TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 178 cm · b. 1960-02-03

David Dowlen

Active 1978–1987 · best rank seen: 102

10–26
0
0
0
0
415
Hard
8–10 (44.4%)
Clay
1–4 (20.0%)
Grass
1–6 (14.3%)
Carpet
0–6 (0.0%)

Grand Slam record

'78'79'80'81'82'83'84
Australian Open 1R 1R
Roland Garros
Wimbledon 2R
US Open 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1982–1984 94 189 1978: 10 pts 1980: 10 pts 1981: 50 pts 1982: 55 pts 1983: 175 pts 1984: 95 pts 1985: 10 pts 1987: 10 pts 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Gold band: best three-year window (1982–1984).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1785.

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.