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Marcello Lara

MEX Age 79 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1978

Marcello Lara represented Mexico on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 59. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 59–109 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

59 (Nov 11, 1974)

Elo peak

1673 (49th percentile)

Singles record

59–109 (35.1%)

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 →

Marcello Lara's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jeff Borowiak #79	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1978*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Brian Teacher #51	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 25, 1978*	R16	Atlanta	ATP 250	Hard
Mike Cahill #76	7-5 6-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 1978*	R16	Cleveland	ATP 250	Hard
Erik Van Dillen	5-7 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data	Aug 24, 1978*	R32	Atlanta	ATP 250	Hard
Christophe Freyss	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1978*	R32	Cleveland	ATP 250	Hard

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Marcello Lara's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ilie Nastase	4	4	Aug 7, 1974	H2H
Gene Mayer	3	3	May 3, 1978	H2H
Cliff Richey	3	3	Jul 14, 1976	H2H
Manuel Orantes	3	3	Aug 13, 1975	H2H
John Newcombe	3	3	May 16, 1974	H2H

Career Results

Marcello Lara career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	20	7	6	13	53.9%	—	—
1969	21	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
1970	22	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
1971	23	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
1972	24	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1973	25	18	22	40	45.0%	80	102
1974	26	12	16	28	42.9%	104	60
1975	27	4	20	24	16.7%	62	167
1976	28	2	6	8	25.0%	169	169
1977	29	3	8	11	27.3%	205	72
1978	30	6	17	23	26.1%	69	163
Career		59	109	168	35.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Marcello Lara 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 %
1968	20	0	2	2	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	6	13	53.8%
1969	21	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1970	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1971	23	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1972	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1973	25	5	5	10	50.0%	10	12	22	45.5%	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	18	22	40	45.0%
1974	26	1	5	6	16.7%	10	9	19	52.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	12	16	28	42.9%
1975	27	—	—	—	—	3	16	19	15.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	20	24	16.7%
1976	28	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
1977	29	2	3	5	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
1978	30	4	6	10	40.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	6	17	23	26.1%
Career	—	13	28	41	31.7%	36	50	86	41.9%	8	19	27	29.6%	2	12	14	14.3%	59	109	168	35.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Marcello Lara 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	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1974	26	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1975	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1977	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1978	30	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	12	13	7.7%
Career		0	5	5	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	17	22	22.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	27	34	20.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 34/168 (20.2%) of Marcello Lara's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Marcello Lara 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
1968	20	1551	101.0	—	—	—	—	—	+46	-3	48.8%	+0.07	1–0	—	—	+0.48
1969	21	1530	104.9	—	—	—	—	-21	—	—	25.0%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	-0.25
1970	22	1521	111.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	-11	35.7%	-0.64	—	0–1	—	-0.39
1971	23	1558	120.0	—	—	—	—	—	+120	—	50.0%	+0.25	1–0	—	—	-0.25
1972	24	1554	105.8	—	—	—	—	-61	—	—	33.3%	-0.78	0–1	0–1	—	-0.07
1973	25	1591	120.6	—	—	—	—	-51	+61	-68	48.9%	-0.07	3–4 (43%)	5–5 (50%)	98.9	+2.57
1974	26	1630	124.3	—	—	—	—	-130	+100	—	47.5%	-0.48	5–4 (56%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+1.55
1975	27	1466	106.9	—	—	—	—	+28	+37	—	22.8%	-1.86	3–4 (43%)	1–1	—	+0.97
1976	28	1472	113.0	—	—	—	—	-24	+50	—	27.8%	-1.33	1–1	2–2 (50%)	—	+0.07
1977	29	1465	104.6	—	—	—	—	-2	+28	—	34.8%	-0.91	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	98.0	+1.03
1978	30	1462	107.0	—	—	—	—	-1	+19	—	32.7%	-1.36	2–7 (22%)	5–2 (71%)	99.0	+1.56
Career		1673	118.1	—	—	—	—	-31	+61	-35	39.3%	-0.73	17–24 (41%)	15–17 (47%)	99.5	+4.46

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Marcello Lara Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	20	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1969	21	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1970	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1971	23	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1973	25	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1974	26	R32	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1975	27	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1978	30	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–5 (17%)	2–7 (22%)	5–16 (24%)

ATP 500

Marcello Lara ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1973	25	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	26	—	QF	3–1 (75%)
1975	27	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–3 (50%)

ATP 250

Marcello Lara ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BAR	BRI	CIN	FLR	GST	HAM	HKG	AUS	MAD	MC	MIA	MUN	NAP	TKY	WAS	ALB	BOM	BOS	BOU	CHR	CLE	COL	COL	DAY	DEN	DJK	DUB	DUS	DUT	GUA	JAK	LA	LAS	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAN	MER	MEX	CAN	NEW	NIC	EAS	OMA	OSA	IW	PER	PHO	SAC	SAN	SAN	SAR	SOU	SYD	TAI	TEH	CAN	TUL	U.S	VAL	W-L Win %
1968	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1969	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1970	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1971	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1972	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1973	25	QF	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	16–18 (47%)
1974	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	8–12 (40%)
1975	27	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	QF	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	4–15 (21%)
1976	28	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1977	29	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1978	30	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	6–15 (29%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	51–89 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Nov 11, 1974

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Marcello Lara ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	94	86	98	102
1974	26	—	—	104	97	96	82	92	91	68	—	59	60
1975	27	62	—	66	70	74	90	—	—	—	—	—	167
1976	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	169
1977	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	205	—	—	89	89	72
1978	30	72	90	93	99	—	92	97	—	—	—	—	163
1979	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	267

Similar Players

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

Marcello Lara's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Graham Stilwell	GBR	#62	1,731	276	96	180	34.8%	—	0	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	#66	1,588	141	47	94	33.3%	$276	0	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Grover Raz Reid	USA	#71	1,696	137	48	89	35.0%	—	0	1970–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Syd Ball	AUS	#63	1,726	306	125	181	40.8%	—	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Dowdeswell	ZIM	#64	1,542	58	18	40	31.0%	—	0	1969–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Estep	USA	#59	1,760	299	118	181	39.5%	—	2	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Joachim Ploetz	GER	#65	1,645	171	73	98	42.7%	—	0	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Patricio Cornejo	CHI	#65	1,708	341	140	201	41.1%	—	0	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
John Yuill	RSA	#52	1,739	238	95	143	39.9%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Francois Caujolle	FRA	#59	1,713	203	85	118	41.9%	—	0	1970–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Norman Holmes	USA	#70	1,588	86	29	57	33.7%	—	0	1971–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Nicola Spear	SRB	#68	1,705	282	110	172	39.0%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Marcello Lara?: Marcello Lara is 79 years old, born on October 5, 1947.
Which country does Marcello Lara represent?: Marcello Lara represents Mexico in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Marcello Lara left-handed or right-handed?: Marcello Lara plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Marcello Lara won?: Marcello Lara has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Marcello Lara won?: TennisDB does not group any of Marcello Lara's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Marcello Lara's highest ATP ranking?: Marcello Lara's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 59, first achieved on November 11, 1974.
What is Marcello Lara's career win-loss record?: Marcello Lara has a career ATP singles record of 59 wins and 109 losses (35.1%).
Which seasons of Marcello Lara's career appear in TennisDB?: Marcello Lara appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1978.
On which surface does Marcello Lara have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Marcello Lara's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 41.9% (36–50).
Who has Marcello Lara faced most often?: Marcello Lara's most frequent opponent is Ilie Nastase, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.