| R16 | L | Brian Teacher | 6-2 6-3 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Eliot Teltscher | 6-2 6-0 | H2H |
🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 185 cm · b. 1950-03-15
Paul Gerken
Active 1968–1977 · best rank seen: 46
121–126
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Career summary
Paul Gerken of the United States is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1968 to 1977. He finished with a career match record of 121–126 (49.0%). His strongest surface by win rate was hard courts, where he went 32–28 (53%). His best three-year stretch came in 1973–1975, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 1952.
Hard
32–28 (53.3%)
Clay
35–45 (43.8%)
Grass
26–26 (50.0%)
Carpet
28–27 (50.9%)
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | ||||||||||
| Roland Garros | 4R | 2R | 1R | |||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 2R | |||||||
| US Open | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1973–1975).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1952.
Match results
| R64 | L | Harold Solomon | 6-3 6-1 | H2H |
| R128 | W | John Marks | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Robert Lutz | 7-6 6-7 6-3 | H2H |
| R64 | W | Sashi Menon | 6-2 6-4 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Jaime Fillol Sr. | 6-3 7-6 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Ismail El Shafei | 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
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.