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Manuel Santana

ESP Died Dec 11, 2021 (age 83) 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1978

Manuel Santana represented Spain on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 145. In TennisDB's records, Manuel Santana finished with a career record of 113–50 and 8 singles titles.

Peak ranking

145 (Mar 10, 1975)

Elo peak

1993 (90th percentile)

Career record

113–50 (69.3%)

Career 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 →

Manuel Santana's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Arthur Ashe #22	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 1978*	R16	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Woody Blocher	6-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 1978*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Guillermo Vilas #4	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1977*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Clay
Dick Crealy #36	6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1977*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Angel Gimenez	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1976*	QF	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Manuel Santana's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	2	4	6	Jul 14, 1978	H2H
Manuel Orantes	3	2	5	Aug 17, 1969	H2H
Clark Graebner	0	4	4	Apr 26, 1970	H2H
Marty Riessen	4	0	4	Mar 28, 1969	H2H
Jim Osborne	1	2	3	Feb 18, 1971	H2H

Titles (8)

Manuel Santana titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	30	4	—	—	—	4	—	Barcelona Nationals, Berlin, Helsinki, Valencia
1969	31	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bastad, Austrian Open Kitzbühel
1970	32	2	—	—	—	2	—	Barcelona Open, New York
Total		8	—	—	—	8	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Manuel Santana career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	30	38	11	49	77.6%	—	—
1969	31	25	6	31	80.7%	—	—
1970	32	25	8	33	75.8%	—	—
1971	33	14	7	21	66.7%	—	—
1972	34	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1973	35	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	36	2	3	5	40.0%	225	188
1975	37	2	3	5	40.0%	164	212
1976	38	4	6	10	40.0%	168	169
1977	39	0	2	2	0.0%	234	234
1978	40	1	1	2	50.0%	365	374
Career		113	50	163	69.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Manuel Santana 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	30	0	3	3	0.0%	31	4	35	88.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	3	8	62.5%	38	11	49	77.6%
1969	31	—	—	—	—	20	4	24	83.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	25	6	31	80.6%
1970	32	2	2	4	50.0%	14	4	18	77.8%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	25	8	33	75.8%
1971	33	5	2	7	71.4%	8	4	12	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	14	7	21	66.7%
1972	34	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1973	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	36	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1975	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1976	38	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%
1977	39	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1978	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	9	10	19	47.4%	79	24	103	76.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	16	11	27	59.3%	113	50	163	69.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Manuel Santana 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	35	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	36	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%
1977	39	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1978	40	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 5/163 (3.1%) of Manuel Santana's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Manuel Santana 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	30	1814	136.4	—	—	—	—	-240	+129	-240	74.5%	+1.84	5–6 (45%)	—	—	+0.50
1969	31	1908	142.2	—	—	—	—	-262	+167	-244	73.9%	+1.81	3–2 (60%)	—	—	+1.37
1970	32	1990	137.8	—	—	—	—	-171	+56	-251	70.9%	+1.45	3–3 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	98.5	+0.51
1971	33	1930	121.8	—	—	—	—	-88	+70	—	75.5%	+1.69	1–0	1–1	—	+2.58
1972	34	1865	102.4	—	—	—	—	-91	—	—	53.8%	+0.46	—	0–1	—	+0.61
1973	35	1839	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0.11
1974	36	1810	107.0	—	—	—	—	—	+168	—	50.0%	+0.30	1–1	1–1	—	+0.35
1975	37	1759	107.5	—	—	—	—	-73	—	—	46.2%	+0.15	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	+0.70
1976	38	1693	110.9	—	—	—	—	—	+128	—	40.9%	-0.77	1–1	—	—	+1.30
1977	39	1679	112.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	0–1	—	-0.60
1978	40	1678	106.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.20	1–0	0–1	—	+0.12
Career		1993	138.0	—	—	—	—	-159	+119	-245	68.9%	+1.40	16–15 (52%)	5–9 (36%)	94.0	+4.78

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Manuel Santana Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	30	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1969	31	R16	—	R16	6–2 (75%)
1970	32	R16	—	R16	6–2 (75%)
1977	39	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	14–6 (70%)

ATP 250

Manuel Santana ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	NWP	ITA	BER	MIA	BOM	BOU	BRU	CHA	DUR	DUT	HEL	LA	LON	MEX	NEW	NEW	OMA	PHI	QUE	RIC	SAL	SAL	SAN	SAN	SOU	SOU	TAM	VAL	W-L Win %
1968	30	SF	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	SF	RR	—	—	QF	—	W	F	QF	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	W	W	32–9 (78%)
1969	31	W	F	—	—	W	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–4 (83%)
1970	32	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–6 (76%)
1971	33	SF	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	14–7 (67%)
1972	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1973	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1975	37	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1976	38	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1977	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		9–3 (75%)	14–3 (82%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	5–0 (100%)	6–1 (86%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	8–1 (89%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–0 (100%)	1–0 (100%)	95–43 (69%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

145

Career-high date

Mar 10, 1975

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

Manuel Santana ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	36	—	—	—	—	—	225	203	212	205	—	236	188
1975	37	164	—	145	151	151	163	—	—	—	—	—	212
1976	38	—	—	—	—	—	168	—	—	—	—	—	169
1977	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	234	—	—	—	—	—
1978	40	352	—	—	—	—	—	386	—	—	—	—	374

Similar Players

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

Manuel Santana's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Wilhelm Bungert	GER	144	1,795	1	76	49	27	64.5%	1968–1973	Match log
Earl Butch Buchholz	USA	156	1,942	2	179	98	81	54.7%	1968–1978	Match log
Mal Anderson	AUS	125	1,934	3	135	81	54	60.0%	1968–1981	Match log
Mike Belkin	CAN	128	1,770	1	135	77	58	57.0%	1968–1975	Match log
Istvan Gulyas	HUN	128	1,795	2	126	66	60	52.4%	1968–1973	Match log
Herb Fitzgibbon	USA	128	1,683	1	84	46	38	54.8%	1968–1973	Match log
Bill Bowrey	AUS	162	1,747	1	236	122	114	51.7%	1968–1975	Match log
Jean Loup Rouyer	FRA	133	1,710	0	139	69	70	49.6%	1968–1974	Match log
Jose Castanon	ESP	147	1,500	0	25	4	21	16.0%	1968–1979	Match log
Richard Russell	JAM	140	1,581	0	156	56	100	35.9%	1968–1975	Match log
Armistead Neely	USA	144	1,571	0	66	22	44	33.3%	1968–1977	Match log
Dennis Ralston	USA	115	1,958	4	291	156	135	53.6%	1968–1980	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Manuel Santana represent?: Manuel Santana represents Spain in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Manuel Santana?: Manuel Santana is 170 cm / 5'7".
Is Manuel Santana left-handed or right-handed?: Manuel Santana plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Manuel Santana won?: Manuel Santana has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Manuel Santana won?: TennisDB does not group any of Manuel Santana's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Manuel Santana won?: Manuel Santana has won 8 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was New York in 1970.
What is Manuel Santana's highest ATP ranking?: Manuel Santana's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 145, first achieved on March 10, 1975.
What is Manuel Santana's career win-loss record?: Manuel Santana has a career ATP singles record of 113 wins and 50 losses (69.3%).
Which seasons of Manuel Santana's career appear in TennisDB?: Manuel Santana appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1978.
On which surface does Manuel Santana have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Manuel Santana's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 76.7% (79–24).
Who has Manuel Santana faced most often?: Manuel Santana's most frequent opponent is Arthur Ashe, with a head-to-head record of 2–4 across 6 meetings.