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

ATP Tour 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
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open[a] 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[b] 3R 3R F QF W F QF QF 4R F QF 1R 2R QF 2R 2R 1R 1 / 18 56–17
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 3–3 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 / 49 137–45
Year-end championships
Masters A A A A W SF SF SF[c] A RR[c] RR[c] RR[c] SF[c] A A A A A A A 1 / 8 16–11
Grand Prix / WCT
Hamburg A A A 2R SF QF A QF W A F A A SF SF QF 2R 3R QF A 1 / 12 35–11
Rome A A 1R 1R SF SF F 2R A F W SF A A 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R A 1 / 14 33–13
Year-end ranking – – – 31 5 2 6 2 3 6 4 6 4 11 28 39 22 71 126 408

Grand Slam tournaments finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 1975 French Open Clay Sweden Björn Borg 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 1977 Australian Open (Jan.) Grass United States Roscoe Tanner 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 1977 French Open Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win 2–2 1977 US Open Clay United States Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss 2–3 1978 French Open (2) Clay Sweden Björn Borg 1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 1978 Australian Open Grass Australia John Marks 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–3 1979 Australian Open (2) Grass United States John Sadri 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–4 1982 French Open (3) Clay Sweden Mats Wilander 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 0–6, 4–6

Grand Prix year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 1974 Grand Prix Masters Grass Romania Ilie Năstase 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4

WCT year-end championship finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 1976 WCT Finals Carpet Sweden Björn Borg 6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 1–6

