Todd Nelson (tennis)

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.

Todd Nelson

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1961-03-18) 18 March 1961 The Dalles, Oregon, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro	1983
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$541,277
Singles
Career record	53–90
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	73–131
Career titles	0 3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1988	Lyon, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Boston, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Phillip Williamson	Andrés Gómez Alberto Mancini	6–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1989	Toulouse, France	Grand Prix	Carpet	Roger Smith	Mansour Bahrami Éric Winogradsky	2–6, 6–7
Loss	0–3	Jul 1990	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Bryan Shelton	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Oct 1991	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Bret Garnett	Jacco Eltingh 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Sep 1992	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1990	Martinique, Martinique	Challenger	Hard	Roger Smith	Olivier Delaître Guillaume Raoux	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	May 1992	Itu, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Bertrand Madsen	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 1992	New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Leander Paes	Jeremy Bates Byron Black	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win	2–2	Dec 1992	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Tobias Svantesson	Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Feb 1993	Rancho Mirage, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tobias Svantesson	T. J. Middleton Kenny Thorne	7–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Oct 1993	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Bent-Ove Pedersen	Mårten Renström Mikael Tillström	2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	A	Q2	A	Q2	Q3	Q1	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	A	A	Q3	2R	Q2	Q1	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q3	A	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Win–loss	0–1	2–1	2–4	1–3	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 18	7–18	28%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada Masters	1R	2R	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 6	2–6	25%

Doubles

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	0–5	0%
Wimbledon	Q2	Q3	A	A	2R	1R	Q1	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	Q3	0 / 6	1–6	14%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	Q1	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–4	1–3	1–1	0–4`	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–1	0–0	0 / 23	12–23	34%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	A	A	Q1	1R	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 11	4–11	27%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	SF	1R	2R	0 / 5	5–5	50%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	5–4	0–1	1–1	0 / 8	6–8	43%

External links

• Todd Nelson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Todd Nelson at the International Tennis Federation