TENNISGOAT

🇿🇦 RSA · Right-handed · b. 1954-02-25

Willem Prinsloo

Active 1971–1979 · best rank seen: 84

13–33
0
0
0
0
425
Hard
8–12 (40.0%)
Clay
4–16 (20.0%)
Grass
0–2 (0.0%)
Carpet
1–3 (25.0%)

Grand Slam record

'77'78'79
Australian Open
Roland Garros 1R
Wimbledon 1R
US Open 2R 2R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1977–1979 91 183 1971: 5 pts 1975: 10 pts 1976: 45 pts 1977: 170 pts 1978: 100 pts 1979: 95 pts 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Gold band: best three-year window (1977–1979).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1663.

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.