 Chang in 1994 | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Born | (1972-02-22)February 22, 1972 (age 53) Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Turned pro | 1988 |
| Retired | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | José Higueras (1989)[1] Carl Chang (1992–2003)[2] |
| Prize money | US$19,145,632 |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2008(member page) |
| Official website | mchang.com |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 662–312 (68%) |
| Career titles | 34 |
| Highest ranking | No. 2 (September 9, 1996) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1996) |
| French Open | W (1989) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1994) |
| US Open | F (1996) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | F (1995) |
| Grand Slam Cup | F (1991,1992) |
| Olympic Games | 2R (1992) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 11–33 (25%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 199 (April 19, 1993) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1990) |
| Coaching career | |
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| Last updated on: July 5, 2014. | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張德培 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张德培 | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Te-pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is an American former professionaltennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 2 by theAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1996. Chang is the youngest man in history to win a singlesmajor, winning the1989 French Open at 17 years and 109 days old. He won a total of 34ATP Tour-level singles titles, including sevenMasters titles, and was a three-time major runner-up.
Chang was inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame in 2008. He began coachingKei Nishikori in 2014.
Michael Te-Pei Chang[3] was born to Joe and Betty Chang on February 22, 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Chang's parents had emigrated to the United States from Taiwan.[4][5][6]
After moving from Hoboken toSt. Paul, Minnesota, where he learned tennis, Chang and his family moved first toPlacentia, California, and then toEncinitas, California, to increase the tennis opportunities for him and his older brother, Carl. Growing up, Chang learned some Chinese from his Taiwanese parents and can speakMandarin.[7] Betty quit her job as a chemist to travel with Chang on tour.[8] After rising to #163 in the world as a 15-year-old amateur, Chang dropped out of tenth grade atSan Dieguito High School in Encinitas to pursue a professional tennis career. He received hisGED in February 1988.
Chang first came to the tennis world's attention at age 12 as an outstanding junior player who set numerous "youngest-ever" records.[9][10] At age 12 he also won his first national title, the USTA Junior Hard Court singles. At age 13, he won the Fiesta Bowl 16s.[10][11] In July 1987, at the age of 15, Chang won another USTA Junior Hard Court singles, beatingPete Sampras in the final,[12] and a month later, inKalamazoo, he won America’s most prestigious junior event, theUnited States Nationals U18s tournament, beatingJim Courier in the final.[12][13] This victory earned him a wildcard for the U.S. Open.[9]
Chang was introduced to tennis by his father Joe, who was his first coach. During his rise in 1989 (including his French Open title), he was coached byJosé Higueras. For much of his professional career, he was coached by his older brotherCarl Chang, who also played in several doubles tournaments with him in the early 1990s.
Chang's success marked the start of an era in which a new generation of American players—which also includedPete Sampras,Jim Courier, andAndre Agassi—would come to dominate the game.[14]
On 1 September 1987, at age 15, Chang became the youngest player to win a main draw match at theUS Open when he defeatedPaul McNamee in four sets (6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6-4) in the first round.[9][10] A month later, he reached the semifinals atScottsdale, Arizona, to become the youngest player to reach the semifinal stage of a top-level professional tournament.[15]
In 1988, aged 16 years and seven months, he won his first top-level singles title at San Francisco, defeatingJohan Kriek in the final.[10] During his title run, Chang registered a 6-4, 6-0 win overMikael Pernfors, the1986 French Open finalist who just the previous week had beatenAndre Agassi in the finals of Los Angeles.[12]
Chang's most significant "youngest-ever" record came in 1989 when he won theFrench Open at the age of 17 years, 110 days, to become the youngest male player ever to win a Grand Slam title.[10] He defeatedStefan Edberg in a five-set final, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.[16] Chang thus became the first American man to win the French Open sinceTony Trabert in 1955, and the first American man to win a Grand Slam since 1984.[10] Chang's 1989 French Open tournament performance is equally remembered for overcoming significant cramps during an epic fourth-round encounter withIvan Lendl, who was then the world's No. 1-ranked player, reigning Australian Open champion, and a three-time former French Open champion.[10][17]
