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Kristian Pless

DEN Age 45 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1999–2008

Kristian Pless represented Denmark on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 65. In TennisDB's records, Kristian Pless finished with a career record of 44–82 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

65 (Jan 28, 2002)

Elo peak

1713 (56th percentile)

Career record

44–82 (34.9%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,127,884

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 →

Kristian Pless's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Martin Fischer #222	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2009*	Q2 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Marsel Ilhan #186	7-6(5) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 2009	Q1 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Philipp Petzschner #125	6-3 0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2008	Q2 Q	Vienna Open	ATP 500	Hard
Andreas Haider-Maurer #339	6-3 4-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2008	Q1 Q	Vienna Open	ATP 500	Hard
Ryan Sweeting #277	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 26, 2008*	Q2 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Kristian Pless's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
David Nalbandian	1	2	3	Jan 4, 2007	H2H
Xavier Malisse	0	2	2	Aug 29, 2007	H2H
Mikhail Youzhny	0	2	2	Jun 27, 2007	H2H
Andy Roddick	0	2	2	May 24, 2007	H2H
Paul-Henri Mathieu	0	2	2	Apr 26, 2007	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Kristian Pless Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Mark Philippoussis #15 def. Kristian Pless #254 6-4 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Kristian Pless career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1999	18	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	879	458
2000	19	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2000	19	ATP	1	4	5	20.0%	459	197
2001	20	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
2001	20	ATP	12	10	22	54.6%	197	68
2002	21	ATP	15	22	37	40.5%	81	82
2003	22	ATP	2	5	7	28.6%	80	440
2004	23	ATP	3	9	12	25.0%	440	230
2005	24	Qualifying Q	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—
2005	24	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	230	160
2006	25	Qualifying Q	10	1	11	90.9%	—	—
2006	25	ATP	5	10	15	33.3%	155	84
2007	26	Qualifying Q	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
2007	26	ATP	5	16	21	23.8%	84	128
2008	27	Qualifying Q	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—
2008	27	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	128	158
2009	28	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
Career		—	44	82	126	34.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kristian Pless career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1999	18	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2000	19	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2000	19	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2001	20	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
2001	20	ATP	9	6	15	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	12	10	22	54.5%
2002	21	ATP	8	10	18	44.4%	3	8	11	27.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	15	22	37	40.5%
2003	22	ATP	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
2004	23	ATP	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
2005	24	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%
2005	24	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2006	25	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	10	1	11	90.9%
2006	25	ATP	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	5	10	15	33.3%
2007	26	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2007	26	ATP	3	9	12	25.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	16	21	23.8%
2008	27	Qualifying Q	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	50.0%
2008	27	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2009	28	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	—	29	47	76	38.2%	7	16	23	30.4%	4	12	16	25.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	44	82	126	34.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kristian Pless 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 %
1999	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2000	19	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2001	20	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	5	2	7	71.4%	12	10	22	54.5%
2002	21	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	13	23	43.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	15	21	36	41.7%
2003	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%
2004	23	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
2005	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2006	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
2007	26	1	2	3	33.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2008	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		1	11	12	8.3%	5	16	21	23.8%	19	38	57	33.3%	19	14	33	57.6%	44	79	123	35.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 123/126 (97.6%) of Kristian Pless's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Kristian Pless performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1999	18	2/3	3.5	2.5	55.5%	69.0%	58.7%	50.0%	39.6%	64.4%	38.5%
2000	19	2/5	2.5	1.5	60.9%	70.2%	51.6%	56.4%	35.0%	62.6%	25.7%
2001	20	21/22	5.0	3.1	60.1%	70.8%	50.9%	62.4%	46.5%	62.6%	35.2%
2002	21	31/37	5.5	3.3	63.2%	67.8%	50.8%	59.2%	53.3%	61.6%	36.6%
2003	22	7/7	8.4	4.9	57.4%	72.8%	51.9%	46.2%	37.8%	63.9%	34.6%
2004	23	12/12	7.9	5.4	60.1%	66.8%	46.4%	58.8%	36.7%	58.8%	32.8%
2005	24	2/2	8.5	5.0	54.5%	74.9%	49.2%	51.4%	33.3%	62.9%	31.8%
2006	25	15/15	5.9	3.1	62.1%	69.4%	48.7%	47.6%	37.5%	61.5%	33.6%
2007	26	21/21	6.2	2.4	61.7%	70.9%	55.6%	55.8%	36.6%	65.0%	32.2%
2008	27	2/2	5.0	18.0	51.6%	72.8%	30.8%	61.1%	39.0%	52.5%	39.6%
Career		115/126	6.0	3.6	61.0%	69.6%	50.8%	56.5%	43.1%	62.2%	34.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 115/126 (91.3%) of Kristian Pless's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kristian Pless 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
1999	18	1512	115.3	+0.37	-0.73	1.081	51.1%	+36	—	—	33.3%	-0.50	—	—	—	-0.24
2000	19	1507	114.5	-1.58	+0.79	0.687	43.9%	+16	—	—	27.3%	-1.00	0–1	0–1	—	-0.10
2001	20	1662	127.6	+0.83	-1.40	0.942	48.9%	-41	-69	-106	56.0%	+0.36	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	104.5	+0.18
2002	21	1665	129.1	-0.41	-1.13	0.952	49.1%	+34	-142	-129	43.8%	-0.31	4–10 (29%)	5–10 (33%)	93.2	+0.31
2003	22	1611	110.7	+1.63	-3.19	0.959	49.3%	+14	—	—	36.8%	-0.42	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	+0.32
2004	23	1554	115.9	-1.68	-2.74	0.796	46.5%	+38	—	—	31.4%	-1.09	2–2 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	96.4	-0.03
2005	24	1543	109.1	+1.45	-2.88	0.857	46.1%	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–1	1–1	—	-0.01
2006	25	1627	114.5	-0.75	-2.22	0.871	47.5%	-38	—	-39	31.6%	-1.05	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	101.3	+0.18
2007	26	1509	129.5	+1.72	-2.07	0.922	48.7%	+21	+22	-12	31.5%	-0.78	1–5 (17%)	4–10 (29%)	94.1	-0.35
2008	27	1481	100.6	-2.49	-0.88	0.834	46.4%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.40	0–1	—	—	+0.34
2009	28	1482	98.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1713	126.6	+0.14	-1.77	0.910	48.4%	+9	-81	-67	38.9%	-0.54	12–25 (32%)	19–34 (36%)	88.9	+0.48

