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	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1975	French Open	Clay	Björn Borg	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1977	Australian Open (Jan.)	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1977	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win	1977	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss	1978	French Open (2)	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win	1978	Australian Open	Grass	John Marks	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	1979	Australian Open (2)	Grass	John Sadri	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	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 (62 titles, 42 runner-ups)

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

Titles by surface Clay (49) Grass (3) Hard (4) Carpet (6)

Titles by setting Indoor (8) Outdoor (54)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1972	Cincinnati, US	Clay	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1972	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Karl Meiler	7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Nov 1973	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–6, ret.
Win	2–2	Jul 1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–2	Jul 1974	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Barry Phillips-Moore	6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Jul 1974	Washington D.C., US	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Aug 1974	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–3	Aug 1974	Toronto, Canada	Clay [2]	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6–3	Oct 1974	Tehran. Iran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–0, 6–3, 6–1
Win	7–3	Nov 1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	8–3	Dec 1974	Masters, Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Ilie Năstase	7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Win	9–3	May 1975	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	9–4	Jun 1975	French Open, Paris	Clay	Björn Borg	2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	10–4	Jul 1975	Hilversum, Netherlands (2)	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
Win	11–4	Jul 1975	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–1, 6–3
Win	12–4	Aug 1975	Louisville, U.S. (2)	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–5	Aug 1975	Boston, US	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	12–6	Sep 1975	San Francisco, US	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	13–6	Nov 1975	Buenos Aires, Argentina (3)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Win	14–6	Feb 1976	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win	15–6	Feb 1976	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Phil Dent	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–1
Loss	15–7	Apr 1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	6–7, 2–6
Win	16–7	Apr 1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	16–8	May 1976	WCT Finals – Dallas, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	16–9	May 1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–7, 2–6, 6–7
Win	17–9	Aug 1976	Toronto, Canada (2)	Clay [3]	Wojciech Fibak	6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win	18–9	Nov 1976	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet (i)	José Higueras	6–3, 6–0
Win	19–9	Nov 1976	Buenos Aires, Argentina (4)	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	19–10	Jan 1977	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	19–11	Jan 1977	Baltimore, US	Carpet (i)	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 6–7
Win	20–11	Feb 1977	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	20–12	Feb 1977	Rancho Mirage, US	Hard	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
—	20–13	Mar 1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Clay	Björn Borg	final not played
Loss	20–14	Apr 1977	Nice, France	Clay	Björn Borg	4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 0–6
Win	21–14	Apr 1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina (5)	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
Win	22–14	Apr 1977	Virginia Beach, U.S.	Clay [4]	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	23–14	Jun 1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win	24–14	Jul 1977	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jan Kodeš	5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	25–14	Jul 1977	Washington, D.C., U.S. (2)	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 7–5
Win	26–14	Jul 1977	Louisville, U.S. (3)	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win	27–14	Aug 1977	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
Win	28–14	Aug 1977	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–1
Win	29–14	Sep 1977	US Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win	30–14	Sep 1977	Paris, France	Clay	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	30–15	Oct 1977	Aix en Provence, France	Clay	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 5–7, retired
Win	31–15	Oct 1977	Tehran, Iran (2)	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win	32–15	Nov 1977	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay (i)	José Higueras	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win	33–15	Nov 1977	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–0, 2–6, 6–4
Win	34–15	Nov 1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina (6)	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	35–15	Dec 1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Buster Mottram	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
Win	36–15	May 1978	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Win	37–15	May 1978	Munich, West Germany (2)	Clay	Buster Mottram	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	37–16	Jun 1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win	38–16	Jul 1978	Gstaad, Switzerland (2)	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win	39–16	Aug 1978	South Orange, U.S. (2)	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–1, 6–3
Win	40–16	Oct 1978	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Win	41–16	Oct 1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win	42–16	Dec 1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Marks	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	43–16	Jan 1979	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Mark Edmondson	6–4, 6–4
Loss	43–17	Feb 1979	Richmond WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	3–6, 1–6
Loss	43–18	Apr 1979	Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany	Hard (i)	Wojciech Fibak	2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	43–19	May 1979	Rome, Italy	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	44–19	Jul 1979	Washington, D.C., U.S. (3)	Clay	Víctor Pecci	7–6(7–4), 6–6, retired
Loss	44–20	May 1979	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	44–21	Oct 1979	Sydney, Australia	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win	45–21	Nov 1979	Buenos Aires, Argentina (7)	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Win	46–21	Dec 1979	Australian Open, Melbourne (2)	Grass	John Sadri	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	46–22	Apr 1980	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	46–23	May 1980	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Harold Solomon	7–6, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	47–23	May 1980	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–0, 6–4, 6–4
Win	48–23	Jul 1980	Kitzbühel, Austria (2)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Win	49–23	Sep 1980	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Loss	49–24	Oct 1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	49–25	Oct 1980	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	50–25	Feb 1981	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	Víctor Pecci	2–6, 6–3, 2–1, retired
Loss	50–26	Feb 1981	Boca Raton, US	Clay	John McEnroe	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 0–6
Win	51–26	Mar 1981	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Peter Elter	6–2, 6–3
Win	52–26	Apr 1981	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–2, 6–3
Loss	52–27	Apr 1981	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jimmy Connors	5–5, abandoned (rain)
Loss	52–28	Jul 1981	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	John Fitzgerald	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	52–29	Jul 1981	Washington D.C., US	Clay	José Luis Clerc	5–7, 2–6
Loss	52–30	Aug 1981	North Conway, US	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 2–6
Loss	52–31	Oct 1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ivan Lendl	0–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	52–32	Nov 1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 2–6
Win	53–32	Feb 1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina (8)	Clay	Alejandro Ganzábal	6–2, 6–4
Win	54–32	Mar 1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	55–32	Mar 1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
Win	56–32	Apr 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	57–32	May 1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	57–33	Jun 1982	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 0–6, 4–6
Loss	57–34	Jul 1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	José Luis Clerc	1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	58–34	Jul 1982	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Mel Purcell	6–4, 6–0
Win	59–34	Jul 1982	Kitzbühel, Austria (3)	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	7–6(7–0), 6–1
Loss	59–35	Oct 1982	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mats Wilander	3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	59–36	Nov 1982	Baltimore WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Paul McNamee	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	59–37	Nov 1982	Johannesburg, South Africa	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	59–38	Jan 1983	Detroit WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	5–7, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	60–38	Feb 1983	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Steve Denton	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Win	61–38	Feb 1983	Delray Beach WCT, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	61–39	Mar 1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	1–6, 6–7(9–11)
Loss	61–40	Apr 1983	Hilton Head WCT, US	Clay	Ivan Lendl	2–6, 1–6, 0–6
Win	62–40	Jul 1983	Kitzbühel, Austria (4)	Clay	Henri Leconte	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4
Loss	62–41	Oct 1983	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mats Wilander	0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	62–42	May 1986	Forest Hills WCT, US	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–7, 0–6

