TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 188 cm · b. 1956-09-05

Steve Denton

Active 1978–1987 · best rank seen: 12

108–116
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Career summary

Steve Denton of the United States is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1978 to 1987. He finished with a career match record of 108–116 (48.2%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 26–22 (54%). His best three-year stretch came in 1981–1983, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2141.

Hard
43–41 (51.2%)
Clay
8–14 (36.4%)
Grass
26–22 (54.2%)
Carpet
31–39 (44.3%)

Grand Slam record

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Australian Open F F 3R 1R 2R 1R
Roland Garros 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 4R 1R 1R 2R
US Open 1R 4R 3R 2R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1981–1983 1,328 2,656 1978: 30 pts 1979: 85 pts 1980: 30 pts 1981: 1,575 pts 1982: 2,460 pts 1983: 840 pts 1984: 465 pts 1985: 160 pts 1986: 55 pts 1987: 10 pts 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Gold band: best three-year window (1981–1983).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2141.

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.