TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 180 cm · b. 1953-11-29

Rick Fagel

Active 1972–1983 · best rank seen: 61

46–97
0
0
0
0
1,355
Hard
6–17 (26.1%)
Clay
38–69 (35.5%)
Grass
0–4 (0.0%)
Carpet
2–7 (22.2%)

Grand Slam record

'75'76'77'78'79'80'81'82
Australian Open
Roland Garros 2R 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R
US Open 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1977–1979 167 334 1972: 10 pts 1975: 10 pts 1977: 310 pts 1978: 305 pts 1979: 210 pts 1980: 220 pts 1981: 220 pts 1982: 60 pts 1983: 10 pts 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Gold band: best three-year window (1977–1979).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1829.

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.