Doubles (16 titles, 8 finals)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1973	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Patricio Cornejo Iván Molina	7–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 1974	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Tito Vázquez	Lito Álvarez Julián Ganzábal	6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	3–0	Aug 1974	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Manuel Orantes	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Oct 1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Juan Gisbert Sr. Ilie Năstase	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Oct 1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 2–6, 6–2
Win	5–1	Nov 1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–1	Jul 1975	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Željko Franulović John Lloyd	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–1	July 1975	Louisville, US	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Vijay Amritraj Anand Amritraj	not played
Win	8–1	Oct 1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Björn Borg	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	9–1	Jan 1977	Baltimore, US	Carpet (i)	Ion Țiriac	Ross Case Jan Kodeš	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	9–2	Feb 1977	Springfield, US	Carpet (i)	Ion Țiriac	Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt	6–7, 6–2
Win	10–2	Apr 1977	Nice, France	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Chris Kachel Chris Lewis	6–4, 6–1
Loss	10–3	Aug 1977	South Orange, US	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Colin Dibley Wojciech Fibak	1–6, 5–7
Win	11–3	Oct 1977	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	12–3	Nov 1977	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Ricardo Cano Antonio Muñoz	6–4, 6–0
Win	13–3	May 1978	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Jürgen Fassbender Tom Okker	3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	13–4	Aug 1978	South Orange, US	Clay	Ion Țiriac	John McEnroe Peter Fleming	3–6, 3–6
Win	14–4	Oct 1978	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–1
Loss	14–5	Nov 1978	Paris, France	Hard	Ion Țiriac	Andrew Pattison Bruce Manson	6–7, 2–6
Loss	14–6	Jan 1979	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Ion Țiriac	Bob Giltinan Phil Dent	6–8
Loss	14–7	Feb 1979	Richmond, US	Carpet (i)	Ion Țiriac	John McEnroe Brian Gottfried	4–6, 3–6
Win	15–7	Mar 1979	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	Ion Țiriac	Anand Amritraj Colin Dibley	7–6, 6–1
Loss	15–8	Jul 1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ion Țiriac	John Marks Mark Edmondson	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	16–8	Jul 1979	North Conway, US	Clay	Ion Țiriac	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6–4, 7–6

ILTF 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

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. 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. "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