TENNISGOAT

🇿🇼 ZIM · Right-handed · b. 1944-02-16

Roger Dowdeswell

Active 1969–1975 · best rank seen: 87

18–40
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550
Hard
3–6 (33.3%)
Clay
7–17 (29.2%)
Grass
4–9 (30.8%)
Carpet
4–8 (33.3%)

Grand Slam record

'70'71'72'73'74'75
Australian Open
Roland Garros 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R
US Open 2R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1974–1976 126 253 1969: 5 pts 1970: 55 pts 1971: 20 pts 1974: 235 pts 1975: 235 pts 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Gold band: best three-year window (1974–1976).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1673.

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.