TENNISGOAT

🇿🇦 RSA · Right-handed · b. 1942-04-27

Terry Ryan

Active 1968–1977 · best rank seen: 137

45–83
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1,280
Hard
11–18 (37.9%)
Clay
13–32 (28.9%)
Grass
19–26 (42.2%)
Carpet
2–7 (22.2%)

Grand Slam record

'68'69'70'71'72'73'74
Australian Open
Roland Garros 3R 2R 2R 3R 1R
Wimbledon 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1969–1971 170 340 1968: 150 pts 1969: 235 pts 1970: 225 pts 1971: 315 pts 1972: 100 pts 1973: 180 pts 1974: 40 pts 1975: 5 pts 1976: 25 pts 1977: 5 pts 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

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

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1756.

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.