H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Brad Gilbert vs Todd Nelson H2H: 2-1

Brad Gilbert holds a 2–1 lead over Todd Nelson in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Brad Gilbert leads 2–0 on hard courts, while Todd Nelson leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Brad Gilbert won the 1986 Livingston round of 16 6-1 6-4.

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Brad Gilbert
USA Age 65 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main draw meetings
Todd Nelson
USA Age 65 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Brad Gilbert #11 6-1 6-4 Todd Nelson #60 Match data Jul 25, 1986* R16 Livingston ATP 250 Hard
Todd Nelson #105 6-3 3-6 6-4 Brad Gilbert #27 Match data Oct 5, 1984* R16 Brisbane International ATP 250 Carpet
Brad Gilbert #82 6-1 6-4 Todd Nelson Match data Sep 28, 1983* R32 Maui ATP 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Brad Gilbert #1,263 #4 1,786 2,056 506 276 64.7% 0 0 0 1 19 20
Todd Nelson #1,179 #58 156 1,650 53 90 37.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Brad Gilbert Todd Nelson
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 1981 5–5 50.0% — 1,538 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 1982 19–13 59.4% #54 1,711 0 1 — — — — — — —
21 1983 33–27 55.0% #62 1,755 0 1 — — — — — — —
22 1984 39–23 62.9% #23 1,849 0 3 1983 4–5 44.4% #423 1,528 0 0
23 1985 53–22 70.7% #18 1,893 0 6 1984 10–12 45.5% #97 1,602 0 0
24 1986 45–14 76.3% #11 2,010 0 10 1985 7–15 31.8% #161 1,565 0 0
25 1987 55–23 70.5% #13 1,960 0 11 1986 8–15 34.8% #117 1,565 0 0
26 1988 30–15 66.7% #21 1,892 0 12 1987 9–12 42.9% #112 1,575 0 0
27 1989 58–17 77.3% #6 1,989 0 17 1988 11–19 36.7% #122 1,563 0 0
28 1990 46–19 70.8% #10 1,956 0 20 1989 0–3 0.0% #486 1,520 0 0
29 1991 34–21 61.8% #19 1,854 0 20 1990 0–2 0.0% #485 1,506 0 0
30 1992 39–26 60.0% #26 1,762 0 20 1991 2–3 40.0% #273 1,514 0 0
31 1993 31–26 54.4% #35 1,736 0 20 1992 0–1 0.0% #302 1,503 0 0
32 1994 18–20 47.4% #76 1,622 0 20 1993 2–3 40.0% #255 1,505 0 0
33 1995 1–5 16.7% #680 1,560 0 20 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Brad Gilbert Todd Nelson
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
19 1981 2 2 4 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1982 11 7 18 61.1% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1983 15 14 29 51.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1984 19 9 28 67.9% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 2 6 66.7% 13 8 21 61.9% 1983 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
23 1985 32 9 41 78.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 13 8 21 61.9% 1984 6 8 14 42.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
24 1986 30 7 37 81.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 10 4 14 71.4% 1985 3 4 7 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 5 7 28.6%
25 1987 41 11 52 78.8% 2 3 5 40.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 9 7 16 56.3% 1986 2 8 10 20.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
26 1988 20 9 29 69.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 8 4 12 66.7% 1987 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
27 1989 40 8 48 83.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 14 6 20 70.0% 1988 7 11 18 38.9% — — — — 0 3 3 0.0% 4 5 9 44.4%
28 1990 25 10 35 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 15 6 21 71.4% 1989 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
29 1991 21 12 33 63.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 1990 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
30 1992 25 16 41 61.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 1991 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
31 1993 23 17 40 57.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1992 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 1994 16 14 30 53.3% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1993 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
