TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 193 cm · b. 1957-07-31

John Austin

Active 1975–1986 · best rank seen: 42

50–83
0
0
0
1
1,685
Hard
28–35 (44.4%)
Clay
2–9 (18.2%)
Grass
8–16 (33.3%)
Carpet
12–23 (34.3%)

Grand Slam record

'79'80'81'82'83
Australian Open 2R 4R 1R
Roland Garros
Wimbledon 2R 2R 1R 1R
US Open 2R 1R 2R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1979–1981 302 604 1975: 5 pts 1976: 10 pts 1977: 10 pts 1978: 220 pts 1979: 265 pts 1980: 560 pts 1981: 490 pts 1982: 65 pts 1983: 45 pts 1984: 10 pts 1986: 5 pts 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Gold band: best three-year window (1979–1981).

Elo over time

1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1937.

Match results

Methodology

Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.