOU	LUG	MAC	MAN	MER	MON	NEW	NIC	NOR	PAL	PAL	PAR	PEN	PRA	SAL	SAN	SOU	SYD	TAN	TEH	CAN	U.S	VAL	ZUR	W-L Win %
1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–10 (44%)
1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	R128	R64	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–12 (48%)
1970	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22–14 (61%)
1971	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R64	R16	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	8–16 (33%)
1972	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–10 (23%)
1973	—	—	R64	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	4–11 (27%)
1974	R16	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	2–12 (14%)
1975	—	—	QF	R32	—	R32	R16	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	19–20 (49%)
1976	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	5–13 (28%)
1977	—	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	SF	15–17 (47%)
1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1979	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	5–6 (45%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	2–5 (29%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–1 (75%)	99–142 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 11, 1977

First Top 100

Jun 2, 1975

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Nicola Spear ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	184	130	212	123	124
1974	—	—	125	121	227	223	154	156	136	—	141	153
1975	155	—	117	125	126	95	—	—	—	—	—	92
1976	—	—	—	—	—	134	—	—	—	—	—	151
1977	—	—	—	—	99	79	71	83	79	97	95	—
1978	131	—	—	—	—	—	181	—	—	—	—	357
1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	312
1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	383
1982	536	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Nicola Spear's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Patricio Cornejo	CHI	#65	1,708	341	140	201	41.1%	—	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Frank Froehling	USA	#67	1,843	197	82	115	41.6%	—	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Antonio Munoz	ESP	#74	1,695	281	108	173	38.4%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Krulevitz	USA	#70	1,766	322	122	200	37.9%	—	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	#63	1,726	306	125	181	40.8%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Wanaro N'Godrella	FRA	#71	1,707	136	55	81	40.4%	—	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Frank Gebert	GER	#71	1,670	109	40	69	36.7%	—	1971–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Grover Raz Reid	USA	#71	1,696	137	48	89	35.0%	—	1970–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Joachim Ploetz	GER	#65	1,645	171	73	98	42.7%	—	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	#66	1,588	141	47	94	33.3%	$276	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Norman Holmes	USA	#70	1,588	86	29	57	33.7%	—	1971–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Graham Stilwell	GBR	#62	1,731	276	96	180	34.8%	—	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Nicola Spear represent?: Nicola Spear represents Serbia in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Nicola Spear left-handed or right-handed?: Nicola Spear plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nicola Spear won?: Nicola Spear has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Nicola Spear won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nicola Spear's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Nicola Spear's highest ATP ranking?: Nicola Spear's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 68, first achieved on July 11, 1977.
What is Nicola Spear's career win-loss record?: Nicola Spear has a career ATP singles record of 110 wins and 172 losses (39.0%).
Which seasons of Nicola Spear's career appear in TennisDB?: Nicola Spear appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1980.
On which surface does Nicola Spear have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nicola Spear's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 46.5% (20–23).
Who has Nicola Spear faced most often?: Nicola Spear's most frequent opponent is Jan Kodes, with a head-to-head record of 2–8 across 10 meetings.