Career finals

Grand Prix/WCT Singles titles (62)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (4)
Year-End Championships – Grand Prix (1)
Grand Prix / WCT (57)
Titles by surface
Clay (49)
Grass (3)
Hard (3)
Indoor Hard (1)
Indoor Carpet (6)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Nov 1973 Buenos Aires Clay Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–6, ret.
Win 2. Jul 1974 Gstaad Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 6–1, 6–2
Win 3. Jul 1974 Hilversum Clay Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win 4. Aug 1974 Louisville Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–4, 7–5
Win 5. Aug 1974 Toronto Clay[2] Spain Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Win 6. Oct 1974 Tehran Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
Win 7. Nov 1974 Buenos Aires (2) Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 8. Dec 1974 Masters, Melbourne Grass Romania Ilie Năstase 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Win 9. May 1975 Munich Clay West Germany Karl Meiler 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Win 10. Jul 1975 Hilversum (2) Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
Win 11. Jul 1975 Washington, D.C. Clay United States Harold Solomon 6–1, 6–3
Win 12. Aug 1975 Louisville (2) Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–3
Win 13. Nov 1975 Buenos Aires (3) Clay Italy Adriano Panatta 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Win 14. Feb 1976 St. Louis WCT Carpet (i) India Vijay Amritraj 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 15. Feb 1976 Fort Worth WCT Hard Australia Phil Dent 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–1
Win 16. Apr 1976 Monte Carlo WCT Clay Poland Wojciech Fibak 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Win 17. Aug 1976 Toronto (2) Clay [3] Poland Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 18. Nov 1976 São Paulo WCT Carpet (i) Spain José Higueras 6–2, 6–0
Win 19. Nov 1976 Buenos Aires (4) Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Win 20. Feb 1977 Springfield Carpet (i) United States Stan Smith 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
Win 21. Apr 1977 Buenos Aires (5) Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak 6–4, 6–3, 6–0
Win 22. Apr 1977 Virginia Beach Clay [4] Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 23. Jun 1977 French Open, Paris Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win 24. Jul 1977 Kitzbühel Clay Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 25. Jul 1977 Washington, D.C. (2) Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–4, 7–5
Win 26. Jul 1977 Louisville (3) Clay United States Eddie Dibbs 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win 27. Aug 1977 South Orange Clay United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2
Win 28. Aug 1977 Columbus Clay United States Brian Gottfried 6–2, 6–1
Win 29. Sep 1977 US Open, New York Clay United States Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 30. Sep 1977 Paris Clay France Christophe Roger-Vasselin 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win 31. Oct 1977 Tehran (2) Clay United States Eddie Dibbs 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win 32. Nov 1977 Bogotá Clay Spain José Higueras 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win 33. Nov 1977 Santiago Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
Win 34. Nov 1977 Buenos Aires (6) Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 35. Dec 1977 Johannesburg WCT Hard United Kingdom Buster Mottram 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
Win 36. May 1978 Hamburg Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Win 37. May 1978 Munich (2) Clay United Kingdom Buster Mottram 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Win 38. Jul 1978 Gstaad (2) Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win 39. Aug 1978 South Orange (2) Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–3
Win 40. Oct 1978 Aix-en-Provence Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Win 41. Oct 1978 Basel Hard (i) United States John McEnroe 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win 42. Dec 1978 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Australia John Marks 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 43. Jan 1979 Hobart Hard Australia Mark Edmondson 6–4, 6–4
Win 44. Jul 1979 Washington, D.C. (3) Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci 7–6(7–4), 6–6, retired
Win 45. Nov 1979 Buenos Aires (7) Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Win 46. Dec 1979 Australian Open, Melbourne (2) Grass United States John Sadri 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Win 47. May 1980 Rome Clay France Yannick Noah 6–0, 6–4, 6–4
Win 48. Jul 1980 Kitzbühel (2) Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Win 49. Sep 1980 Palermo Clay Australia Paul McNamee 6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Win 50. Feb 1981 Mar del Plata Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci 2–6, 6–3, 2–1, retired
Win 51. Mar 1981 Cairo Clay West Germany Peter Elter 6–2, 6–3
Win 52. Apr 1981 Houston Clay United States Sammy Giammalva Jr. 6–2, 6–3
Win 53. Feb 1982 Buenos Aires (8) Clay Argentina Alejandro Ganzábal 6–2, 6–4
Win 54. Mar 1982 Rotterdam Carpet (i) United States Jimmy Connors 0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 55. Mar 1982 Milan Carpet (i) United States Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–3
Win 56. Apr 1982 Monte Carlo (2) Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–1, 7–6(12–10), 6–3
Win 57. May 1982 Madrid Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
Win 58. Jul 1982 Boston Clay United States Mel Purcell 6–4, 6–0
Win 59. Jul 1982 Kitzbühel (3) Clay Brazil Marcos Hocevar 7–6(7–0), 6–1
Win 60. Feb 1983 Richmond WCT Carpet (i) United States Steve Denton 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Win 61. Feb 1983 Delray Beach WCT Clay Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 6–1, 6–4, 6–0
Win 62. Jul 1983 Kitzbühel (4) Clay France Henri Leconte 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4

