Guillermo Vilas career statistics

These are the main career statistics of former Argentine professional tennis player Guillermo Vilas whose playing career lasted from 1969 through 1992.

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
Tournament19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989SRW–L
Australian Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A A A F A W W SF 3R A A A A NH A A A 2 / 5 23–3
French Open A A 3R[1] 3R 3R F QF W F QF QF 4R F QF 1R 2R QF 2R 2R 1R 1 / 18 58–17
Wimbledon 1R A 1R A 3R QF QF 3R 3R 2R A 1R A 1R A A 1R A A A 0 / 11 15–11
US Open A A 2R 1R 4R SF SF W 4R 4R 4R 4R SF 3R 3R 2R 1R A A A 1 / 15 43–14
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 5–3 2–2 7–3 15–3 13–3 21–2 17–3 14–3 10–3 8–4 11–2 6–3 2–2 2–2 4–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 4 / 49 139–45
Year-End Ranking – – – 31 5 2 6 2 3 6 4 6 4 11 28 39 22 71 126 408

Grand Slam tournaments finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss0–11975French OpenClay Björn Borg2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–21977Australian OpenGrass Roscoe Tanner3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win1–21977French OpenClay Brian Gottfried6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win2–21977US OpenClay Jimmy Connors2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss2–31978French Open (2)Clay Björn Borg1–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win3–31978Australian OpenGrass John Marks6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–31979Australian Open (2)Grass John Sadri7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Loss4–41982French Open (3)Clay Mats Wilander6–1, 6–7(6–8), 0–6, 4–6

Grand Prix year-end championships performance timeline
Tournament19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989SRW–L
Masters A A A A W SF SF SF[lower-alpha 2] A RR[lower-alpha 2] RR[lower-alpha 2] RR[lower-alpha 2] SF[lower-alpha 2] A A A A A A A 1 / 8 16–11

Grand Prix year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win1–01974Grand Prix MastersGrass Ilie Năstase7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4

Career finals

Singles titles (62)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (4)
Year-End Championships – Grand Prix (1)
Grand Prix Super Series (6)
Grand Prix Regular Series / WCT Regular Series (51)
Titles by surface
Clay (49)
Grass (3)
Hard (3)
Indoor Hard (1)
Indoor Carpet (6)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Nov 1973 Buenos Aires Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–6, ret.
Win 2. Jul 1974 Gstaad Clay Manuel Orantes 6–1, 6–2
Win 3. Jul 1974 Hilversum Clay Barry Phillips-Moore 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win 4. Aug 1974 Louisville Clay Jaime Fillol 6–4, 7–5
Win 5. Aug 1974 Toronto Clay[2] Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Win 6. Oct 1974 Tehran Clay Raúl Ramírez 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
Win 7. Nov 1974 Buenos Aires (2) Clay Manuel Orantes 6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 8. Dec 1974 Masters, Melbourne Grass Ilie Năstase 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Win 9. May 1975 Munich Clay Karl Meiler 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Win 10. Jul 1975 Hilversum (2) Clay Željko Franulović 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–3
Win 11. Jul 1975 Washington, D.C. Clay Harold Solomon 6–1, 6–3
Win 12. Aug 1975 Louisville (2) Clay Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–3
Win 13. Nov 1975 Buenos Aires (3) Clay Adriano Panatta 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Win 14. Feb 1976 St. Louis WCT Carpet (i) Vijay Amritraj 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 15. Feb 1976 Fort Worth WCT Hard Phil Dent 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–1
Win 16. Apr 1976 Monte Carlo WCT Clay Wojciech Fibak 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Win 17. Aug 1976 Toronto (2) Clay [3] Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 18. Nov 1976 São Paulo WCT Carpet (i) José Higueras 6–2, 6–0
Win 19. Nov 1976 Buenos Aires (4) Clay Jaime Fillol 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Win 20. Feb 1977 Springfield Carpet (i) Stan Smith 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
Win 21. Apr 1977 Buenos Aires (5) Clay Wojtek Fibak 6–4, 6–3, 6–0
Win 22. Apr 1977 Virginia Beach Clay [4] Ilie Năstase 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 23. Jun 1977 French Open, Paris Clay Brian Gottfried 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
Win 24. Jul 1977 Kitzbühel Clay Jan Kodeš 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 25. Jul 1977 Washington, D.C. (2) Clay Brian Gottfried 6–4, 7–5
Win 26. Jul 1977 Louisville (3) Clay Eddie Dibbs 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win 27. Aug 1977 South Orange Clay Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2
Win 28. Aug 1977 Columbus Clay Brian Gottfried 6–2, 6–1
Win 29. Sep 1977 US Open, New York Clay Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 30. Sep 1977 Paris Clay Christophe Roger-Vasselin 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win 31. Oct 1977 Tehran (2) Clay Eddie Dibbs 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win 32. Nov 1977 Bogotá Clay José Higueras 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win 33. Nov 1977 Santiago Clay Jaime Fillol 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
Win 34. Nov 1977 Buenos Aires (6) Clay Jaime Fillol 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 35. Dec 1977 Johannesburg WCT Hard Buster Mottram 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
Win 36. May 1978 Hamburg Clay Wojtek Fibak 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Win 37. May 1978 Munich (2) Clay Buster Mottram 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Win 38. Jul 1978 Gstaad (2) Clay José Luis Clerc 6–3, 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Win 39. Aug 1978 South Orange (2) Clay José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–3
Win 40. Oct 1978 Aix-en-Provence Clay José Luis Clerc 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Win 41. Oct 1978 Basel Hard (i) John McEnroe 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win 42. Dec 1978 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass John Marks 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 43. Jan 1979 Hobart Hard Mark Edmondson 6–4, 6–4
Win 44. Jul 1979 Washington, D.C. (3) Clay Víctor Pecci 7–6(7–4), 6–6, retired
Win 45. Nov 1979 Buenos Aires (7) Clay José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Win 46. Dec 1979 Australian Open, Melbourne (2) Grass John Sadri 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2
Win 47. May 1980 Rome Clay Yannick Noah 6–0, 6–4, 6–4
Win 48. Jul 1980 Kitzbühel (2) Clay Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Win 49. Sep 1980 Palermo Clay Paul McNamee 6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Win 50. Feb 1981 Mar del Plata Clay Víctor Pecci 2–6, 6–3, 2–1, retired
Win 51. Mar 1981 Cairo Clay Peter Elter 6–2, 6–3
Win 52. Apr 1981 Houston Clay Sammy Giammalva Jr. 6–2, 6–3
Win 53. Feb 1982 Buenos Aires (8) Clay Alejandro Ganzábal 6–2, 6–4
Win 54. Mar 1982 Rotterdam Carpet (i) Jimmy Connors 0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 55. Mar 1982 Milan Carpet (i) Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–3
Win 56. Apr 1982 Monte Carlo (2) Clay Ivan Lendl 6–1, 7–6(12–10), 6–3
Win 57. May 1982 Madrid Clay Ivan Lendl 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
Win 58. Jul 1982 Boston Clay Mel Purcell 6–4, 6–0
Win 59. Jul 1982 Kitzbühel (3) Clay Marcos Hocevar 7–6(7–0), 6–1
Win 60. Feb 1983 Richmond WCT Carpet (i) Steve Denton 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Win 61. Feb 1983 Delray Beach WCT Clay Pavel Složil 6–1, 6–4, 6–0
Win 62. Jul 1983 Kitzbühel (4) Clay Henri Leconte 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4

