TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 193 cm · b. 1955-04-07

John Hayes

Active 1978–1984 · best rank seen: 92

15–28
0
0
0
0
435
Hard
6–14 (30.0%)
Clay
8–10 (44.4%)
Grass
0–1 (0.0%)
Carpet
1–3 (25.0%)

Grand Slam record

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

Season by season

Peak window 1980–1982 105 210 1978: 10 pts 1979: 20 pts 1980: 160 pts 1981: 195 pts 1982: 40 pts 1984: 10 pts 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Gold band: best three-year window (1980–1982).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1770.

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.