TENNISGOAT

JAM · Right-handed · b. 1945-09-08

D. Richard Russell

Active 1968–1975 · best rank seen: 168

20–58
0
0
0
0
600
Hard
7–13 (35.0%)
Clay
2–19 (9.5%)
Grass
4–13 (23.5%)
Carpet
5–9 (35.7%)

Grand Slam record

'68'69'70'71'72'73'74
Australian Open 2R
Roland Garros 1R 2R
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1969–1971 99 199 1968: 70 pts 1969: 85 pts 1970: 185 pts 1971: 120 pts 1972: 30 pts 1973: 55 pts 1974: 45 pts 1975: 10 pts 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Gold band: best three-year window (1969–1971).

Elo over time

1400 1500 1600 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1603.

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.