Grand Prix/WCT Singles runners-ups (42)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Aug 1972 Cincinnati, US Clay United States Jimmy Connors 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2. Dec 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay West Germany Karl Meiler 7–6, 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Jul 1974 Washington D.C., US Clay United States Harold Solomon 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Jun 1975 French Open, Paris Clay Sweden Björn Borg 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5. Aug 1975 Boston, US Clay Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 6. Sep 1975 San Francisco, US Carpet United States Arthur Ashe 0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 7. Apr 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Sweden Björn Borg 6–7, 2–6
Loss 8. May 1976 WCT Finals – Dallas, U.S. Carpet Sweden Björn Borg 6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 9. May 1976 Rome, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta 6–2, 6–7, 2–6, 6–7
Loss 10. Jan 1977 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass United States Roscoe Tanner 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 11. Jan 1977 Baltimore, US Carpet United States Brian Gottfried 3–6, 6–7
Loss 12. Feb 1977 Rancho Mirage, US Hard United States Brian Gottfried 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 13. Mar 1977 Johannesburg, South Africa Clay Sweden Björn Borg final not played (rain)
Loss 14. Apr 1977 Nice, France Clay Sweden Björn Borg 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 0–6
Loss 15. Oct 1977 Aix en Provence, France Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 1–6, 5–7, retired
Loss 16. Jun 1978 French Open, Paris Clay Sweden Björn Borg 1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 17. Feb 1979 Richmond, US Carpet Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6
Loss 18. Apr 1979 Stuttgart, West Germany Hard Poland Wojciech Fibak 2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 19. May 1979 Rome, Italy Clay United States Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 20. May 1979 Indianapolis, US Clay United States Jimmy Connors 1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 21. Oct 1979 Sydney, Australia Hard (i) United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Loss 22. Apr 1980 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay Sweden Björn Borg 1–6, 0–6, 2–6
Loss 23. May 1980 Hamburg, West Germany Clay United States Harold Solomon 7–6, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 24. Oct 1980 Madrid, Spain Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 25. Oct 1980 Barcelona, Spain Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 26. Feb 1981 Boca Raton, US Clay United States John McEnroe 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 0–6
Loss 27. Apr 1981 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay United States Jimmy Connors 5–5, abandoned (rain)
Loss 28. Jul 1981 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Australia John Fitzgerald 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 29. Jul 1981 Washington D.C., US Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 5–7, 2–6
Loss 30. Aug 1981 North Conway, US Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 3–6, 2–6
Loss 31. Oct 1981 Barcelona, Spain Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 0–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 32. Nov 1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1–6, 2–6
Loss 33. Jun 1982 French Open, Paris Clay Sweden Mats Wilander 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 0–6, 4–6
Loss 34. Jul 1982 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 35. Oct 1982 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sweden Mats Wilander 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 36. Nov 1982 Baltimore, US Carpet Australia Paul McNamee 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 37. Nov 1982 Johannesburg, South Africa Clay United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 38. Jan 1983 Detroit WCT, US Carpet Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 5–7, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 39. Mar 1983 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard United States Gene Mayer 1–6, 6–7(9–11)
Loss 40. Apr 1983 Hilton Head, US Clay Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 2–6, 1–6, 0–6
Loss 41. Oct 1983 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sweden Mats Wilander 0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 42. May 1986 Forest Hills, US Clay France Yannick Noah 6–7, 0–6

ILTF Singles titles (10)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 5 March 1971 Santos Open, Santos, Brazil Clay Argentina Ricardo Cano ?
2. 12 March 1972 Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Héctor Romani 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
3. 10 March 1974 Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Julián Ganzábal 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4. 20 April 1975 Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay United States Clark Graebner 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
5.[5] 16 January 1977 Bolivian International, La Paz, Bolivia Clay Italy Adriano Panatta 6–8, 6–3, 6–1
6. 28 August 1977 Lionel Tennis Week Open, Rye, US Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–0
7. 30 October 1977 The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Caracas, Venezuela Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–2
8.[6] 29 October 1978 Swiss Indoor Tennis Championships, Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) United States John McEnroe 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
9. 26 July 1979 Aix-en-Provence Invitational, Aix-en-Provence, France Hard Romania Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–4
10.[7] 29 August 1982 AMF Head Cup , Somers, US Hard United States Eliot Teltscher 7–5, 6–6

ILTF Doubles titles (16)

Records

Event Years Record accomplished Player tied
US Open 1977 72.1% (106–41) games winning percentage in 1 tournament 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

Notes

  1. ^ The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only in the January event.
  2. ^ The 1972 French Open had two preliminary rounds.[1] After qualifying, Vilas won in both to enter the main draw. These wins do not count as main draw wins.
  3. ^ a b c d e The year-ending Masters tournament was actually played in January of the following year.

References

  1. ^ "1972 French Open draw". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  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.
  5. ^ "Vilas whips Pannata". The Journal News. White Plains, New York: newspapers.com. 17 Jan 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Vilas Captures Swiss Indoor Title". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut: newspapers.com. 30 Oct 1978. p. 54. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ^ "TENNIS: AMF HEAD CUP". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio: newspapers.com. 30 Aug 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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