TENNISGOAT

🇳🇿 NZL · Right-handed · 188 cm · b. 1954-02-22

Russell Simpson

Active 1971–1987 · best rank seen: 46

147–207
0
0
0
2
4,260
Hard
60–73 (45.1%)
Clay
15–38 (28.3%)
Grass
58–61 (48.7%)
Carpet
13–35 (27.1%)

Grand Slam record

'73'74'75'76'77'78'79'80'81'82'83'84'85'86'87
Australian Open 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 2R
Roland Garros 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 4R 1R 1R 1R 2R
US Open 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1980–1982 364 729 1971: 10 pts 1973: 120 pts 1974: 85 pts 1975: 220 pts 1976: 200 pts 1977: 280 pts 1978: 245 pts 1979: 330 pts 1980: 555 pts 1981: 505 pts 1982: 675 pts 1983: 375 pts 1984: 245 pts 1985: 205 pts 1986: 135 pts 1987: 75 pts 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987

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

Elo over time

1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1902.

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.