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Douglas Palm

SWE Age 71 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1979

Douglas Palm represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 159. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 17–46 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

159 (Jul 17, 1978)

Elo peak

1541 (15th percentile)

Singles record

17–46 (27.0%)

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 →

Douglas Palm's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pavel Slozil #68	6-7 7-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 1, 1979*	R32	Cologne	ATP 250	Hard
Roscoe Tanner #12	3-6 7-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1978*	R32	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
Mark Cox #63	2-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 8, 1978*	R64	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
John James	6-4 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 1978*	R32	Stowe	ATP 250	Hard
Peter Feigl	1-6 6-4 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1978*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay

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Douglas Palm's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mark Cox	1	2	3	Nov 8, 1978	H2H
John James	0	2	2	Aug 17, 1978	H2H
Harold Solomon	0	2	2	Aug 3, 1978	H2H
Corrado Barazzutti	0	2	2	Jul 20, 1978	H2H
Buster C Mottram	0	2	2	Jun 28, 1978	H2H

Career Results

Douglas Palm career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1973	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	19	2	4	6	33.3%	228	228
1975	20	4	5	9	44.4%	231	168
1976	21	4	9	13	30.8%	179	166
1977	22	4	16	20	20.0%	164	164
1978	23	3	9	12	25.0%	173	236
1979	24	0	1	1	0.0%	276	276
Career		17	46	63	27.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Douglas Palm 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 %
1972	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1973	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	19	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1975	20	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1976	21	2	2	4	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1977	22	3	6	9	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	16	20	20.0%
1978	23	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
1979	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	7	15	22	31.8%	5	17	22	22.7%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	8	12	33.3%	17	46	63	27.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Douglas Palm 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	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1975	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1977	22	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
1978	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1979	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	8	8	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	18	22	18.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 22/63 (34.9%) of Douglas Palm's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Douglas Palm 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
1972	17	1480	98.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	1–0	—	+0.28
1973	18	1469	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.08
1974	19	1479	109.6	—	—	—	—	+52	+58	—	33.3%	-0.75	—	0–1	—	+0.30
1975	20	1510	101.5	—	—	—	—	+9	+42	—	45.0%	-0.45	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.96
1976	21	1522	115.0	—	—	—	—	+22	-23	—	38.7%	-0.55	1–4 (20%)	2–4 (33%)	95.5	+0.20
1977	22	1435	105.7	—	—	—	—	+69	+42	-4	32.6%	-1.22	0–5 (0%)	0–1	—	+1.63
1978	23	1463	113.5	—	—	—	—	+75	-2	—	33.3%	-1.77	1–4 (20%)	3–0 (100%)	101.3	-0.08
1979	24	1456	99.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.01
Career		1541	111.4	—	—	—	—	+54	+18	-4	35.8%	-1.04	3–17 (15%)	9–9 (50%)	91.0	+5.33

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Douglas Palm Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	W-L Win %
1977	22	R64	R64	1–2 (33%)
1978	23	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)

ATP 250

Douglas Palm ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BAR	MAD	NAP	PAR	QUE	STO	VIE	ALG	AVI	CAI	COL	COL	COP	DEN	HEL	LOS	MAU	NOR	OSL	SAN	SAR	SPR	STO	SYD	CAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1972	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	19	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1975	20	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1976	21	—	R32	R64	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1977	22	R64	—	R64	—	—	R32	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R64	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	R32	3–14 (18%)
1978	23	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1979	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–7 (36%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	16–42 (28%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

159

Career-high date

Jul 17, 1978

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Douglas Palm ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	228
1975	20	231	—	215	174	181	183	—	—	—	—	—	168
1976	21	—	—	—	—	—	179	—	—	—	—	—	166
1977	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	164	—	—	—	—	—
1978	23	169	—	—	—	—	—	159	—	—	—	—	236
1979	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	276

Similar Players

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

Douglas Palm's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Gene Malin	USA	#161	1,520	41	11	30	26.8%	—	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Myburg	RSA	#159	1,539	34	9	25	26.5%	—	1971–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Bill Maze	USA	#153	1,548	44	12	32	27.3%	$138	1972–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Pearson	USA	#153	1,509	25	6	19	24.0%	$138	1976–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Eric Friedler	USA	#152	1,551	53	16	37	30.2%	$86	1974–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Ulrich Marten	GER	#161	1,554	67	20	47	29.9%	—	1974–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Janos Benyik	HUN	#170	1,523	24	8	16	33.3%	—	1973–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Wayman	GBR	#171	1,535	18	4	14	22.2%	—	1974–1978	Rivalries	Match log
John Holladay	USA	#167	1,500	27	5	22	18.5%	—	1974–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Graeme Thomson	AUS	#162	1,530	30	9	21	30.0%	—	1970–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Aubone	ARG	#133	1,546	46	12	34	26.1%	—	1969–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Herve Gauvain	FRA	#148	1,561	36	10	26	27.8%	—	1974–1982	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Douglas Palm?: Douglas Palm is 71 years old, born on May 6, 1955.
Which country does Douglas Palm represent?: Douglas Palm represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Douglas Palm left-handed or right-handed?: Douglas Palm plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Douglas Palm won?: Douglas Palm has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Douglas Palm won?: TennisDB does not group any of Douglas Palm's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Douglas Palm's highest ATP ranking?: Douglas Palm's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 159, first achieved on July 17, 1978.
What is Douglas Palm's career win-loss record?: Douglas Palm has a career ATP singles record of 17 wins and 46 losses (27.0%).
Which seasons of Douglas Palm's career appear in TennisDB?: Douglas Palm appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1979.
On which surface does Douglas Palm have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Douglas Palm's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 31.8% (7–15).
Who has Douglas Palm faced most often?: Douglas Palm's most frequent opponent is Mark Cox, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.