Runners-ups (42)
  • 1972 (2) – Buenos Aires, Cincinnati
  • 1974 (1) – Washington D.C.
  • 1975 (3) – San Francisco, Boston, French Open
  • 1976 (3) – Rome, Dallas WCT, São Paulo WCT
  • 1977 (6) – Johannesburg *, Aix en Provence, Nice, Rancho Mirage, Baltimore, Australian Open (Jan.)
  • 1978 (1) – French Open
  • 1979 (5) – Sydney Indoor, Indianapolis, Rome, Stuttgart Indoor, Richmond WCT
  • 1980 (4) – Barcelona, Madrid, Hamburg, Monte Carlo
  • 1981 (7) – Buenos Aires, Barcelona, North Conway, Washington D.C., Kitzbühel, Boca Raton, Monte Carlo *
  • 1982 (5) – Johannesburg, Baltimore WCT, Barcelona, Gstaad, French Open
  • 1983 (4) – Barcelona, Hilton Head WCT, Rotterdam, Detroit WCT
  • 1986 (1) – Forest Hills
  • * Unfinished due to weather Finalist Awarded

Other singles titles not listed by the ATP website (6)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 12 March 1972 Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina Clay Héctor Romani 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
2. 10 March 1974 Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina Clay Julián Ganzábal 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
3. 20 April 1975 Buenos Aires, River Plate Championships, Argentina Clay Clark Graebner 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
4. 28 August 1977 Rye, Westchester Country Club, US Clay Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–0
5. 28–30 October 1977 Caracas, The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Venezuela Clay Ilie Năstase 6–2, 6–2
6. 25–26 July 1979 Aix-en-Provence, Invitational Tournament, France Hard Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–4

Titles (16)
  • 1973 (1) – Buenos Aires
  • 1974 (4) – Buenos Aires, Tehran, Toronto, Hilversum
  • 1975 (3) – Barcelona, Louisville, Hilversum
  • 1977 (4) – Buenos Aires, Tehran, Nice, Baltimore
  • 1978 (2) – Aix-En-Provence, Munich
  • 1979 (2) – North Conway, San Jose (Costa Rica)

Records
  • These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
  • ^ Denotes consecutive streak.
EventYearsRecord accomplishedPlayer tied
US Open197772.1% (106–41) games winning percentage in 1 tournamentStands alone
Grand Prix Tour197716 titles in 1 seasonStands alone
Grand Prix Tour197714 clay court titles in 1 seasonStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1973–8349 clay court titlesStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1973–88632 clay court match winsStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1977145 match wins in 1 seasonStands alone
Grand Prix Tour1973–83794 outdoor matches wonStands alone

Notes
  1. The Australian Open was played twice in 1977, in January and December. Vilas played only in the January event.
  2. The year-ending Masters tournament was actually played in January of the following year.

References
  1. "1972 French Open draw". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. "Cumberland Sunday Times excerpt". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. "The Press-Courier excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. "Virginia Beach Sun excerpt". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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