33 1995 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 321 149 470 68.3% 36 35 71 50.7% 30 21 51 58.8% 119 71 190 62.6% — 22 46 68 32.4% 3 7 10 30.0% 9 17 26 34.6% 19 20 39 48.7%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 203/221 of Brad Gilbert's and 10/11 of Todd Nelson's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Brad Gilbert Todd Nelson
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
29 1991 53/55 5.9 3.0 57.0% 74.6% 49.8% 55.2% 45.1% 63.9% 41.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 1992 60/65 5.6 3.4 57.7% 72.4% 49.4% 62.9% 47.2% 62.8% 40.4% 1991 5/5 4.6 6.4 57.9% 72.8% 43.7% 60.2% 44.8% 61.1% 31.8%
31 1993 52/57 4.7 4.0 55.9% 71.6% 46.0% 58.7% 44.7% 60.3% 38.4% 1992 1/1 1.0 8.0 53.2% 60.6% 37.9% 50.0% 31.3% 50.0% 42.3%
32 1994 32/38 6.4 4.4 54.3% 68.9% 47.9% 61.4% 44.5% 58.9% 38.8% 1993 4/5 7.8 5.0 57.2% 73.8% 48.8% 61.4% 40.5% 62.8% 38.7%
33 1995 6/6 3.2 5.3 50.1% 71.9% 40.9% 45.3% 49.2% 56.0% 32.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 203/782 5.5 3.7 56.3% 72.2% 48.1% 59.0% 45.6% 61.6% 39.6% — 10/143 5.5 6.0 57.1% 71.9% 45.2% 59.6% 41.7% 60.6% 35.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Brad Gilbert Todd Nelson
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
19 1981 1539 115.9 — — — — +37 +3 — 54.2% +0.29 1–3 (25%) 1–2 (33%) — +1.40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1982 1711 128.9 — — — — +36 -166 — 53.2% +0.34 8–5 (62%) 3–6 (33%) — +3.49 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1983 1755 139.6 — — — — +45 -180 -152 55.0% +0.35 8–12 (40%) 9–13 (41%) — +0.52 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1984 1850 149.5 — — — — +41 -238 -166 58.2% +0.68 12–6 (67%) 10–2 (83%) — +1.44 1983 1529 119.1 — — — — +2 — +81 47.6% +0.05 0–1 2–0 — +0.32
23 1985 1893 156.7 — — — — +64 -196 -244 66.9% +1.09 9–4 (69%) 10–5 (67%) — -1.39 1984 1602 120.6 — — — — -5 -43 — 47.4% -0.21 4–5 (44%) 6–5 (55%) — +1.29
24 1986 2010 155.6 — — — — +53 — -304 71.3% +1.25 8–8 (50%) 8–5 (62%) — -1.05 1985 1566 122.4 — — — — +31 — +19 40.3% -0.61 2–6 (25%) 6–9 (40%) — +0.78
25 1987 1960 156.6 — — — — +62 -306 -271 65.2% +0.99 13–9 (59%) 14–10 (58%) — -1.22 1986 1565 134.9 — — — — +9 — +12 37.7% -0.70 4–4 (50%) 5–7 (42%) — -0.43
26 1988 1892 149.8 — — — — +48 -233 — 65.5% +1.01 4–8 (33%) 9–7 (56%) — -1.11 1987 1575 132.2 — — — — +42 — -8 50.0% +0.07 1–7 (13%) 6–5 (55%) — +1.45
27 1989 1989 161.9 — — — — +43 -294 — 70.1% +1.11 17–11 (61%) 21–9 (70%) — -2.28 1988 1564 133.6 — — — — +52 — -56 39.2% -0.70 4–5 (44%) 4–6 (40%) — -0.85
28 1990 1957 155.8 — — — — +31 -248 -181 63.5% +0.96 14–6 (70%) 9–9 (50%) — +0.79 1989 1520 99.2 — — — — +44 — — 14.3% -1.43 0–1 0–2 — +0.26
29 1991 1854 152.6 +2.35 +2.76 1.137 52.4% +49 — -81 58.9% +0.67 10–11 (48%) 10–5 (67%) — +0.61 1990 1507 110.1 — — — — — — — 33.3% -0.50 0–2 — — -0.14
30 1992 1763 144.3 +0.88 +2.28 1.085 51.6% +29 — +50 58.1% +0.60 14–13 (52%) 14–14 (50%) — +1.15 1991 1514 111.4 -1.52 -0.18 0.816 47.2% +43 — — 42.9% -0.71 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — +0.24
31 1993 1737 137.0 -0.17 +0.74 0.967 49.4% 0 -90 +31 49.0% -0.10 19–9 (68%) 19–8 (70%) — +0.09 1992 1504 104.3 -0.63 +1.44 0.846 45.8% — — — 0.0% -1.33 — 0–2 — -0.06
32 1994 1622 133.2 -2.08 +0.66 0.943 49.2% +29 +12 — 46.7% -0.14 6–4 (60%) 7–8 (47%) — +0.97 1993 1506 108.4 +0.32 +1.18 1.039 50.4% +33 — — 35.7% -0.57 1–0 0–2 — +0.53
33 1995 1561 107.9 -3.03 -2.86 0.745 45.4% +30 — — 20.0% -1.73 1–0 0–3 (0%) — +0.18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2057 155.0 +0.41 +1.60 1.031 50.7% +42 -188 -127 60.6% +0.70 144–109 (57%) 144–106 (58%) 102.4 +0.46 — 1651 134.5 -0.70 +0.53 0.904 48.3% +28 -43 +10 41.7% -0.46 18–33 (35%) 30–39 (43%) 93.7 +2.37

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.