Guillermo Vilas career statistics

These are the main career statistics of former Argentine professional tennis player Guillermo Vilas whose playing career lasted from 1969 through 1992.

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	SR	W–L
Australian Open^{[lower-alpha 1]}	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	W	W	SF	3R	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	2 / 5	23–3
French Open	A	A	3R^[1]	3R	3R	F	QF	W		F	QF	QF	4R	F	QF	1R	2R	QF	2R	2R	1R	1 / 18	58–17
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	A	3R	QF	QF	3R		3R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 11	15–11
US Open	A	A	2R	1R	4R	SF	SF	W		4R	4R	4R	4R	SF	3R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	A	1 / 15	43–14
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	5–3	2–2	7–3	15–3	13–3	21–2		17–3	14–3	10–3	8–4	11–2	6–3	2–2	2–2	4–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	4 / 49	139–45
Year-End Ranking	–	–	–	31	5	2	6	2		3	6	4	4	4	11	28	39	22	71	126	408

Grand Slam finals

Singles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1975	French Open	Clay	Björn Borg	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1977	Australian Open	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	1977	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	1977	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Runner-up	1978	French Open (2)	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	1978	Australian Open	Grass	John Marks	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1979	Australian Open (2)	Grass	John Sadri	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1982	French Open (3)	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–7^(6–8), 0–6, 4–6

Year-End Championship performance timeline

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	SR	W–L
Masters	A	A	A	A	W	SF	SF	SF^{[lower-alpha 2]}		A	RR^{[lower-alpha 2]}	RR^{[lower-alpha 2]}	RR^{[lower-alpha 2]}	SF^{[lower-alpha 2]}	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 8	16–11

Finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1974	Melbourne	Grass	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4

Records

These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
^ Denotes consecutive streak.

Event	Years	Record accomplished	Player tied
US Open	1977	72.1% (106–41) games winning percentage in 1 tournament	Stands alone
Grand Slam	1973–88	75 clay court match wins	Stands alone
Grand Prix Tour	1977	16 titles in 1 season	Stands alone
Grand Prix Tour	1977	14 clay court titles in 1 season	Stands alone
Grand Prix Tour	1973–83	49 clay court titles	Stands alone
Grand Prix Tour	1973–88	632 clay court match wins	Stands alone
Grand Prix Tour	1977	145 match wins in 1 season	Stands alone
Grand Prix Tour	1973–83	794 outdoor matches won	Stands alone

Career finals

Singles

Singles titles (62)

Legend
Grand Slam (4)
Year-End Championships (1)
Grand Prix Super Series (7)
Grand Prix / WCT Tour (50)