In 1988, Chang had been easily beaten by Lendl in an exhibition match held inDes Moines,Iowa. After the match, Lendl advised Chang, "First off, you've got no serve. And you've certainly got no second serve. You can't hurt me. You can run but you better develop a weapon to survive out here", all weaknesses that Chang worked to improve on.[18]
At the 1989 French Open, Lendl appeared to be on the way to beating Chang after taking the first two sets 6–4, 6–4 and breaking Chang's serve in his opening service game of the third set. However, Chang broke back immediately and went on to claim the third set, 6–3. During the fourth set, Chang experienced a severe attack of legcramps, and though he won the set to level the match, he considered retiring from the match while up 2–1 in the fifth set. He later said that he felt "an unbelievable conviction in my heart" not to give up, and decided to finish the match.[19][20] Chang adopted some unusual tactics in an attempt to overcome his cramps. Those tactics included hitting shots high into the air (known as "moon balls") to slow the match down and going for more winners in order to shorten the points.[21] The success of these tactics caused the normally unfazed Lendl to lose his rhythm and also prompted him to swear at the umpire and the crowd, especially after losing a key point in the fifth set when Chang shocked him by delivering an under-arm serve.[22] On match point, Chang stood just behind the service line while waiting to receive Lendl's second serve, a move that was considered suicidal. The tactic worked as the crowd became bemused which in turn caused Lendl to lose his cool and produce a double-fault on his second serve, giving Chang the victory, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3, in 4 hours and 37 minutes.[23][24]
Chang subsequently defeatedRonald Agénor in the quarter-final andAndrei Chesnokov in the semi-final. Then seven days after his match against Lendl, after beatingStefan Edberg in five sets, Chang went on to lift theCoupe des Mousquetaires, becoming the youngest Grand Slam men's singles champion history.[14][25] Chang became the first American man to win the French Open since Tony Trabert in 1955,[26][27][28] and the first American man to win a Grand Slam since 1984.[29] In August 1989, Chang became the youngest player to be ranked in the world's top 5.
Chang's match against Lendl was played on June 5, 1989, just one day after the height of theTiananmen Square Massacre. Chang has frequently noted the impact of the massacre when recalling his French Open victory:
A lot of people forget that Tiananmen Square was going on. The crackdown that happened was on the middle Sunday at the French Open, so if I was not practicing or playing a match, I was glued to the television, watching the events unfold...I often tell people I think it was God's purpose for me to be able to win the French Open the way it was won because I was able to put a smile on Chinese people's faces around the world at a time when there wasn't much to smile about.[30]
Chang would defeat Lendl again in near-duplicate fashion, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 (7–5), 9–7 in a 4-hour, 42-minute semi-final match at theGrand Slam Cup on December 14, 1991.[31]
Chang met Edberg in the semifinals of the US Open in 1992; this time, Edberg won in five sets, 6–7, 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4. The five-hour, 26-minute match is the second longest in US Open history.[32][33] Chang reached three further Grand Slam finals after his 1989 French Open triumph, losing the 1995 French Open final toThomas Muster, the 1996 Australian Open final toBoris Becker, and the 1996 US Open final to Pete Sampras. In the 1995 French Open, he defeatedMichael Stich and then two-time defending championSergi Bruguera in the semifinals in straight sets, eventually losing to Muster. In both the 1996 Australian and U.S. Opens, he defeated Andre Agassi in the semifinals in straight sets; a win over Sampras at the U.S. Open would have made Chang the no. 1 player in the world. In the 1997 U.S. Open, he was the odds-on favorite to win after Sampras was upset byPetr Korda; however, Chang lost to eventual championPatrick Rafter in the semifinals in straight sets.
Chang was the first player to be beaten byRoger Federer in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the2000 Australian Open.[34] He was also the second player to be beaten byAndy Roddick in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, inthe second round of the French Open in 2001.[35]
Chang retired from the professional tour in 2003. During his career, he won a total of 34 top-level professional singles titles. His final top-level title was won in 2000 at Los Angeles. His total career prize-money earnings was US$19,145,632. His career-high singles ranking was world no. 2 in 1996, following his US Open finals performance. He was a year-end top-ten player for six consecutive years in the 1990s (1992–1997), a feat matched in the decade only byPete Sampras. He is one of a few players to win ATP titles in three different decades. His threeIndian Wells Masters titles was an ATP record which stood for 15 years, before being eclipsed byRoger Federer in 2012.
