TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Left-handed · 185 cm · b. 1961-10-17

Mike De Palmer

Active 1981–1987 · best rank seen: 38

76–85
0
0
0
1
2,170
Hard
37–43 (46.2%)
Clay
11–13 (45.8%)
Grass
14–18 (43.8%)
Carpet
14–11 (56.0%)

Grand Slam record

'81'82'83'84'85'86'87
Australian Open 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R
Roland Garros 3R 2R 1R 2R
Wimbledon 3R 2R 1R 1R
US Open 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1983–1985 305 610 1981: 15 pts 1982: 480 pts 1983: 565 pts 1984: 300 pts 1985: 505 pts 1986: 175 pts 1987: 130 pts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

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

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1985.

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.