Herb Fitzgibbon

USA Age 84 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1973

Herb Fitzgibbon represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 128. In TennisDB's records, Herb Fitzgibbon finished with a career record of 46–38 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

128 (Aug 27, 1973)

Elo peak

1684 (50th percentile)

Career record

46–38 (54.8%)

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 →

Herb Fitzgibbon's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jimmy Connors #10	3-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1973*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Gene Scott	3-6 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 1973*	SF	Merion	ATP 250	Grass
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	6-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 1973*	QF	Merion	ATP 250	Grass
Victor Amaya	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1973*	R16	Merion	ATP 250	Grass
Ilie Nastase	3-6 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1973*	R32	South Orange	ATP 250	Grass

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Herb Fitzgibbon's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Dick Stockton	0	4	4	Jan 8, 1973	H2H
Ingo Buding	3	0	3	Feb 4, 1970	—
Manuel Santana	1	2	3	Jul 30, 1968	H2H
Ray Ruffels	1	2	3	May 9, 1968	H2H
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	1	1	2	Aug 24, 1973	H2H

Titles (1)

Herb Fitzgibbon 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	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	La Coruna
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Herb Fitzgibbon career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	25	29	17	46	63.0%	—	—
1969	26	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—
1970	27	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
1971	28	6	3	9	66.7%	—	—
1972	29	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1973	30	5	5	10	50.0%	128	167
Career		46	38	84	54.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Herb Fitzgibbon 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	25	2	3	5	40.0%	20	8	28	71.4%	5	4	9	55.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	29	17	46	63.0%
1969	26	1	2	3	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1970	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1971	28	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	6	3	9	66.7%
1972	29	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1973	30	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
Career	—	9	10	19	47.4%	22	9	31	71.0%	12	12	24	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	46	38	84	54.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Herb Fitzgibbon 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	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 1/84 (1.2%) of Herb Fitzgibbon's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Herb Fitzgibbon 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	25	1653	120.6	—	—	—	—	-137	+75	-101	60.7%	+0.90	3–5 (38%)	—	—	+0.26
1969	26	1591	106.0	—	—	—	—	-94	+151	—	48.1%	0.00	1–3 (25%)	—	—	+1.59
1970	27	1543	101.7	—	—	—	—	-46	—	—	28.6%	-0.71	0–1	0–1	—	+0.32
1971	28	1605	105.5	—	—	—	—	-49	—	-58	56.0%	+0.08	3–0 (100%)	5–3 (63%)	105.3	+1.07
1972	29	1608	109.0	—	—	—	—	-59	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	2–0	—	-0.57
1973	30	1621	115.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	-45	42.9%	-0.79	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	103.5	-0.33
Career		1684	117.7	—	—	—	—	-88	+82	-72	53.3%	+0.31	10–11 (48%)	8–6 (57%)	101.1	+2.82

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Herb Fitzgibbon Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	25	R16	R64	—	4–2 (67%)
1969	26	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1970	27	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1971	28	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1973	30	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	7–8 (47%)

ATP 250

Herb Fitzgibbon ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BUE	MAD	ITA	BAL	BAR	BRI	CAR	CUR	DUB	AUS	LA	QUE	MAC	MER	NEW	NEW	NEW	OMA	PHI	PIT	REG	SAL	SAN	SOU	TAM	W-L Win %
1968	25	QF	F	R32	—	R16	R16	R16	R16	QF	QF	W	R64	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	SF	25–15 (62%)
1969	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	F	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1970	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1971	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	4–2 (67%)
1972	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–3 (25%)
1973	30	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	5–3 (62%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	5–1 (83%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	39–30 (57%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

128

Career-high date

Aug 27, 1973

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

Herb Fitzgibbon ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	128	160	149	165	167
1974	31	—	—	172	169	177	141	160	170	291	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Herb Fitzgibbon's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	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
Gene Scott	USA	122	1,663	0	94	47	47	50.0%	1968–1975	Match log
Jean Loup Rouyer	FRA	133	1,710	0	139	69	70	49.6%	1968–1974	Match log
Mal Anderson	AUS	125	1,934	3	135	81	54	60.0%	1968–1981	Match log
Vladimir Korotkov	RUS	113	1,657	0	44	24	20	54.5%	1968–1974	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
Dennis Ralston	USA	115	1,958	4	291	156	135	53.6%	1968–1980	Match log
Toma Ovici	ROU	133	1,630	0	40	18	22	45.0%	1968–1976	Match log
Tadeusz Nowicki	POL	119	1,660	0	48	22	26	45.8%	1968–1975	Match log
Jaidip Mukerjea	IND	135	1,604	0	68	29	39	42.6%	1968–1976	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Herb Fitzgibbon?: Herb Fitzgibbon is 84 years old, born on July 14, 1942.
Which country does Herb Fitzgibbon represent?: Herb Fitzgibbon represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Herb Fitzgibbon left-handed or right-handed?: Herb Fitzgibbon plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Herb Fitzgibbon won?: Herb Fitzgibbon has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Herb Fitzgibbon won?: TennisDB does not group any of Herb Fitzgibbon's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Herb Fitzgibbon won?: Herb Fitzgibbon has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was La Coruna in 1968.
What is Herb Fitzgibbon's highest ATP ranking?: Herb Fitzgibbon's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 128, first achieved on August 27, 1973.
What is Herb Fitzgibbon's career win-loss record?: Herb Fitzgibbon has a career ATP singles record of 46 wins and 38 losses (54.8%).
Which seasons of Herb Fitzgibbon's career appear in TennisDB?: Herb Fitzgibbon appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1973.
On which surface does Herb Fitzgibbon have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Herb Fitzgibbon's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 71.0% (22–9).
Who has Herb Fitzgibbon faced most often?: Herb Fitzgibbon's most frequent opponent is Dick Stockton, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.