Chang was a key member of the US team which won theDavis Cup in 1990. In the semifinals in Austria, his dramatic comeback from two-sets down againstHorst Skoff, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, led the US into its first Davis Cup final since 1984.[36] Chang went on to defeatDarren Cahill in straight sets, as the US defeated Australia in the final. He was also on the US team which won theWorld Team Cup in 1993. His best performance in the year-end singles championship came in 1995, when he defeated Muster,Jim Courier, and then dominatedPete Sampras in the semifinals, before losing in the final toBoris Becker.
Chang represented the US in the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, reaching the second round before being eliminated byJaime Oncins. He chose to skip the1996 Summer Olympics despite the fact that the event was held in Atlanta and that he would have been the tournament's number-one seed (the singles' gold medal was won byAndre Agassi). Chang participated in the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was eliminated in the first round bySébastien Lareau.
Chang signed a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal withReebok in 1988;[39] he woreReebok apparel and Reebok Court Victory Pumps shoes[40] during his tennis career[41] and usedPrince rackets on court.[42] He started using the Prince "Precision Michael Chang Graphite" 28-inch signature racket in 1994, which was an inch longer than the standard model.[43]
Chang signed endorsement deals withNissin Foods noodles in 1989,[44]Panasonic[45] andLongines in the 1990s,[46]Cathay Pacific Airlines in 1990,[47]Bristol-Myers Squibb promoting Nuprin in 1991,[48] Stelux watches in 1993,[49]Discover Card in 1996,[50]Tiger Balm,[51]Procter & Gamble (endorsing P&G's Rejoice Shampoo),[52]Eveready Battery Company (endorsing Eveready Alkaline batteries),[52] andYale locks.[39] In 1997, he signed a multi-year contract to endorse Watch Reebok, a collection of sports watches. A limited edition Michael Chang signature watch was released at Christmas.[53]
Chang began coachingKei Nishikori in 2014.[54][55]
Chang and his family established CMCB Enterprises, which has real estate holdings including shopping malls, in California, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. In 2003, they bought Dunton Realty Co., a retail brokerage and property management company,[56] and changed its name to Dunton Commercial Real Estate Co.[57] In 2004, they bought SullivanHayes Cos., a retail real estate company in Denver.[58] It was chosen byDenver International Airport to develop a new 17-acre retail project alongPeña Boulevard, the airport's main artery.[59]
Chang served as Chairman of ATP Tour Charities in 1994.[11] He has supported grassroots tennis development in Asia through his Stars of the Future program in Hong Kong and the Reebok Challenge across Asia.[11] He was one of five athletes named in the second annual "Most Caring Athlete" list byUSA Today Weekend in 1995.[60] In 1997, he was given one of seven Asian-American leadership awards byA Magazine for his status as a role model for Asian-American youth.[11] He has also served as a national spokesman for theNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the US.[61]
In 2001, Chang served as a goodwill ambassador for the2008 Beijing Olympic bid committee.[62]
Chang is an avidfisherman, and often took fishing trips while traveling for tournaments. In his home inMercer Island,Washington, he set up several fresh-water aquariums, his largest being 240 gallons, eight-feet long by two feet high, which he uses to breed Africancichlids among other things.[11]
In 2002, Chang published a book about his career entitledHolding Serve: Persevering On and Off the Court.[63][64]
Chang attended the master's in ministry program atBiola University inLa Mirada, California, for a year and a half. He served on Biola's Board of Trustees.[65]
On October 18, 2008, Chang marriedAmber Liu, also a professional tennis player.[66][67] They have three children,[68] including two daughters.[69][70] He is a devoutChristian.[71][72][64]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 1989 | French Open | Clay |  Stefan Edberg | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1995 | French Open | Clay |  Thomas Muster | 5–7, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 1996 | Australian Open | Hard |  Boris Becker | 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 1996 | US Open | Hard |  Pete Sampras | 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1995 | Frankfurt | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | 6–7(3–7), 0–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1991 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich | Carpet (i) | David Wheaton | 5–7, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 1992 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich | Carpet (i) | Michael Stich | 2–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1990 | Canada (Toronto) | Hard | Jay Berger | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
