# 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.

## ATP Tour performance timeline

| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 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 | 3R | 3R | F | QF | W | W | F | QF | QF | 4R | F | QF | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1 / 18 | 56–17 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | A | 3R | QF | QF | 3R | 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 | W | 4R | 4R | 4R | 4R | SF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 1 / 15 | 43–14 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 15–3 | 13–3 | 21–2 | 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 | 137–45 |
| Year-end championships ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | A | A | A | A | W | SF | SF | SF | SF | A | RR | RR | RR | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 8 | 16–11 |
| Grand Prix / WCT ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 2R | SF | QF | A | QF | QF | W | A | F | A | A | SF | SF | QF | 2R | 3R | QF | A | 1 / 12 | 35–11 |
| Rome | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF | SF | F | 2R | 2R | A | F | W | SF | A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 1 / 14 | 33–13 |
| Year-end ranking | – | – | – | 31 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 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 |
| Loss | 0–1 | 1975 | French Open | Clay | Björn Borg | 2–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | 1977 | Australian Open (Jan.) | Grass | Roscoe Tanner | 3–6, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | 1977 | French Open | Clay | Brian Gottfried | 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–2 | 1977 | US Open | Clay | Jimmy Connors | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–3 | 1978 | French Open (2) | Clay | Björn Borg | 1–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | 1978 | Australian Open | Grass | John Marks | 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–3 | 1979 | Australian Open (2) | Grass | John Sadri | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–4 | 1982 | French Open (3) | Clay | Mats Wilander | 6–1, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 0–6, 4–6 |

## Grand Prix year-end championships finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | W–L | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 1974 | Grand Prix Masters | Grass | Ilie Năstase | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 |

## WCT year-end championship finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 1976 | WCT Finals | Carpet | Björn Borg | 6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 1–6 |

## Career finals
### Singles titles (62)

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

### Runners-ups (42)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Aug 1972 | Cincinnati, US | Clay | Jimmy Connors | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Dec 1972 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Karl Meiler | 7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Jul 1974 | Washington D.C., US | Clay | Harold Solomon | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Jun 1975 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Björn Borg | 2–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Aug 1975 | Boston, US | Clay | Björn Borg | 3–6, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Sep 1975 | San Francisco, US | Carpet (i) | Arthur Ashe | 0–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 7. | Apr 1976 | São Paulo WCT, Brazil | Carpet (i) | Björn Borg | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8. | May 1976 | WCT Finals – Dallas, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Björn Borg | 6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9. | May 1976 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–2, 6–7, 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 10. | Jan 1977 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Roscoe Tanner | 3–6, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 11. | Jan 1977 | Baltimore, US | Carpet (i) | Brian Gottfried | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 12. | Feb 1977 | Rancho Mirage, US | Hard | Brian Gottfried | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 13. | Mar 1977 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Clay | Björn Borg | final not played (rain) |
| Loss | 14. | Apr 1977 | Nice, France | Clay | Björn Borg | 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 15. | Oct 1977 | Aix en Provence, France | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 1–6, 5–7, retired |
| Loss | 16. | Jun 1978 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Björn Borg | 1–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 17. | Feb 1979 | Richmond WCT, US | Carpet (i) | Björn Borg | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 18. | Apr 1979 | Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany | Hard (i) | Wojciech Fibak | 2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 19. | May 1979 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Vitas Gerulaitis | 7–6, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 20. | May 1979 | Indianapolis, US | Clay | Jimmy Connors | 1–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Loss | 21. | Oct 1979 | Sydney, Australia | Hard (i) | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 22. | Apr 1980 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Björn Borg | 1–6, 0–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 23. | May 1980 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Harold Solomon | 7–6, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 24. | Oct 1980 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 25. | Oct 1980 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Loss | 26. | Feb 1981 | Boca Raton, US | Clay | John McEnroe | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 27. | Apr 1981 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Jimmy Connors | 5–5, abandoned (rain) |
| Loss | 28. | Jul 1981 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | John Fitzgerald | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 29. | Jul 1981 | Washington D.C., US | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 30. | Aug 1981 | North Conway, US | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 31. | Oct 1981 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 0–6, 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 32. | Nov 1981 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 33. | Jun 1982 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Mats Wilander | 6–1, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 34. | Jul 1982 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | José Luis Clerc | 1–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 35. | Oct 1982 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Mats Wilander | 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 36. | Nov 1982 | Baltimore WCT, US | Carpet (i) | Paul McNamee | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 37. | Nov 1982 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Clay | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Loss | 38. | Jan 1983 | Detroit WCT, US | Carpet (i) | Ivan Lendl | 5–7, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Loss | 39. | Mar 1983 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | Gene Mayer | 1–6, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$ |
| Loss | 40. | Apr 1983 | Hilton Head WCT, US | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 2–6, 1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 41. | Oct 1983 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Mats Wilander | 0–6, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 42. | May 1986 | Forest Hills WCT, US | Clay | Yannick Noah | 6–7, 0–6 |

### Doubles 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)

### ILTF titles (10)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| 1. | 5 March 1971 | Santos Open, Santos, Brazil | Clay | Ricardo Cano | ? |
| 2. | 12 March 1972 | Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Héctor Romani | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 3. | 10 March 1974 | Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Julián Ganzábal | 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 4. | 20 April 1975 | Campeonato del Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Clark Graebner | 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 5. | 16 January 1977 | Bolivian International, La Paz, Bolivia | Clay | Adriano Panatta | 6–8, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 6. | 28 August 1977 | Lionel Tennis Week Open, Rye Brook, US | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 7. | 30 October 1977 | The Super Tennis 77 Tournament, Caracas, Venezuela | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 8. | 22 October 1978 | World Star Pro Tennis, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | Tim Gullikson | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 9. | 26 July 1979 | Aix-en-Provence Invitational, Aix-en-Provence, France | Hard | Ilie Năstase | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 10. | 29 August 1982 | AMF Head Cup, Somers, US | Hard | Eliot Teltscher | 7–5, 6–3 |

## Records

* These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
* ^ Denotes consecutive streak.
| Event | Years | Record accomplished | Player tied |
| US Open | 1977 | 72.1% (106–41) games winning percentage in 1 tournament | Stands alone |
| Grand Prix Tour | 1977 | 16 titles in 1 season | Stands alone |
| Grand Prix Tour | 1977 | 14 clay court titles in 1 season | Stands alone |
| Grand Prix Tour | 1973–83 | 49 clay court titles | Stands alone |
| Grand Prix Tour | 1973–88 | 632 clay court match wins | Stands alone |
| Grand Prix Tour | 1977 | 145 match wins in 1 season | Stands alone |
| Grand Prix Tour | 1973–83 | 794 outdoor matches won | Stands alone |