| R32 | L | Heinz Gunthardt | 6-2 7-6 | H2H |
🇿🇦 RSA · Right-handed · 191 cm · b. 1940-01-12
Bob Hewitt
Active 1968–1980 · best rank seen: 32
300–176
10
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19
9,350
Hard
73–49 (59.8%)
Clay
117–59 (66.5%)
Grass
63–30 (67.7%)
Carpet
43–38 (53.1%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇼 Andrew Pattison | 4–6 | 10 | Full H2H |
| 🇳🇱 Tom Okker | 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 | 2R | ||||||||||
| Roland Garros | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | |||||
| Wimbledon | 4R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1970–1972).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2112.
Career titles (10)
- 1972 Indianapolis Clay
- 1972 Clemmons Clay
- 1972 Dublin Grass
- 1972 Bristol Grass
- 1972 Bournemouth Clay
- 1971 Durban Hard
- 1970 Durban Hard
- 1969 Munich Clay
- 1969 Dublin Grass
- 1968 London-2 Hard
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.