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.

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	Björn Borg	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	1977	Australian Open (Jan.)	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	1977	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win	2–2	1977	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Loss	2–3	1978	French Open (2)	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	1978	Australian Open	Grass	John Marks	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–3	1979	Australian Open (2)	Grass	John Sadri	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–4	1982	French Open (3)	Clay	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	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	Björn Borg	6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 1–6

Career finals

Singles titles (62)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (4)
Year-End Championships – Grand Prix (1)
Grand Prix / WCT (57)

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

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

Runners-ups (42)

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

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)

other titles (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	5 March 1971	Santos Open, Santos, Brazil	Clay	Ricardo Cano	?
2.	12 March 1972	Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Héctor Romani	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
3.	10 March 1974	Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Julián Ganzábal	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	20 April 1975	Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
5.^[5]	16 January 1977	Bolivian International, La Paz, Bolivia	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–8, 6–3, 6–1
6.	28 August 1977	Lionel Tennis Week Open, Rye Brook, US	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–0
7.	30 October 1977	The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–2
8.	22 October 1978	World Star Pro Tennis, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tim Gullikson	7–5, 6–4
9.	26 July 1979	Aix-en-Provence Invitational, Aix-en-Provence, France	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4
10.^[6]	29 August 1982	AMF Head Cup, Somers, US	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	7–5, 6–3

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 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

^ The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only in the January event.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The year-ending Masters tournament was actually played in January of the following year.

References

^ "1972 French Open draw". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ "Cumberland Sunday Times excerpt". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ "The Press-Courier excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ "Virginia Beach Sun excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ "Vilas whips Pannata". The Journal News. White Plains, New York: newspapers.com. 17 Jan 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "TENNIS: AMF HEAD CUP". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio: newspapers.com. 30 Aug 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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

[1] The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only in the January event.

[3] 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.

[Masters-4] The year-ending Masters tournament was actually played in January of the following year.

[1972fo-2] "1972 French Open draw". Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[5] "Cumberland Sunday Times excerpt". Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[6] "The Press-Courier excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[7] "Virginia Beach Sun excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[8] "Vilas whips Pannata". The Journal News. White Plains, New York: newspapers.com. 17 Jan 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[9] "TENNIS: AMF HEAD CUP". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio: newspapers.com. 30 Aug 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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