Todd Nelson (tennis)

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Todd Nelson
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (1961-03-18) 18 March 1961 (age 62)
The Dalles, Oregon, United States
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro1983
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $541,277
Singles
Career record53–90
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 58 (16 June 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1985, 1987)
French Open 2R (1986)
Wimbledon 2R (1993)
US Open 3R (1984)
Doubles
Career record73–131
Career titles0
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 48 (2 February 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1987)
French Open 1R (1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993)
Wimbledon 2R (1987)
US Open SF (1986)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1990)
French Open 1R (1990)
Wimbledon SF (1990)
US Open 2R (1990)
Last updated on: 26 March 2022.

Todd Nelson (born March 18, 1961, in The Dalles, Oregon), is a former professional tennis player from the United States and played collegiate tennis at Arizona State University.

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Nelson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in four doubles events and one singles event. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 48 in 1987.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP Grand Prix (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Feb 1988 Lyon, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Flag of Senegal.svg Yahiya Doumbia 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP Grand Prix (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Jul 1989 Boston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Williamson Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrés Gómez
Flag of Argentina.svg Alberto Mancini 		6–7, 2–6
Loss0–2 Oct 1989 Toulouse, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Flag of the Bahamas.svg Roger Smith Flag of Iran.svg Mansour Bahrami
Flag of France.svg Éric Winogradsky 		2–6, 6–7
Loss0–3 Jul 1990 Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Shelton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Cahill
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann 		6–7, 2–6
Loss0–4 Oct 1991 Guarujá, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Bret Garnett Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis 		3–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Sep 1992 Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Lionel Roux 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 1990 Martinique, MartiniqueChallengerHard Flag of the Bahamas.svg Roger Smith Flag of France.svg Olivier Delaître
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Raoux 		3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2May 1992 Itu, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Haiti.svg Bertrand Madsen Flag of South Africa.svg Grant Stafford
Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Ullyett 		1–6, 3–6
Win1–2Aug 1992 New Haven, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Leander Paes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeremy Bates
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black 		7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win2–2Dec 1992 Naples, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Svantesson Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien 		2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win3–2Feb 1993 Rancho Mirage, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Svantesson Flag of the United States.svg T. J. Middleton
Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Thorne 		7–6, 6–3
Loss3–3Oct 1993 Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Flag of Norway.svg Bent-Ove Pedersen Flag of Sweden.svg Mårten Renström
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström 		2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 2R A 2R 1R A Q2 A Q2 Q3 Q1 A0 / 32–340%
French Open AA 1R 2R 1R AAAAA Q1 Q1 A0 / 31–325%
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 AA Q3 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 51–517%
US Open 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R AAA 1R Q1 Q3 A0 / 73–730%
Win–loss0–12–12–41–31–40–30–00–00–00–11–10–00–00 / 187–1828%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open AAAA 1R AAAAA Q3 A Q1 0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAAAAAAAAAAA Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Canada Masters 1R 2R A 2R A 1R AAAA Q2 Q2 A0 / 42–433%
Cincinnati Masters AAAAAAAAA Q1 Q1 AA0 / 00–0 – 
Paris Masters AAA 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–11–10–01–20–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 62–625%

Doubles

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA QF 2R A 1R A 2R 2R AA0 / 55–550%
French Open AAAA 1R 1R A 1R A 1R 1R AA0 / 50–50%
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 AA 2R 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q3 0 / 61–614%
US Open AAAA 1R A 2R 1R 2R 1R A 1R Q1 0 / 76–746%
Win–loss0–00–00–04–13–41–31–10–4`1–21–41–30–10–00 / 2312–2334%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open AAAA 1R AA 2R 1R 2R 1R AA0 / 52–529%
Canada Masters AAAAA 1R 1R QF AA Q1 1R A0 / 42–433%
Cincinnati Masters AAAAAAAAAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Paris Masters AAA 1R AAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–10–10–13–20–11–10–20–10–00 / 114–1127%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
French Open AAA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon 1R 1R A SF 1R 2R 0 / 55–550%
US Open AAA 2R AA0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–10–10–05–40–11–10 / 86–843%

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