| Winner | 1992 | Indian Wells | Hard |  Andrei Chesnokov | 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1992 | Miami | Hard |  Alberto Mancini | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1993 | Cincinnati | Hard | Stefan Edberg | 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1994 | Cincinnati | Hard | Stefan Edberg | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1995 | Cincinnati | Hard | Andre Agassi | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1996 | Indian Wells | Hard |  Paul Haarhuis | 7–5, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1996 | Cincinnati | Hard | Andre Agassi | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Winner | 1997 | Indian Wells | Hard |  Bohdan Ulihrach | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1. | Sep 1988 | San Francisco, US | Carpet (i) | Johan Kriek | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | May 1989 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Stefan Edberg | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1. | Sep 1989 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Aaron Krickstein | 6–2, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3. | Nov 1989 | Wembley, UK | Carpet (i) |  Guy Forget | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | Jul 1990 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Jay Berger | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
| Loss | 2. | Jul 1990 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Stefan Edberg | 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 3. | Nov 1990 | Wembley, UK | Carpet (i) |  Jakob Hlasek | 6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
| Win | 5. | Nov 1991 | Birmingham, UK | Carpet (i) | Guillaume Raoux | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | Dec 1991 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich | Carpet (i) | David Wheaton | 5–7, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6. | Feb 1992 | San Francisco, US | Hard (i) | Jim Courier | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7. | Mar 1992 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Andrei Chesnokov | 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 8. | Mar 1992 | Miami, US | Hard | Alberto Mancini | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5. | Apr 1992 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | Jim Courier | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Dec 1992 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | Michael Stich | 2–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 9. | Jan 1993 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Carl-Uwe Steeb | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | Mar 1993 | Osaka, Japan | Hard |  Amos Mansdorf | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | Aug 1993 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Richard Krajicek | 6–0, 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 11. | Aug 1993 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Stefan Edberg | 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | Aug 1993 | Long Island, US | Hard | Marc Rosset | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 12. | Sep 1993 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard (i) | Jonas Svensson | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 13. | Oct 1993 | Beijing, China | Carpet (i) |  Greg Rusedski | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4 |
| Win | 14. | Jan 1994 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | David Rikl | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9. | Jan 1994 | San Jose, US | Hard (i) |  Renzo Furlan | 6–3, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 15. | Feb 1994 | Philadelphia, US | Carpet (i) | Paul Haarhuis | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10. | Apr 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Pete Sampras | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16. | Apr 1994 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard |  Patrick Rafter | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 17. | Apr 1994 | Atlanta, US | Clay | Todd Martin | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
| Win | 18. | Aug 1994 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Stefan Edberg | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 11. | Oct 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) |  Goran Ivanišević | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 19. | Oct 1994 | Beijing, China | Carpet (i) | Anders Järryd | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 12. | Feb 1995 | San Jose, US | Hard (i) | Andre Agassi | 2–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 13. | Feb 1995 | Philadelphia, US | Carpet (i) | Thomas Enqvist | 6–0, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 20. | Apr 1995 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | Jonas Björkman | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 21. | May 1995 | Atlanta, US | Clay | Andre Agassi | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 |
