TENNISGOAT

🇬🇧 GBR · Right-handed · b. 1946-02-19

John Clifton

Active 1968–1974 · best rank seen: 255

16–36
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Career summary

John Clifton of Great Britain is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1968 to 1974. He finished with a career match record of 16–36 (30.8%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 11–19 (37%). His best three-year stretch came in 1969–1971, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 1605.

Hard
0–1 (0.0%)
Clay
4–13 (23.5%)
Grass
11–19 (36.7%)
Carpet
1–3 (25.0%)

Grand Slam record

'69'70'71'72'73
Australian Open
Roland Garros 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R
US Open 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1969–1971 62 124 1968: 60 pts 1969: 115 pts 1970: 110 pts 1971: 110 pts 1972: 35 pts 1973: 15 pts 1974: 30 pts 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Gold band: best three-year window (1969–1971).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1605.

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.