TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 180 cm · b. 1972-08-23

Michael Sell

Active 1993–2000 · best rank seen: 136

6–16
0
0
0
0
255
Hard
6–11 (35.3%)
Clay
0–3 (0.0%)
Grass
0–2 (0.0%)

Grand Slam record

'97'98
Australian Open
Roland Garros 1R
Wimbledon
US Open 2R

Season by season

Peak window 1997–1999 54 108 1993: 10 pts 1996: 20 pts 1997: 45 pts 1998: 100 pts 1999: 60 pts 2000: 20 pts 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Gold band: best three-year window (1997–1999).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1663.

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.