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Byron Bertram

RSA Age 73 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1969–1980

Byron Bertram represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 57. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 115–139 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

57 (Dec 13, 1976)

Elo peak

1816 (73rd percentile)

Singles record

115–139 (45.3%)

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 →

Byron Bertram's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ross Case	7-5 4-6 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1980*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Eddie Dibbs #8	4-6 7-5 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 1980*	R32	Atlanta	ATP 250	Hard
Stanislav Birner #100	7-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 1980*	R64	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Hard
Tim Gullikson	4-6 2-6	L	—	Match data	Jul 10, 1980*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Cliff Drysdale	2-6 6-3 6-3 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1980*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Byron Bertram's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Harold Solomon	0	5	5	Feb 15, 1980	H2H
Ion Tiriac	1	4	5	Apr 6, 1978	H2H
Stan Smith	3	1	4	Apr 5, 1980	H2H
Roscoe Tanner	1	3	4	Apr 22, 1978	H2H
Jimmy Connors	0	4	4	Jul 1, 1977	H2H

Career Results

Byron Bertram career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1969	16	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
1970	17	11	11	22	50.0%	—	—
1971	18	9	13	22	40.9%	—	—
1972	19	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1973	20	11	10	21	52.4%	115	152
1974	21	15	13	28	53.6%	156	156
1975	22	5	8	13	38.5%	205	120
1976	23	23	24	47	48.9%	82	57
1977	24	21	27	48	43.8%	57	87
1978	25	10	11	21	47.6%	84	92
1979	26	1	2	3	33.3%	93	219
1980	27	7	15	22	31.8%	75	150
Career		115	139	254	45.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Byron Bertram 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 %
1969	16	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1970	17	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	5	13	61.5%	—	—	—	—	11	11	22	50.0%
1971	18	4	5	9	44.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1972	19	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1973	20	3	3	6	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	11	10	21	52.4%
1974	21	3	1	4	75.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	15	13	28	53.6%
1975	22	1	3	4	25.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%
1976	23	7	4	11	63.6%	13	15	28	46.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	23	24	47	48.9%
1977	24	7	10	17	41.2%	4	7	11	36.4%	6	3	9	66.7%	4	7	11	36.4%	21	27	48	43.8%
1978	25	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	10	11	21	47.6%
1979	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1980	27	4	6	10	40.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	15	22	31.8%
Career	—	31	43	74	41.9%	24	41	65	36.9%	29	24	53	54.7%	31	31	62	50.0%	115	139	254	45.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Byron Bertram 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	20	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1974	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1975	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1976	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	24	2	4	6	33.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	11	19	30	36.7%
1978	25	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	0	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1980	27	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	0	—	—	2	10	12	16.7%
Career		3	8	11	27.3%	1	10	11	9.1%	13	21	34	38.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	18	41	59	30.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 59/254 (23.2%) of Byron Bertram's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Byron Bertram 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
1969	16	1467	97.7	—	—	—	—	+26	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	—	—	—	-0.10
1970	17	1541	119.6	—	—	—	—	-55	-40	+104	49.1%	-0.21	0–1	—	—	+0.86
1971	18	1547	108.9	—	—	—	—	-39	—	+97	47.5%	-0.13	2–7 (22%)	3–2 (60%)	96.3	+2.12
1972	19	1536	105.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	54.5%	+1.27	—	0–1	—	+0.31
1973	20	1618	113.6	—	—	—	—	+1	-147	+39	49.0%	-0.12	5–3 (63%)	2–2 (50%)	102.7	+1.62
1974	21	1655	122.3	—	—	—	—	+78	-202	—	53.2%	+0.08	5–3 (63%)	5–2 (71%)	106.5	+2.72
1975	22	1653	123.3	—	—	—	—	+13	-136	—	44.1%	-0.26	2–3 (40%)	3–2 (60%)	99.5	-0.16
1976	23	1737	135.3	—	—	—	—	+19	-143	—	48.7%	-0.04	10–8 (56%)	5–6 (45%)	102.8	-0.81
1977	24	1745	136.0	—	—	—	—	-14	-174	+50	43.4%	-0.53	11–5 (69%)	4–7 (36%)	107.4	-2.84
1978	25	1668	116.8	—	—	—	—	+30	—	—	45.7%	-0.35	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	102.2	+3.30
1979	26	1650	106.6	—	—	—	—	+23	—	—	28.6%	-0.86	1–0	0–1	—	+0.39
1980	27	1570	124.2	—	—	—	—	+66	-71	+169	38.9%	-0.57	2–5 (29%)	5–6 (45%)	96.6	-0.40
Career		1816	130.3	—	—	—	—	+20	-141	+86	46.2%	-0.25	40–36 (53%)	30–30 (50%)	106.0	+2.79

