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

Tournament19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989SRW–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)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss0–11975French OpenClaySweden Björn Borg2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–21977Australian OpenGrassUnited States Roscoe Tanner3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win1–21977French OpenClayUnited States Brian Gottfried6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win2–21977US OpenClayUnited States Jimmy Connors2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss2–31978French Open (2)ClaySweden Björn Borg1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win3–31978Australian OpenGrassAustralia John Marks6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–31979Australian Open (2)GrassUnited States John Sadri7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Loss4–41982French Open (3)ClaySweden Mats Wilander6–1, 6–7(6–8), 0–6, 4–6

Year-End Championship performance timeline

Tournament19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989SRW–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)
Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win1–01974MelbourneGrassRomania Ilie Năstase7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4

Records

  • These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
  • ^ Denotes consecutive streak.
EventYearsRecord accomplishedPlayer tied
US Open197772.1% (106–41) games winning percentage in 1 tournamentStands alone
Grand Slam1973–8875 clay court match winsStands alone
Grand Prix Tour197716 titles in 1 seasonStands alone
Grand Prix Tour197714 clay court titles in 1 seasonStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1973–8349 clay court titlesStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1973–88632 clay court match winsStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1977145 match wins in 1 seasonStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1973–83794 outdoor matches wonStands alone

ATP Career finals: (104)

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 Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–6, retired
2. 14 July 1974 Gstaad Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 6–1, 6–2
3. 21 July 1974 Hilversum Clay Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
4. 4 August 1974 Louisville Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–4, 7–5
5. 18 August 1974 Toronto Clay[2] Spain Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
6. 27 October 1974 Tehran Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
7. 24 November 1974 Buenos Aires (2) Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
8. 15 December 1974 Masters, Melbourne Grass Romania Ilie Năstase 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
9. 11 May 1975 Munich Clay West Germany Karl Meiler 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
10. 20 July 1975 Hilversum (2) Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
11. 27 July 1975 Washington, D.C. Clay United States Harold Solomon 6–1, 6–3
12. 3 August 1975 Louisville (2) Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–3
13. 16 November 1975 Buenos Aires (3) Clay Italy Adriano Panatta 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
14. 22 February 1976 St. Louis WCT Carpet (i) India Vijay Amritraj 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
15. 29 February 1976 Fort Worth WCT Hard Australia Phil Dent 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–1
16. 18 April 1976 Monte Carlo WCT Clay Poland Wojciech Fibak 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
17. 22 August 1976 Toronto (2) Clay [3] Poland Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
18. 21 November 1976 São Paulo Carpet (i) Spain José Higueras 6–2, 6–0
19. 28 November 1976 Buenos Aires (4) Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
20. 13 February 1977 Springfield Carpet (i) United States Stan Smith 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
21. 14 April 1977 Buenos Aires (5) Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak 6–4, 6–3, 6–0
22. 24 April 1977 Virginia Beach Clay [4] Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
23. 5 June 1977 French Open, Paris Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
24. 17 July 1977 Kitzbühel Clay Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
25. 24 July 1977 Washington, D.C. (2) Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–4, 7–5
26. 31 July 1977 Louisville (3) Clay United States Eddie Dibbs 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
27. 7 August 1977 South Orange Clay United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2
28. 14 August 1977 Columbus Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–2, 6–1
29. 11 September 1977 US Open, New York Clay United States Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
30. 25 September 1977 Paris Clay France Christophe Roger-Vasselin 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
31. 9 October 1977 Tehran (2) Clay United States Eddie Dibbs 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
32. 13 November 1977 Bogotá Clay (i) Spain José Higueras 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
33. 20 November 1977 Santiago Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
34. 27 November 1977 Buenos Aires (6) Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
35. 4 December 1977 Johannesburg WCT Hard United Kingdom Buster Mottram 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
36. 21 May 1978 Hamburg Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
37. 28 May 1978 Munich (2) Clay United Kingdom Buster Mottram 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
38. 16 July 1978 Gstaad (2) Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 7–6(10–8), 6–4
39. 6 August 1978 South Orange (2) Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–3
40. 1 October 1978 Aix-en-Provence Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
41. 29 October 1978 Basel Hard (i) United States John McEnroe 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
42. 31 December 1978 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Australia John Marks 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
43. 14 January 1979 Hobart Hard Australia Mark Edmondson 6–4, 6–4
44. 22 July 1979 Washington, D.C. (3) Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci 7–6(7–4), 6–6, retired
45. 25 November 1979 Buenos Aires (7) Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
46. 30 December 1979 Australian Open, Melbourne (2) Grass United States John Sadri 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
47. 25 May 1980 Rome Clay France Yannick Noah 6–0, 6–4, 6–4
48. 27 July 1980 Kitzbühel (2) Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
49. 14 September 1980 Palermo Clay Australia Paul McNamee 6–4, 6–0, 6–0
50. 8 February 1981 Mar del Plata Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci 2–6, 6–3, 2–1, retired
51. 15 March 1981 Cairo Clay West Germany Peter Elter 6–2, 6–3
52. 12 April 1981 Houston Clay United States Sammy Giammalva Jr. 6–2, 6–3
53. 7 February 1982 Buenos Aires (8) Clay Argentina Alejandro Ganzábal 6–2, 6–4
54. 21 March 1982 Rotterdam Carpet (i) United States Jimmy Connors 0–6, 6–2, 6–4
55. 28 March 1982 Milan Carpet (i) United States Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–3
56. 11 April 1982 Monte Carlo (2) Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–1, 7–6(12–10), 6–3
57. 2 May 1982 Madrid Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
58. 18 July 1982 Boston Clay United States Mel Purcell 6–4, 6–0
59. 25 July 1982 Kitzbühel (3) Clay Brazil Marcos Hocevar 7–6(7–0), 6–1
60. 13 February 1983 Richmond WCT Carpet (i) United States Steve Denton 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
61. 27 February 1983 Delray Beach WCT Clay Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 6–1, 6–4, 6–0
62. 24 July 1983 Kitzbühel (4) Clay France Henri Leconte 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4

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 Argentina Héctor Romani 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
2. 10 March 1974 Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina Clay Argentina Julián Ganzábal 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
3. 20 April 1975 Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina Clay United States Clark Graebner 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
4. 28 August 1977 Rye, Westchester Country Club, US Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–0
5. 28–30 October 1977 Caracas, The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Venezuela Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–2
6. 25–26 July 1979 Aix-en-Provence, Invitational Tournament, France Hard Romania 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

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

References

  1. ↑ "1972 French Open draw". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Cumberland Sunday Times excerpt". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Press-Courier excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Virginia Beach Sun excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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