Howard Schoenfield

USA Died Jul 8, 2020 (age 62) Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1974–1981

Howard Schoenfield represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 68. In TennisDB's records, Howard Schoenfield finished with a career record of 11–43 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

68 (Jun 16, 1980)

Elo peak

1553 (18th percentile)

Career record

11–43 (20.4%)

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 →

Howard Schoenfield's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Alejandro Cortes	0-6 1-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 1981*	R32	Vina Del Mar	ATP 250	Clay
Angel Gimenez #86	0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1981*	R32	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard
John James	0-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 1980*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Terry Moor #52	3-6 0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1980*	R64	North Conway	ATP 250	Clay
Mel Purcell	0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1980*	R64	Washington Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Howard Schoenfield's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
John James	1	1	2	Aug 13, 1980	H2H
Terry Moor	0	2	2	Jul 29, 1980	H2H
Stan Smith	0	2	2	Apr 17, 1980	H2H
Bjorn Borg	0	2	2	Nov 24, 1977	H2H
Alvaro Betancur	0	2	2	Aug 25, 1977	H2H

Titles (1)

Howard Schoenfield 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
1980	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Tulsa
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Howard Schoenfield career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1974	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1975	17	0	2	2	0.0%	308	308
1976	18	0	1	1	0.0%	272	272
1977	19	1	10	11	9.1%	269	269
1978	20	1	6	7	14.3%	201	196
1979	21	2	10	12	16.7%	95	142
1980	22	7	11	18	38.9%	73	108
1981	23	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career		11	43	54	20.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Howard Schoenfield 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 %
1974	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1975	17	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	19	0	1	1	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1978	20	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1979	21	1	5	6	16.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	10	12	16.7%
1980	22	7	3	10	70.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	11	18	38.9%
1981	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	8	10	18	44.4%	3	21	24	12.5%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	8	8	0.0%	11	43	54	20.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Howard Schoenfield 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	19	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1978	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1979	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1980	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	0	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
1981	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	12	17	29.4%	0	0	—	—	5	19	24	20.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 24/54 (44.4%) of Howard Schoenfield's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Howard Schoenfield 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
1974	16	1480	97.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.20
1975	17	1463	102.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.00	—	0–1	—	-0.03
1977	19	1408	112.2	—	—	—	—	—	+30	—	13.6%	-2.41	1–1	0–1	—	+0.37
1978	20	1415	112.6	—	—	—	—	+108	+46	—	26.7%	-1.87	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.29
1979	21	1396	104.1	—	—	—	—	+69	+38	—	21.4%	-2.14	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.48
1980	22	1445	111.8	—	—	—	—	+155	-53	+25	45.9%	-0.46	1–3 (25%)	—	—	+1.20
1981	23	1425	87.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-6.00	—	—	—	+0.17
Career		1553	110.4	—	—	—	—	+115	+14	+25	27.9%	-1.61	4–8 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	98.4	+3.96

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Howard Schoenfield Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	W	USO	W-L Win %
1975	17	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1977	19	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	21	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1980	22	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

ATP 500

Howard Schoenfield ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1979	21	R64	0–1 (0%)
1980	22	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Howard Schoenfield ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAR	BAS	MAD	MIA	NAP	NWP	WAS	BER	DAY	FOR	GUA	LIT	LOS	LOU	MAU	MER	NOR	OVI	PAL	SAL	SAN	SAR	SOU	SUR	TUL	U.S	VIN	W-L Win %
1974	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	19	—	R64	R32	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	1–9 (10%)
1978	20	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	1–6 (14%)
1979	21	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1980	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	W	R64	—	7–9 (44%)
1981	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	11–37 (23%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jun 16, 1980

First Top 100

Jul 9, 1979

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Howard Schoenfield ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	308
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	272	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	269	—	—	—	—	—
1978	20	197	—	—	—	—	—	235	—	—	—	—	196
1979	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	95	—	—	—	—	142
1980	22	—	—	—	72	74	69	—	—	—	96	100	108
1982	24	752	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Howard Schoenfield's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Keith Richardson	USA	63	1,538	0	61	18	43	29.5%	1976–1979	Match log
David Schneider	USA	62	1,586	0	117	30	87	25.6%	1972–1982	Match log
Jorge Andrew	VEN	66	1,625	0	141	36	105	25.5%	1968–1982	Match log
Dan Cassidy	USA	74	1,629	1	110	35	75	31.8%	1969–1990	Match log
Alejandro Pierola	CHI	76	1,595	0	64	17	47	26.6%	1973–1983	Match log
Jean Louis Haillet	FRA	68	1,668	0	140	48	92	34.3%	1972–1983	Match log
Gustavo Guerrero	ARG	78	1,521	0	26	6	20	23.1%	1971–1987	Match log
Greg Halder	CAN	56	1,538	0	34	8	26	23.5%	1974–1980	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	66	1,587	0	141	47	94	33.3%	1968–1983	Match log
Rick Fagel	USA	60	1,615	0	146	47	99	32.2%	1972–1983	Match log
Joao Soares	BRA	74	1,615	0	141	42	99	29.8%	1974–1987	Match log
James Chico Hagey	USA	72	1,560	0	68	18	50	26.5%	1968–1978	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Howard Schoenfield represent?: Howard Schoenfield represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Howard Schoenfield left-handed or right-handed?: Howard Schoenfield plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Howard Schoenfield won?: Howard Schoenfield has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Howard Schoenfield won?: TennisDB does not group any of Howard Schoenfield's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Howard Schoenfield won?: Howard Schoenfield has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Tulsa in 1980.
What is Howard Schoenfield's highest ATP ranking?: Howard Schoenfield's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 68, first achieved on June 16, 1980.
What is Howard Schoenfield's career win-loss record?: Howard Schoenfield has a career ATP singles record of 11 wins and 43 losses (20.4%).
Which seasons of Howard Schoenfield's career appear in TennisDB?: Howard Schoenfield appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1974 through 1981.
On which surface does Howard Schoenfield have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Howard Schoenfield's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 12.5% (3–21).
Who has Howard Schoenfield faced most often?: Howard Schoenfield's most frequent opponent is John James, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.