TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Left-handed · 175 cm · b. 1961-01-04

Jim Gurfein

Active 1981–1988 · best rank seen: 108

39–64
0
0
0
1
1,195
Hard
9–26 (25.7%)
Clay
21–26 (44.7%)
Grass
4–6 (40.0%)
Carpet
5–6 (45.5%)

Grand Slam record

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

Season by season

Peak window 1981–1983 183 367 1981: 305 pts 1982: 300 pts 1983: 340 pts 1984: 95 pts 1985: 20 pts 1986: 15 pts 1987: 65 pts 1988: 55 pts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Gold band: best three-year window (1981–1983).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1862.

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.