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🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 183 cm · b. 1962-04-16

David Pate

Active 1981–1995 · best rank seen: 18

181–168
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0
0
6
5,150
Career summary

David Pate of the United States is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1981 to 1995. He won 2 tour-level singles titles, from a career match record of 181–168 (51.9%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 31–26 (54%). His best three-year stretch came in 1985–1987, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2057. His most frequent opponent was Brad Gilbert, whom he faced 10 times with a record of 5–5.

Hard
109–97 (52.9%)
Clay
5–13 (27.8%)
Grass
31–26 (54.4%)
Carpet
36–32 (52.9%)

Main rivals

OpponentRecord Meetings
🇺🇸 Brad Gilbert 5–5 10 Full H2H

Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.

Grand Slam record

'82'83'84'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92
Australian Open 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R
Roland Garros 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R
US Open 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1985–1987 480 961 1981: 10 pts 1982: 85 pts 1983: 145 pts 1984: 610 pts 1985: 850 pts 1986: 800 pts 1987: 890 pts 1988: 470 pts 1989: 290 pts 1990: 505 pts 1991: 385 pts 1992: 45 pts 1993: 35 pts 1994: 20 pts 1995: 10 pts 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995

Gold band: best three-year window (1985–1987).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2057.

Career titles (2)

Match results

Methodology

Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.