Tom Edlefsen

USA Age 84 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1975

Tom Edlefsen represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 94. In TennisDB's records, Tom Edlefsen finished with a career record of 109–145 and 2 singles titles.

Peak ranking

94 (Jun 3, 1974)

Elo peak

1739 (61st percentile)

Career record

109–145 (42.9%)

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 →

Tom Edlefsen's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Grover Raz Reid #98	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 1975*	R32	Houston	ATP 250	Clay
Haroon Rahim #95	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1975*	R32	Tokyo Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Phil Dent	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1975*	R32	Atlanta Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
John Alexander #21	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 20, 1975*	R32	Memphis	ATP 250	Carpet
Bob Lutz	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1975*	R32	Washington Indoor Wct	ATP 250	Carpet

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Tom Edlefsen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Alejandro Olmedo	2	5	7	Sep 20, 1973	—
Mark Cox	2	4	6	Feb 13, 1975	H2H
Clark Graebner	2	4	6	May 10, 1972	H2H
Jan Kodes	1	5	6	Sep 20, 1971	H2H
Phil Dent	0	5	5	Mar 27, 1975	H2H

Titles (2)

Tom Edlefsen 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
1971	29	1	—	—	—	1	—	Jacksonville
1972	30	1	—	—	—	1	—	Kansas City
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Career Results

Tom Edlefsen career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	26	19	22	41	46.3%	—	—
1969	27	26	25	51	51.0%	—	—
1970	28	16	19	35	45.7%	—	—
1971	29	21	19	40	52.5%	—	—
1972	30	10	10	20	50.0%	—	—
1973	31	9	25	34	26.5%	105	111
1974	32	6	16	22	27.3%	120	118
1975	33	2	9	11	18.2%	119	172
Career		109	145	254	42.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Tom Edlefsen 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	26	6	8	14	42.9%	5	8	13	38.5%	7	5	12	58.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	19	22	41	46.3%
1969	27	7	7	14	50.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	9	7	16	56.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	26	25	51	51.0%
1970	28	7	9	16	43.8%	7	6	13	53.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	16	19	35	45.7%
1971	29	14	12	26	53.8%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	21	19	40	52.5%
1972	30	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	12	58.3%	10	10	20	50.0%
1973	31	5	9	14	35.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	9	25	34	26.5%
1974	32	1	4	5	20.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	6	16	22	27.3%
1975	33	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
Career	—	45	56	101	44.6%	30	37	67	44.8%	16	18	34	47.1%	18	34	52	34.6%	109	145	254	42.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Tom Edlefsen 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	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1974	32	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1975	33	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	12	15	20.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 15/254 (5.9%) of Tom Edlefsen's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Tom Edlefsen 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	26	1529	107.7	—	—	—	—	-11	-39	+57	47.6%	-0.09	5–8 (38%)	—	—	+1.20
1969	27	1597	119.3	—	—	—	—	+6	-63	+29	50.0%	+0.15	8–9 (47%)	—	—	+1.82
1970	28	1582	114.6	—	—	—	—	+30	-31	—	47.5%	+0.20	4–6 (40%)	0–2	—	+3.75
1971	29	1627	119.4	—	—	—	—	-1	-10	—	51.6%	+0.18	9–8 (53%)	7–6 (54%)	101.4	+3.42
1972	30	1718	125.5	—	—	—	—	-25	—	—	45.1%	-0.55	8–3 (73%)	6–4 (60%)	108.7	-1.16
1973	31	1570	118.3	—	—	—	—	-6	+52	—	30.4%	-1.11	6–7 (46%)	3–7 (30%)	98.7	-0.99
1974	32	1509	109.4	—	—	—	—	+36	+61	—	32.7%	-1.49	2–3 (40%)	5–3 (63%)	101.9	+0.86
1975	33	1512	118.2	—	—	—	—	+16	—	—	24.0%	-1.88	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.84
Career		1739	120.0	—	—	—	—	+4	-19	+41	44.1%	-0.32	43–46 (48%)	21–22 (49%)	102.7	+3.24

