TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Left-handed · 185 cm · b. 1962-02-02

Ben Testerman

Active 1979–1987 · best rank seen: 22

87–102
0
0
0
1
3,025
Hard
35–49 (41.7%)
Clay
7–12 (36.8%)
Grass
21–21 (50.0%)
Carpet
24–20 (54.5%)

Grand Slam record

'81'82'83'84'85'86'87
Australian Open 3R 2R SF 3R 3R
Roland Garros 3R 1R 2R
Wimbledon 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1983–1985 661 1,323 1979: 5 pts 1981: 205 pts 1982: 140 pts 1983: 315 pts 1984: 1,225 pts 1985: 515 pts 1986: 150 pts 1987: 470 pts 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Gold band: best three-year window (1983–1985).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1981.

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.