TENNISGOAT

🇳🇿 NZL · Right-handed · b. 1948-06-13

Brian Fairlie

Active 1968–1979 · best rank seen: 29

246–230
3
0
0
8
7,070
Hard
34–46 (42.5%)
Clay
89–77 (53.6%)
Grass
67–45 (59.8%)
Carpet
52–57 (47.7%)

Main rivals

OpponentRecord Meetings
🇦🇺 John Newcombe 1–9 10 Full H2H

Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.

Grand Slam record

'68'69'70'71'72'73'74'75'76'77'78
Australian Open 3R 4R 2R 2R
Roland Garros 2R 2R 1R 4R 1R
Wimbledon 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R
US Open QF 2R 2R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1975–1977 558 1,117 1968: 170 pts 1969: 390 pts 1970: 1,005 pts 1971: 645 pts 1972: 650 pts 1973: 995 pts 1974: 315 pts 1975: 805 pts 1976: 1,035 pts 1977: 660 pts 1978: 330 pts 1979: 70 pts 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Gold band: best three-year window (1975–1977).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1999.

Career titles (3)

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.