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Sultan Khalfan

QAT Age 49 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1996–2007

Sultan Khalfan represented Qatar on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 950. In TennisDB's records, Sultan Khalfan finished with a career record of 0–9 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

950 (Sep 11, 2000)

Elo peak

1500 (3rd percentile)

Career record

0–9 (0.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$85,177

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 →

Sultan Khalfan's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo #57	6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2007*	R32	Qatar Open	ATP 250	Hard
Marcos Baghdatis #55	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 2006*	R32	Qatar Open	ATP 250	Hard
Ivo Heuberger #155	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 2004*	R32	Qatar Open	ATP 250	Hard
Michel Kratochvil #69	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 2003*	R32	Qatar Open	ATP 250	Hard
Marc Rosset #28	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2001*	R32	Qatar Open	ATP 250	Hard

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Sultan Khalfan's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	1	1	Jan 4, 2007	H2H
Marcos Baghdatis	1	1	Jan 5, 2006	H2H
Ivo Heuberger	1	1	Jan 8, 2004	H2H
Michel Kratochvil	1	1	Jan 2, 2003	H2H
Marc Rosset	1	1	Jan 4, 2001	H2H

Career Results

Sultan Khalfan career results by season
Season	Age	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1996	19	1	1	0.0%	1,274	1,300
1997	20	1	1	0.0%	1,299	1,366
1998	21	1	1	0.0%	1,366	1,324
2000	23	1	1	0.0%	991	957
2001	24	1	1	0.0%	957	1,031
2003	26	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2004	27	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2006	29	1	1	0.0%	1,497	1,069
2007	30	1	1	0.0%	1,116	1,116
Career		9	9	0.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sultan Khalfan career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1996	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2006	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	30	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	0	9	9	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	9	9	0.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Sultan Khalfan 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 %
1996	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2004	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2006	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	9	9	0.0%

Performance Stats

Sultan Khalfan performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2000	23	1/1	0.0	7.0	48.7%	47.4%	45.0%	64.7%	42.9%	46.2%	41.4%
2001	24	1/1	0.0	2.0	55.1%	63.0%	45.5%	33.3%	0.0%	55.1%	28.3%
2003	26	1/1	0.0	3.0	62.3%	57.6%	20.0%	16.7%	25.0%	43.4%	32.1%
2004	27	1/1	2.0	2.0	63.2%	44.4%	38.1%	53.8%	50.0%	42.1%	34.1%
2006	29	1/1	0.0	3.0	55.6%	56.7%	25.0%	54.5%	—	42.6%	23.1%
2007	30	1/1	2.0	8.0	51.2%	62.8%	36.6%	64.3%	50.0%	50.0%	39.0%
Career		6/9	0.7	4.2	56.0%	55.3%	35.0%	47.9%	28.0%	46.6%	33.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 6/9 (66.7%) of Sultan Khalfan's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Sultan Khalfan 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
1996	19	1498	103.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	-0.20
1997	20	1489	91.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.01
1998	21	1478	92.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.07
2000	23	1473	99.0	-0.91	-6.45	0.768	44.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.08
2001	24	1467	102.6	-5.04	-1.91	0.629	42.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.08
2003	26	1458	97.2	-1.72	-2.43	0.567	37.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.03
2004	27	1444	95.8	-2.35	-2.87	0.589	38.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.17
2006	29	1438	98.3	+0.44	-1.04	0.402	34.4%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.03
2007	30	1431	96.6	-0.10	-5.35	0.780	45.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.01
Career		1500	91.4	-1.61	-3.34	0.617	40.4%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.06	—	0–1	—	-1.11

Tournament Results by Category

ATP 250

Sultan Khalfan ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	DOH	W-L Win %
1996	19	R32	0–1 (0%)
1997	20	R32	0–1 (0%)
1998	21	R32	0–1 (0%)
2000	23	R32	0–1 (0%)
2001	24	R32	0–1 (0%)
2003	26	R32	0–1 (0%)
2004	27	R32	0–1 (0%)
2006	29	R32	0–1 (0%)
2007	30	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–9 (0%)	0–9 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

950

Career-high date

Sep 11, 2000

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

Sultan Khalfan ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1996	19	1275	1263	1263	1257	1254	1244	1268	1298	1295	—	1294	1300
1997	20	1302	1301	1294	1295	1300	1314	1338	1364	1362	1354	1342	1366
1998	21	1371	1363	1373	1377	1374	1369	1332	1338	1304	1322	1342	1324
1999	22	1324	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	23	992	986	989	982	983	977	960	957	955	976	966	957
2001	24	956	960	954	962	975	986	970	969	1002	1009	1031	1031
2006	29	1047	1042	1056	1059	1077	1068	1080	1073	1069	1076	1068	1069
2007	30	1116	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Sultan Khalfan's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Diogo Rocha	POR	634	1,510	3	1	2	33.3%	2003–2004	Match log
Mounir El Aarej	MAR	319	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	1997–2006	Match log
Hao Lu	CHN	592	1,515	2	1	1	50.0%	2004–2004	Match log
Phillip King	USA	298	1,500	11	1	10	9.1%	1999–2007	Match log
Mehdi Tahiri	MAR	324	1,500	11	1	10	9.1%	1994–2006	Match log
Ian Flanagan	GBR	503	1,533	3	2	1	66.7%	2004–2004	Match log
Jonas Froberg	SWE	476	1,525	2	1	1	50.0%	2000–2000	Match log
Andy Ram	ISR	187	1,527	9	1	8	11.1%	2000–2005	Match log
Yu Jr. Wang	CHN	313	1,500	6	1	5	16.7%	1999–2006	Match log
Jaymon Crabb	AUS	181	1,506	9	1	8	11.1%	1997–2004	Match log
Ben Qiang Zhu	CHN	276	1,500	6	1	5	16.7%	1999–2004	Match log
Tony Richey	JAM	963	1,529	2	1	1	50.0%	1972–1972	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sultan Khalfan?: Sultan Khalfan is 49 years old, born on March 16, 1977.
Which country does Sultan Khalfan represent?: Sultan Khalfan represents Qatar in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Sultan Khalfan left-handed or right-handed?: Sultan Khalfan plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Sultan Khalfan won?: Sultan Khalfan has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Sultan Khalfan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sultan Khalfan's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Sultan Khalfan's highest ATP ranking?: Sultan Khalfan's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 950, first achieved on September 11, 2000.
What is Sultan Khalfan's career win-loss record?: Sultan Khalfan has a career ATP singles record of 0 wins and 9 losses (0.0%).
How much career prize money has Sultan Khalfan earned?: Sultan Khalfan has earned at least $85,177 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Sultan Khalfan's career appear in TennisDB?: Sultan Khalfan appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1996 through 2007.
Who has Sultan Khalfan faced most often?: Sultan Khalfan's most frequent opponent is Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.