TENNISGOAT

🇧🇷 BRA · Right-handed · 183 cm · b. 1954-01-25

Givaldo Barbosa

Active 1976–1989 · best rank seen: 81

11–44
0
0
0
0
485
Hard
4–9 (30.8%)
Clay
6–23 (20.7%)
Grass
0–7 (0.0%)
Carpet
1–5 (16.7%)

Grand Slam record

'79'80'81'82'83'84'85
Australian Open
Roland Garros 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R
US Open 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1983–1985 64 129 1976: 10 pts 1978: 20 pts 1979: 50 pts 1980: 10 pts 1982: 40 pts 1983: 120 pts 1984: 75 pts 1985: 120 pts 1988: 20 pts 1989: 20 pts 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988

Gold band: best three-year window (1983–1985).

Elo over time

1400 1500 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1551.

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.