| Loss | 14. | May 1995 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | Thomas Muster | 5–7, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15. | Aug 1995 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Andre Agassi | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 22. | Oct 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | Mark Philippoussis | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 23. | Oct 1995 | Beijing, China | Carpet (i) | Renzo Furlan | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 16. | Nov 1995 | Tennis Masters Cup, Frankfurt | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | 6–7(3–7), 0–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 17. | Jan 1996 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Boris Becker | 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 24. | Mar 1996 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Paul Haarhuis | 7–5, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 18. | Apr 1996 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | Pete Sampras | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 25. | Jul 1996 | Washington, D.C., US | Hard |  Wayne Ferreira | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 26. | Jul 1996 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Richard Krajicek | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 19. | Aug 1996 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Andre Agassi | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 20. | Aug 1996 | US Open, New York City | Hard | Pete Sampras | 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 21. | Sep 1996 | Singapore | Carpet (i) | Jonathan Stark | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 27. | Feb 1997 | Memphis, US | Hard (i) | Todd Woodbridge | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 28. | Mar 1997 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Bohdan Ulihrach | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 29. | Apr 1997 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | Patrick Rafter | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 30. | Apr 1997 | Orlando, US | Clay | Grant Stafford | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 31. | Jul 1997 | Washington, D.C., US | Hard | Petr Korda | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 22. | Feb 1998 | Memphis, US | Hard (i) | Mark Philippoussis | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 23. | Apr 1998 | Orlando, US | Clay | Jim Courier | 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Win | 32. | Aug 1998 | Boston, US | Hard | Paul Haarhuis | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 33. | Oct 1998 | Shanghai, China | Carpet (i) | Goran Ivanišević | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 24. | Jan 2000 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Magnus Norman | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 34. | Jul 2000 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Jan-Michael Gambill | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, ret. |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | W–L | SR | |||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | SF | F | SF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 21–10 | 0 / 10 | |||||
| French Open | A | 3R | W | QF | QF | 3R | 2R | 3R | F | 3R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 38–15 | 1 / 16 | |||||
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 18–14 | 0 / 14 | |||||
| US Open | 2R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 4R | SF | QF | 4R | QF | F | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 43–17 | 0 / 17 | |||||
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 6–3 | 13–2 | 9–3 | 7–3 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 16–4 | 14–4 | 13–4 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 120–56 | 1 / 57 | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | |||||||||||||
| Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennis Masters Cup | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | RR | RR | F | RR | RR | Did not qualify | 7–16 | 0 / 7 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Prix | ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | QF | A | QF | W | SF | 3R | 3R | W | W | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 28–11 | 3 / 14 | |||||
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | 3R | W | 1R | 3R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 18–11 | 1 / 12 | |||||
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0–3 | 0 / 3 | |||||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | SF | 2R | QF | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 17–10 | 0 / 10 | |||||
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 3–7 | 0 / 7 | |||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | W | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | QF | A | SF | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 15–8 | 1 / 9 | |||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | QF | QF | QF | 3R | SF | W | W | F | F | SF | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 41–14 | 2 / 16 | |||||
| Stuttgart Masters1 | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | A | A | 9–8 | 0 / 8 | |||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | QF | 1R | SF | 2R | 3R | SF | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | 3R | A | A | A | 18–12 | 0 / 12 | |||||
| Runners-up | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Titles | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Overall win-loss | 4–4 | 23–13 | 47–17 | 36–21 | 47–20 | 57–23 | 66–21 | 66–21 | 65–19 | 65–19 | 57–21 | 35–17 | 30–22 | 42–26 | 16–21 | 7–16 | 2–10 | 662–312 | ||||||
| Year-end ranking | 163 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 50 | 32 | 94 | 124 | 383 | |||||||
