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Todd Nelson
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1961-03-18) 18 March 1961 (age 64)
The Dalles, Oregon, United States
Height 6' 1"
Turned pro 1983
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $541,277
Singles
Career record 53–90
Career titles 0
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
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)

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)

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 Senegal 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 United States Phillip Williamson Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Argentina Alberto Mancini		 6–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1989 Toulouse, France Grand Prix Carpet The Bahamas Roger Smith Iran Mansour Bahrami
France Éric Winogradsky		 2–6, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Jul 1990 Newport, United States World Series Grass United States Bryan Shelton Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann		 6–7, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 1991 Guarujá, Brazil World Series Hard United States Bret Garnett Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands 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 France 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 The Bahamas Roger Smith France Olivier Delaître
France Guillaume Raoux		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 May 1992 Itu, Brazil Challenger Hard Haiti Bertrand Madsen South Africa Grant Stafford
South Africa Kevin Ullyett		 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Aug 1992 New Haven, United States Challenger Hard India Leander Paes United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Zimbabwe Byron Black		 7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win 2–2 Dec 1992 Naples, United States Challenger Clay Sweden Tobias Svantesson The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Alex O'Brien		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 1993 Rancho Mirage, United States Challenger Hard Sweden Tobias Svantesson United States T. J. Middleton
United States Kenny Thorne		 7–6, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Oct 1993 Dublin, Ireland Challenger Carpet Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen Sweden Mårten Renström
Sweden Mikael Tillström		 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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%
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