TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 183 cm · b. 1957-09-05

Charles Buzz Strode

Active 1977–1985 · best rank seen: 154

8–23
0
0
0
0
260
Hard
3–8 (27.3%)
Clay
4–9 (30.8%)
Grass
0–3 (0.0%)
Carpet
1–3 (25.0%)

Grand Slam record

'82'83
Australian Open 1R 1R
Roland Garros 1R
Wimbledon
US Open

Season by season

Peak window 1981–1983 51 102 1977: 10 pts 1980: 10 pts 1981: 45 pts 1982: 90 pts 1983: 95 pts 1984: 5 pts 1985: 5 pts 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Gold band: best three-year window (1981–1983).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1684.

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.