1 Held asStockholm Masters until 1994,Stuttgart Masters from 1995 to 2001.
| Season | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Chang rank |
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| 1989 | |||||||
| 1. | Stefan Edberg | 5 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–3, 6–2 | 25 |
| 2. | Ivan Lendl | 1 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 4R | 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 | 19 |
| 3. | Stefan Edberg | 3 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | F | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 19 |
| 1990 | |||||||
| 4. | Andre Agassi | 4 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | QF | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 24 |
| 5. | Stefan Edberg | 1 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 | 15 |
| 1991 | |||||||
| 6. | Guy Forget | 7 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 4R | 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | 10 |
| 7. | Stefan Edberg | 1 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | 3R | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 | 21 |
| 8. | Jim Courier | 2 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–4, 6–2 | 15 |
| 9. | Ivan Lendl | 5 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | SF | 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 9–7 | 15 |
| 1992 | |||||||
| 10. | Jim Courier | 2 | San Francisco, United States | Hard (i) | F | 6–3, 6–3 | 16 |
| 11. | Pete Sampras | 4 | Miami, United States | Hard | QF | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | 9 |
| 12. | Jim Courier | 1 | Miami, United States | Hard | SF | 6–2, 6–4 | 9 |
| 13. | Andre Agassi | 9 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–4, 6–2 | 6 |
| 14. | Petr Korda | 7 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–3, 6–4 | 6 |
| 15. | Goran Ivanišević | 4 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | SF | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | 6 |
| 1993 | |||||||
| 16. | Petr Korda | 6 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | QF | 6–1, 6–3 | 5 |
| 17. | Stefan Edberg | 3 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | F | 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 | 9 |
| 18. |  Sergi Bruguera | 5 | Long Island, United States | Hard | QF | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 | 7 |
| 19. | Stefan Edberg | 3 | Long Island, United States | Hard | SF | 6–1, 6–2 | 7 |
| 20. | Jim Courier | 2 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–4, 6–0 | 7 |
| 1994 | |||||||
| 21. | Jim Courier | 3 | Philadelphia, United States | Carpet (i) | SF | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | 9 |
| 22. | Todd Martin | 9 | Atlanta, United States | Clay | F | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0 | 7 |
| 23. | Sergi Bruguera | 4 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 4R | 6–4, 7–6(9–7), 6–0 | 8 |
| 24. | Stefan Edberg | 4 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | F | 6–2, 7–5 | 7 |
| 25. | Todd Martin | 7 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | 9 |
| 26. | Goran Ivanišević | 2 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | QF | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | 9 |
| 27. | Alberto Berasategui | 7 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–1, 6–0 | 6 |
| 28. | Alberto Berasategui | 8 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany | Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–1, 7–5 | 6 |
| 1995 | |||||||
| 29. | Andre Agassi | 1 | Atlanta, United States | Clay | F | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 | 6 |
| 30. | Sergi Bruguera | 7 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | SF | 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–0) | 6 |
| 31. | Michael Stich | 8 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | SF | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | 5 |
| 32. | Thomas Muster | 3 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | 4 |
| 33. | Jim Courier | 7 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–2, 7–5 | 4 |
| 34. | Pete Sampras | 1 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | SF | 6–4, 6–4 | 4 |
| 1996 | |||||||
| 35. | Andre Agassi | 2 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | SF | 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) | 5 |
| 36. | Andre Agassi | 3 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | QF | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–1 | 5 |
| 37. | Richard Krajicek | 8 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | F | 6–4, 6–3 | 3 |
| 38. | Goran Ivanišević | 6 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | QF | 6–3, 7–5 | 3 |
| 39. | Andre Agassi | 9 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | SF | 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 | 3 |
| 40. |  Marcelo Ríos | 10 | Stuttgart, Germany | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–3 | 2 |
| 41. | Goran Ivanišević | 4 | ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | 2 |
| 1997 | |||||||
| 42. | Thomas Muster | 2 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | SF | 6–1, 7–6(7–1) | 3 |
| 43. |  Gustavo Kuerten | 10 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | QF | 6–1, 6–2 | 2 |
| 44. | Marcelo Ríos | 10 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | QF | 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3 | 2 |
| 45. | Pat Rafter | 3 | Davis Cup, Washington, D.C., United States | Hard | RR | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 | 2 |
| 46. | Sergi Bruguera | 8 | ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany | Hard | RR | 7–6(10–8), 6–2 | 2 |
| 1998 | |||||||
| 47. | Pete Sampras | 1 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 7–6(8–6) | 14 |
| 1999 | |||||||
| 48. | Àlex Corretja | 8 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 | 58 |
| 49. | Marcelo Ríos | 8 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | 2R | 7–5, 6–2 | 72 |
| 2000 | |||||||
| 50. | Àlex Corretja | 9 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | 2R | 1–6, 7–5, 6–0 | 24 |
| 2002 | |||||||
| 51. | Tommy Haas | 3 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 6–2 | 111 |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | ATP Most Improved Player 1989 | Succeeded by |
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