TENNISGOAT

🇫🇮 FIN · Right-handed · 178 cm · b. 1956-10-20

Leo Palin

Active 1975–1986 · best rank seen: 98

42–69
0
0
0
1
970
Hard
12–29 (29.3%)
Clay
13–24 (35.1%)
Grass
1–4 (20.0%)
Carpet
8–11 (42.1%)

Grand Slam record

'77'78'79'80'81'82'83'84'85
Australian Open
Roland Garros 2R
Wimbledon 1R 2R
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1980–1982 148 297 1975: 10 pts 1977: 20 pts 1978: 35 pts 1979: 105 pts 1980: 195 pts 1981: 215 pts 1982: 275 pts 1983: 20 pts 1984: 75 pts 1985: 20 pts 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

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

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1739.

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.