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John Whitlinger

USA Age 72 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1973–1980

John Whitlinger represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 75. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 45–77 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

75 (Jun 2, 1975)

Elo peak

1630 (40th percentile)

Singles record

45–77 (36.9%)

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 →

John Whitlinger's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Eric Deblicker	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 1980*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay
Nick Saviano #70	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 1980*	R16	Cleveland	ATP 250	Hard
Brad Drewett	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 1980*	R32	Cleveland	ATP 250	Hard
Randy Crawford	6-4 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1980*	R32	Tulsa	ATP 250	Hard
Van Winitsky	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 1980*	R32	Palm Harbor	ATP 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

John Whitlinger's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jim Delaney	1	3	4	Nov 24, 1977	H2H
Vijay Amritraj	0	3	3	Dec 1, 1977	H2H
Geoff Masters	0	3	3	Nov 25, 1977	H2H
Colin Dibley	0	3	3	Sep 18, 1977	H2H
Ken Rosewall	0	3	3	Nov 6, 1976	H2H

Career Results

John Whitlinger career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	19	1	1	2	50.0%	142	143
1974	20	11	9	20	55.0%	147	85
1975	21	6	15	21	28.6%	87	98
1976	22	17	29	46	37.0%	83	130
1977	23	7	17	24	29.2%	127	127
1978	24	0	1	1	0.0%	167	374
1980	26	3	5	8	37.5%	264	264
Career		45	77	122	36.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

John Whitlinger 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	19	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1974	20	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	11	9	20	55.0%
1975	21	2	3	5	40.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	6	15	21	28.6%
1976	22	8	8	16	50.0%	4	11	15	26.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	17	29	46	37.0%
1977	23	2	7	9	22.2%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	17	24	29.2%
1978	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	26	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	3	5	8	37.5%
Career	—	15	24	39	38.5%	14	31	45	31.1%	5	5	10	50.0%	11	17	28	39.3%	45	77	122	36.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

John Whitlinger 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 %
1974	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1975	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1976	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	0	—	—	3	9	12	25.0%
1980	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	11	16	31.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	16	21	23.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 21/122 (17.2%) of John Whitlinger's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

John Whitlinger 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	19	1506	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.00	—	—	—	+0.16
1974	20	1580	113.1	—	—	—	—	+13	-57	+11	52.9%	+0.08	4–3 (57%)	4–3 (57%)	101.0	+2.32
1975	21	1568	124.8	—	—	—	—	-12	-22	—	30.4%	-1.39	2–2 (50%)	1–6 (14%)	97.9	0.00
1976	22	1541	118.0	—	—	—	—	+58	-38	—	38.0%	-0.94	8–8 (50%)	8–5 (62%)	104.3	+5.18
1977	23	1513	107.6	—	—	—	—	+38	-25	—	34.5%	-1.43	3–6 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	101.5	+1.62
1978	24	1498	92.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.19
1980	26	1495	101.6	—	—	—	—	+31	—	—	38.9%	-0.95	1–1	1–0	—	+1.16
Career		1630	116.6	—	—	—	—	+37	-33	+11	38.7%	-0.96	18–20 (47%)	18–16 (53%)	104.2	+8.71

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

John Whitlinger Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1974	20	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1975	21	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1976	22	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1977	23	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–5 (0%)

ATP 500

John Whitlinger ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1976	22	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

John Whitlinger ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	CIN	HKG	MEL	MIA	NAP	TKY	WAS	BAN	BER	BIR	MIA	BOM	BOU	CAL	CHI	CLE	COL	DAY	HAM	LA	LAG	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAN	MAU	MER	MEX	PAL	PER	RIC	SAC	SAL	SAN	SYD	TAI	TUL	U.S	W-L Win %
1973	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1974	20	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	11–8 (58%)
1975	21	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	R32	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R64	6–14 (30%)
1976	22	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R64	QF	R32	R16	R32	QF	SF	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	R64	R64	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R64	17–26 (40%)
1977	23	R32	R64	R32	—	R16	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	—	R64	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	7–16 (30%)
1978	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–5 (38%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	45–71 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jun 2, 1975

First Top 100

Sep 9, 1974

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

John Whitlinger ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	142	150	128	143	143
1974	20	—	—	147	146	149	164	—	167	97	—	87	85
1975	21	87	—	81	83	80	77	—	—	—	—	—	98
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	83	—	—	—	—	—	130
1977	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	127	—	—	—	—	—
1978	24	167	—	—	—	—	—	207	—	—	—	—	374
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	261
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	264

Similar Players

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

John Whitlinger's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Docherty	AUS	#74	1,636	122	46	76	37.7%	—	0	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Lewis	GBR	#77	1,656	183	67	116	36.6%	$547	0	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Krulevitz	USA	#70	1,766	323	122	201	37.8%	—	0	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	#78	1,624	163	64	99	39.3%	—	0	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Antonio Munoz	ESP	#74	1,695	282	108	174	38.3%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
David Carter	AUS	#78	1,732	195	76	119	39.0%	$238,612	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
George Hardie	USA	#80	1,635	221	77	144	34.8%	—	0	1972–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Javier Soler	ESP	#74	1,655	79	27	52	34.2%	$283	0	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kuki	JPN	#78	1,662	207	73	134	35.3%	—	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Dan Cassidy	USA	#74	1,629	110	35	75	31.8%	$263,318	1	1969–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Richard Meyer	USA	#83	1,689	120	44	76	36.7%	—	1	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Paish	GBR	#80	1,690	111	43	68	38.7%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Whitlinger?: John Whitlinger is 72 years old, born on February 4, 1954.
Which country does John Whitlinger represent?: John Whitlinger represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is John Whitlinger?: John Whitlinger is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is John Whitlinger left-handed or right-handed?: John Whitlinger plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has John Whitlinger won?: John Whitlinger has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has John Whitlinger won?: TennisDB does not group any of John Whitlinger's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is John Whitlinger's highest ATP ranking?: John Whitlinger's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 75, first achieved on June 2, 1975.
What is John Whitlinger's career win-loss record?: John Whitlinger has a career ATP singles record of 45 wins and 77 losses (36.9%).
Which seasons of John Whitlinger's career appear in TennisDB?: John Whitlinger appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1973 through 1980.
On which surface does John Whitlinger have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, John Whitlinger's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 39.3% (11–17).
Who has John Whitlinger faced most often?: John Whitlinger's most frequent opponent is Jim Delaney, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.