| RR | W | Ricardo Acuna | 6-4 6-3 6-3 | H2H |
| RR | W | Jaime Fillol Sr. | 6-4 6-2 | H2H |
🇬🇧 GBR · Right-handed · b. 1955-04-25
Buster C. Mottram
Active 1970–1983 · best rank seen: 15
299–180
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0
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Career summary
Buster C. Mottram of Great Britain is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1970 to 1983. He won 2 tour-level singles titles, from a career match record of 299–180 (62.4%). His strongest surface by win rate was clay, where he went 160–81 (66%). His best three-year stretch came in 1977–1979, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2121. His most frequent opponent was Guillermo Vilas, whom he faced 16 times with a record of 2–14.
Hard
44–23 (65.7%)
Clay
160–81 (66.4%)
Grass
28–19 (59.6%)
Carpet
67–57 (54.0%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Guillermo Vilas | 2–14 | 16 | Full H2H |
| 🇵🇱 Wojtek Fibak | 1–10 | 11 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | '83 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | ||||||||||||
| Roland Garros | 2R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 3R | |||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | ||
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 4R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1977–1979).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2121.
Career titles (2)
- 1976 Palma Clay
- 1975 Johannesburg WCT Hard
Match results
| R32 | L | Ricardo Cano | 2-6 7-6 7-5 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Eric Fromm | 6-4 6-1 | H2H |
| R128 | L | Wojtek Fibak | 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-2 | H2H |
| R64 | L | Pender Murphy | 7-6 6-2 | H2H |
| R64 | L | Eric Fromm | 6-3 2-6 7-6 | H2H |
| R16 | L | Thierry Tulasne | 6-2 6-1 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Guy Forget | 7-6 6-4 | H2H |
| QF | L | Tomas Smid | 6-4 6-3 | H2H |
| R16 | W | Jeremy Bates | 6-3 6-2 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Angel Gimenez | 6-2 6-2 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Vincent Van Patten | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | H2H |
| RR | W | Pat Cash | 1-6 7-5 6-3 | H2H |
| RR | L | Paul McNamee | 6-3 6-2 6-2 | H2H |
| R16 | L | Guillermo Vilas | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Peter Elter | 6-2 6-3 | H2H |
| R16 | L | Yannick Noah | 7-5 6-2 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Terry Moor | 6-4 6-2 | 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.