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Tom Edlefsen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	26	R128	R16	R64	4–3 (57%)
1969	27	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1970	28	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1971	29	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1973	31	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1974	32	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–6 (14%)	6–11 (35%)

ATP 500

Tom Edlefsen ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	W-L Win %
1970	28	R32	1–1 (50%)
1971	29	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 250

Tom Edlefsen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAR	BUE	CIN	DAL	GST	HOU	MC	MIA	MUN	NAP	QUE	SPB	TKY	WAS	ALB	APT	BAR	BER	BOL	BOS	BRE	BRI	BRU	BUF	CAR	CHA	CHI	COL	CUR	DEN	DES	DUB	FOR	FOR	GOT	HAM	HAV	JAC	JOH	KAN	KIN	LA	LAC	LAS	QUE	LON	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAC	MEM	MER	MON	NEW	NEW	OMA	ORT	PAL	PEN	PHI	PHO	PIT	RIC	SAC	SAL	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAO	SEN	SOU	SOU	ST.	TAN	TOR	TOR	W-L Win %
1968	26	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	15–19 (44%)
1969	27	—	—	—	R64	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	R64	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	QF	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	24–22 (52%)
1970	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	15–17 (47%)
1971	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	21–17 (55%)
1972	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–10 (50%)
1973	31	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R32	9–23 (28%)
1974	32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–15 (29%)
1975	33	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–9 (18%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–2 (0%)	3–6 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	7–1 (88%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	1–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	5–6 (45%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	102–132 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jun 3, 1974

First Top 100

Oct 1, 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

Tom Edlefsen ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	105	105	98	109	111
1974	32	—	—	120	116	109	94	95	111	123	—	115	118
1975	33	119	—	120	135	156	158	—	—	—	—	—	172

Similar Players

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

Tom Edlefsen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Szabolcz Baranyi	HUN	94	1,736	0	127	55	72	43.3%	1968–1978	Match log
Torben Ulrich	DEN	96	1,749	1	215	83	132	38.6%	1968–1975	Match log
Butch Seewagen	USA	87	1,674	0	145	63	82	43.4%	1968–1981	Match log
Jim Mcmanus	USA	90	1,727	0	351	131	220	37.3%	1968–1978	Match log
Pat Cramer	RSA	95	1,664	0	161	58	103	36.0%	1968–1979	Match log
Attila Korpas	GER	87	1,660	0	76	33	43	43.4%	1968–1976	Match log
Terry Addison	AUS	100	1,618	0	181	67	114	37.0%	1968–1975	Match log
Zan Guerry	USA	98	1,596	0	118	41	77	34.7%	1968–1982	Match log
Premjit Lall	IND	105	1,692	0	121	55	66	45.5%	1968–1975	Match log
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	GRE	108	1,687	0	130	55	75	42.3%	1968–1980	Match log
John James	AUS	81	1,682	0	242	98	144	40.5%	1968–1982	Match log
Milan Holecek	CZE	71	1,698	1	274	117	157	42.7%	1968–1976	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tom Edlefsen?: Tom Edlefsen is 84 years old, born on December 12, 1941.
Which country does Tom Edlefsen represent?: Tom Edlefsen represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Tom Edlefsen?: Tom Edlefsen is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Tom Edlefsen left-handed or right-handed?: Tom Edlefsen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Tom Edlefsen won?: Tom Edlefsen has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Tom Edlefsen won?: TennisDB does not group any of Tom Edlefsen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Tom Edlefsen won?: Tom Edlefsen has won 2 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Kansas City in 1972.
What is Tom Edlefsen's highest ATP ranking?: Tom Edlefsen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 94, first achieved on June 3, 1974.
What is Tom Edlefsen's career win-loss record?: Tom Edlefsen has a career ATP singles record of 109 wins and 145 losses (42.9%).
Which seasons of Tom Edlefsen's career appear in TennisDB?: Tom Edlefsen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1975.
On which surface does Tom Edlefsen have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Tom Edlefsen's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 47.1% (16–18).
Who has Tom Edlefsen faced most often?: Tom Edlefsen's most frequent opponent is Alejandro Olmedo, with a head-to-head record of 2–5 across 7 meetings.