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kristian Pless Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2000	19	—	—	—	Q2	1–1 (50%)
2001	20	Q1	R64	R64	R64	6–4 (60%)
2002	21	R32	R128	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
2003	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	23	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
2005	24	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q2	6–4 (60%)
2006	25	Q2	R128	R128	R64	11–4 (73%)
2007	26	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2008	27	Q1	—	Q2	Q2	2–3 (40%)
2009	28	—	—	Q2	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		5–7 (42%)	10–6 (62%)	7–8 (47%)	10–8 (56%)	32–29 (52%)

Masters 1000

Kristian Pless Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	W-L Win %
2002	21	R32	—	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
2007	26	—	Q1	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)

ATP 500

Kristian Pless ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	DUB	NAP	TKY	VIE	WAS	MEM	W-L Win %
1999	18	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
2001	20	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2002	21	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2004	23	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	25	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
2007	26	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
2008	27	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	6–10 (38%)

ATP 250

Kristian Pless ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BEI	CHN	DLB	HAL	LIB	HKG	MTP	MAL	NAP	NWP	SHA	STO	WAS	CAS	COP	DUT	SHA	QUE	LAS	MIL	MOS	MUM	EAS	POE	SAN	SOP	ST.	SYD	TAS	U.S	VAL	W-L Win %
1999	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2001	20	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	7–6 (54%)
2002	21	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	QF	—	11–13 (46%)
2003	22	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
2004	23	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
2005	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2006	25	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
2007	26	—	—	R16	RR	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	Q1	—	—	R32	3–11 (21%)
2008	27	—	—	Q3	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	31–54 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 28, 2002

First Top 100

Jun 11, 2001

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Kristian Pless ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1999	18	870	870	778	644	565	569	585	517	507	476	486	458
2000	19	459	464	454	478	458	373	308	285	254	209	199	197
2001	20	146	126	127	124	118	100	94	91	86	81	84	68
2002	21	65	74	74	66	71	82	88	85	89	74	74	82
2003	22	97	95	95	105	110	117	118	133	192	432	437	440
2004	23	440	539	749	834	846	634	575	353	269	234	225	230
2005	24	228	207	203	200	200	197	191	180	183	163	161	160
2006	25	160	152	139	143	143	139	101	116	109	105	85	84
2007	26	81	86	92	81	81	80	98	99	108	107	128	128
2008	27	128	137	130	137	127	126	129	128	150	154	157	158
2009	28	159	155	181	202	263	324	272	294	268	284	429	426
2010	29	437	451	446	447	449	454	675	831	939	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Kristian Pless's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Brian Vahaly	USA	64	1,641	0	64	21	43	32.8%	2002–2006	Match log
Kevin Kim	USA	63	1,642	0	141	44	97	31.2%	1996–2010	Match log
George Bastl	SUI	71	1,656	0	132	47	85	35.6%	1996–2009	Match log
Cecil Mamiit	PHI	72	1,631	0	143	48	95	33.6%	1996–2008	Match log
Michael Russell	USA	60	1,809	0	227	77	150	33.9%	1998–2015	Match log
Jan Vacek	CZE	61	1,640	1	89	30	59	33.7%	2001–2008	Match log
Bjorn Phau	GER	59	1,733	0	218	80	138	36.7%	1998–2014	Match log
Jiri Vanek	CZE	74	1,646	0	190	68	122	35.8%	1995–2009	Match log
Justin Gimelstob	USA	63	1,722	0	278	107	171	38.5%	1995–2007	Match log
Lars Burgsmuller	GER	65	1,747	1	236	87	149	36.9%	1994–2007	Match log
Sergio Roitman	ARG	62	1,613	0	87	25	62	28.7%	2000–2009	Match log
Attila Savolt	HUN	68	1,650	0	78	30	48	38.5%	1998–2004	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kristian Pless?: Kristian Pless is 45 years old, born on February 9, 1981.
Which country does Kristian Pless represent?: Kristian Pless represents Denmark in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Kristian Pless?: Kristian Pless is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Kristian Pless left-handed or right-handed?: Kristian Pless plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Kristian Pless won?: Kristian Pless has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Kristian Pless won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kristian Pless's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Kristian Pless' highest ATP ranking?: Kristian Pless' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, first achieved on January 28, 2002.
What is Kristian Pless' career win-loss record?: Kristian Pless has a career ATP singles record of 44 wins and 82 losses (34.9%).
How much career prize money has Kristian Pless earned?: Kristian Pless has earned at least $1,127,884 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Kristian Pless?: TennisDB records 1999 as Kristian Pless's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Kristian Pless's career appear in TennisDB?: Kristian Pless appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1999 through 2008.
On which surface does Kristian Pless have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kristian Pless's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 38.2% (29–47).
Who has Kristian Pless faced most often?: Kristian Pless' most frequent opponent is David Nalbandian, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.