TENNISGOAT

🇬🇧 GBR · Left-handed · b. 1948-03-25

John Paish

Active 1968–1980 · best rank seen: 109

44–71
0
0
0
1
1,420
Hard
2–3 (40.0%)
Clay
8–23 (25.8%)
Grass
29–31 (48.3%)
Carpet
5–14 (26.3%)

Grand Slam record

'69'70'71'72'73'74'75'76'77'78'79'80
Australian Open 2R
Roland Garros 1R 1R 2R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R
US Open 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1971–1973 245 491 1968: 60 pts 1969: 30 pts 1970: 105 pts 1971: 220 pts 1972: 455 pts 1973: 445 pts 1974: 55 pts 1975: 20 pts 1978: 20 pts 1980: 10 pts 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980

Gold band: best three-year window (1971–1973).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980

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.