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Todd Nelson (tennis)
American tennis player
American tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Todd Nelson |
| country | United States |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | The Dalles, Oregon, United States |
| height | 6' 1" |
| turnedpro | 1983 |
| plays | Right-handed |
| careerprizemoney | $541,277 |
| singlesrecord | 53–90 |
| singlestitles | 0 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 58 (16 June 1986) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 2R (1985, 1987) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 2R (1986) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (1993) |
| USOpenresult | 3R (1984) |
| doublesrecord | 73–131 |
| doublestitles | 0 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 48 (2 February 1987) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | QF (1987) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | 1R (1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | 2R (1987) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | SF (1986) |
| AustralianOpenMixedresult | 1R (1990) |
| FrenchOpenMixedresult | 1R (1990) |
| WimbledonMixedresult | SF (1990) |
| USOpenMixedresult | 2R (1990) |
| updated | 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.
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)
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| 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) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
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| Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–0) |
| Indoors (0–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | [](1988-grand-prix-de-tennis-de-lyon-singles) | Lyon, France | Grand Prix | Carpet | SEN Yahiya Doumbia | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
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| 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) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–1) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
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| Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–3) |
| Indoors (0–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | [](1989-u-s-pro-tennis-championships) | Boston, United States | Grand Prix | Clay | USA Phillip Williamson | ECU Andrés Gómez | |
| ARG Alberto Mancini | 6–7, 2–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–2 | [](1989-grand-prix-de-tennis-de-toulouse-doubles) | Toulouse, France | Grand Prix | Carpet | BAH Roger Smith | IRI Mansour Bahrami | |
| FRA Éric Winogradsky | 2–6, 6–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–3 | [](infosys-hall-of-fame-open) | Newport, United States | World Series | Grass | USA Bryan Shelton | AUS Darren Cahill | |
| AUS Mark Kratzmann | 6–7, 2–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–4 | [](1991-bliss-cup-doubles) | Guarujá, Brazil | World Series | Hard | USA Bret Garnett | NED Jacco Eltingh | |
| NED Paul Haarhuis | 3–6, 5–7 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
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| ITF Futures (0–0) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0-1 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | FRA Lionel Roux | 2–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 6 (3–3)
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| ATP Challenger (3–3) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–2) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Martinique, Martinique | Challenger | Hard | BAH Roger Smith | FRA Olivier Delaître | ||
| FRA Guillaume Raoux | 3–6, 5–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–2 | Itu, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | HAI Bertrand Madsen | RSA Grant Stafford | ||
| RSA Kevin Ullyett | 1–6, 3–6 | |||||||
| Win | 1–2 | New Haven, United States | Challenger | Hard | IND Leander Paes | GBR Jeremy Bates | ||
| ZIM Byron Black | 7–5, 2–6, 7–6 | |||||||
| Win | 2–2 | Naples, United States | Challenger | Clay | SWE Tobias Svantesson | BAH Mark Knowles | ||
| USA Alex O'Brien | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |||||||
| Win | 3–2 | Rancho Mirage, United States | Challenger | Hard | SWE Tobias Svantesson | USA T. J. Middleton | ||
| USA Kenny Thorne | 7–6, 6–3 | |||||||
| Loss | 3–3 | Dublin, Ireland | Challenger | Carpet | NOR Bent-Ove Pedersen | SWE Mårten Renström | ||
| SWE Mikael Tillström | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 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 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 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 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q3 | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Masters | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss |
Doubles
| Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | 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 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 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 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q3 | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss |
Mixed doubles
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 8 | 6–8 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | A | SF | 1R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss |
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