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Byron Bertram Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1970	17	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1971	18	R128	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1975	22	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1976	23	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1977	24	R64	QF	—	5–2 (71%)
1978	25	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	27	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	8–6 (57%)	0–2 (0%)	10–13 (43%)

ATP 500

Byron Bertram ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1974	21	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1976	23	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1980	27	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

Byron Bertram ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	SWE	BAR	CIN	EAS	FLR	HAM	MIA	MUN	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	ITA	STO	VIE	WAS	BAL	BEC	BIR	BOU	BRE	CAL	CHI	COL	DAY	DEN	DUR	DUS	DUT	HAM	HOY	JAC	JOH	JOH	AUS	LA	LAF	LEI	LIT	LON	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAC	MAN	MAU	MEM	MER	NEW	NIC	EAS	OMA	PAL	IW	PHI	IW	SAL	SAN	SAN	SAO	SAR	SOU	SOU	SPR	ST.	SUR	TEM	TUL	VAL	WEM	W-L Win %
1969	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1970	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–10 (47%)
1971	18	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–11 (42%)
1972	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–10 (52%)
1974	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	15–12 (56%)
1975	22	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1976	23	—	SF	R32	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	21–20 (51%)
1977	24	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	R64	R32	QF	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	16–25 (39%)
1978	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	10–10 (50%)
1979	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1980	27	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	7–11 (39%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–4 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	9–4 (69%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	8–9 (47%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	104–123 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Dec 13, 1976

First Top 100

Jun 14, 1976

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Byron Bertram ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	115	115	182	198	152
1974	21	—	—	156	154	157	134	156	159	153	—	155	156
1975	22	205	—	215	235	234	239	—	—	—	—	—	120
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	82	—	—	—	—	—	57
1977	24	63	67	65	65	64	66	68	69	70	66	77	87
1978	25	87	65	67	66	63	69	93	87	83	82	80	92
1979	26	93	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	219
1980	27	—	—	—	—	85	98	—	—	—	—	—	150

Similar Players

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

Byron Bertram's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Ian Fletcher	AUS	#56	1,751	219	105	114	47.9%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
John Yuill	RSA	#52	1,739	238	95	143	39.9%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Pierre Barthes	FRA	#57	1,894	375	185	190	49.3%	$8,040	0	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Georges Goven	FRA	#56	1,863	439	206	233	46.9%	$212	1	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Francois Caujolle	FRA	#59	1,713	203	85	118	41.9%	—	0	1970–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Robert Maud	RSA	#57	1,765	253	123	130	48.6%	—	2	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	#63	1,726	306	125	181	40.8%	—	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Bob Carmichael	AUS	#55	1,902	469	213	256	45.4%	$414	1	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Estep	USA	#59	1,760	300	118	182	39.3%	—	2	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Kary	AUT	#54	1,767	371	152	219	41.0%	—	1	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Szoke	HUN	#47	1,712	138	61	77	44.2%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Leif Johansson	SWE	#51	1,619	34	16	18	47.1%	—	0	1969–1976	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Byron Bertram?: Byron Bertram is 73 years old, born on October 29, 1952.
Which country does Byron Bertram represent?: Byron Bertram represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Byron Bertram left-handed or right-handed?: Byron Bertram plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Byron Bertram won?: Byron Bertram has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Byron Bertram won?: TennisDB does not group any of Byron Bertram's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Byron Bertram's highest ATP ranking?: Byron Bertram's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 57, first achieved on December 13, 1976.
What is Byron Bertram's career win-loss record?: Byron Bertram has a career ATP singles record of 115 wins and 139 losses (45.3%).
Which seasons of Byron Bertram's career appear in TennisDB?: Byron Bertram appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1969 through 1980.
On which surface does Byron Bertram have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Byron Bertram's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.7% (29–24).
Who has Byron Bertram faced most often?: Byron Bertram's most frequent opponent is Harold Solomon, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.