Titles by Surface
Clay (48)
Indoor Clay (1)
Grass (3)
Hard (3)
Indoor Hard (1)
Indoor Carpet (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	25 November 1973	Buenos Aires	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–6, retired
2.	14 July 1974	Gstaad	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 6–2
3.	21 July 1974	Hilversum	Clay	Barry Phillips-Moore	6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
4.	4 August 1974	Louisville	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–4, 7–5
5.	18 August 1974	Toronto	Clay^[2]	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
6.	27 October 1974	Tehran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–0, 6–3, 6–1
7.	24 November 1974	Buenos Aires (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
8.	15 December 1974	Masters, Melbourne	Grass	Ilie Năstase	7–6^(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
9.	11 May 1975	Munich	Clay	Karl Meiler	2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
10.	20 July 1975	Hilversum (2)	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
11.	27 July 1975	Washington, D.C.	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–1, 6–3
12.	3 August 1975	Louisville (2)	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3
13.	16 November 1975	Buenos Aires (3)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
14.	22 February 1976	St. Louis WCT	Carpet (i)	Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
15.	29 February 1976	Fort Worth WCT	Hard	Phil Dent	6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 6–1
16.	18 April 1976	Monte Carlo WCT	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
17.	22 August 1976	Toronto (2)	Clay ^[3]	Wojciech Fibak	6–4, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
18.	21 November 1976	São Paulo	Carpet (i)	José Higueras	6–2, 6–0
19.	28 November 1976	Buenos Aires (4)	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
20.	13 February 1977	Springfield	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
21.	14 April 1977	Buenos Aires (5)	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
22.	24 April 1977	Virginia Beach	Clay ^[4]	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
23.	5 June 1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
24.	17 July 1977	Kitzbühel	Clay	Jan Kodeš	5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
25.	24 July 1977	Washington, D.C. (2)	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 7–5
26.	31 July 1977	Louisville (3)	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 6–0, 6–1
27.	7 August 1977	South Orange	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
28.	14 August 1977	Columbus	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–1
29.	11 September 1977	US Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–0
30.	25 September 1977	Paris	Clay	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–1, 7–6^(7–1)
31.	9 October 1977	Tehran (2)	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
32.	13 November 1977	Bogotá	Clay (i)	José Higueras	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
33.	20 November 1977	Santiago	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–0, 2–6, 6–4
34.	27 November 1977	Buenos Aires (6)	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
35.	4 December 1977	Johannesburg WCT	Hard	Buster Mottram	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
36.	21 May 1978	Hamburg	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
37.	28 May 1978	Munich (2)	Clay	Buster Mottram	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
38.	16 July 1978	Gstaad (2)	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 7–6^(10–8), 6–4
39.	6 August 1978	South Orange (2)	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–1, 6–3
40.	1 October 1978	Aix-en-Provence	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
41.	29 October 1978	Basel	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
42.	31 December 1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Marks	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
43.	14 January 1979	Hobart	Hard	Mark Edmondson	6–4, 6–4
44.	22 July 1979	Washington, D.C. (3)	Clay	Víctor Pecci	7–6^(7–4), 6–6, retired
45.	25 November 1979	Buenos Aires (7)	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
46.	30 December 1979	Australian Open, Melbourne (2)	Grass	John Sadri	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
47.	25 May 1980	Rome	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–0, 6–4, 6–4
48.	27 July 1980	Kitzbühel (2)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
49.	14 September 1980	Palermo	Clay	Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
50.	8 February 1981	Mar del Plata	Clay	Víctor Pecci	2–6, 6–3, 2–1, retired
51.	15 March 1981	Cairo	Clay	Peter Elter	6–2, 6–3
52.	12 April 1981	Houston	Clay	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–2, 6–3
53.	7 February 1982	Buenos Aires (8)	Clay	Alejandro Ganzábal	6–2, 6–4
54.	21 March 1982	Rotterdam	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	0–6, 6–2, 6–4
55.	28 March 1982	Milan	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
56.	11 April 1982	Monte Carlo (2)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 7–6^(12–10), 6–3
57.	2 May 1982	Madrid	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–7^(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
58.	18 July 1982	Boston	Clay	Mel Purcell	6–4, 6–0
59.	25 July 1982	Kitzbühel (3)	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	7–6^(7–0), 6–1
60.	13 February 1983	Richmond WCT	Carpet (i)	Steve Denton	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
61.	27 February 1983	Delray Beach WCT	Clay	Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
62.	24 July 1983	Kitzbühel (4)	Clay	Henri Leconte	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–4

Singles runners-up: (42)

1972 (2) – Buenos Aires, Cincinnati
1974 (1) – Washington D.C.
1975 (3) – San Francisco, Boston, French Open
1976 (3) – Rome, Dallas WCT, São Paulo WCT
1977 (6) – Johannesburg*, Aix en Provence, Nice,
Palm Springs, Baltimore, Australian Open (Jan.)
1978 (1) – French Open
1979 (5) – Sydney Indoor, Indianapolis, Rome,
Stuttgart Indoor, Richmond WCT
1980 (4) – Barcelona, Madrid, Hamburg, Monte Carlo
1981 (7) – Buenos Aires, Barcelona, North Conway, Washington D.C., Kitzbühel, Boca Raton, Monte Carlo*
1982 (5) – Johannesburg, Baltimore WCT, Barcelona,
Gstaad, French Open
1983 (4) – Barcelona, Hilton Head WCT,
Rotterdam, Detroit WCT
1986 (1) – Forest Hills
*Unfinished due to weather Finalist Awarded

Other singles titles not listed by the ATP website (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	12 March 1972	Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina	Clay	Héctor Romani	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
2.	10 March 1974	Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina	Clay	Julián Ganzábal	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
3.	20 April 1975	Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina	Clay	Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
4.	28 August 1977	Rye, Westchester Country Club, US	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–0
5.	28–30 October 1977	Caracas, The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Venezuela	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–2
6.	25–26 July 1979	Aix-en-Provence, Invitational Tournament, France	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Titles (16)

1973 (1) – Buenos Aires
1974 (4) – Buenos Aires, Tehran, Toronto, Hilversum
1975 (3) – Barcelona, Louisville, Hilversum
1977 (4) – Buenos Aires, Tehran, Nice, Baltimore
1978 (2) – Aix-En-Provence, Munich
1979 (2) – North Conway, San Jose (Costa Rica)

Notes

↑ The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only in the January event.
1 2 3 4 5 The year-ending Masters tournament was actually played in January of the following year.

References

↑ "1972 French Open draw". Retrieved 11 September 2012.
↑ "Cumberland Sunday Times excerpt". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
↑ "The Press-Courier excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Virginia Beach Sun excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links

Guillermo Vilas at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Guillermo Vilas at the International Tennis Federation
Guillermo Vilas at the Davis Cup
Guillermo Vilas at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

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