| R64 | L | Ramesh Krishnan | 1-6 6-3 7-6 | H2H |
🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 185 cm · b. 1956-11-13
Bill Scanlon
Active 1976–1989 · best rank seen: 9
305–259
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15
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Career summary
Bill Scanlon of the United States is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1976 to 1989. He won 7 tour-level singles titles, from a career match record of 305–259 (54.1%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 59–41 (59%). His best three-year stretch came in 1981–1983, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2115. His most frequent opponent was John McEnroe, whom he faced 12 times with a record of 3–9.
Hard
103–81 (56.0%)
Clay
33–48 (40.7%)
Grass
59–41 (59.0%)
Carpet
110–89 (55.3%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 John McEnroe | 3–9 | 12 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Ivan Lendl | 1–9 | 10 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | '83 | '84 | '85 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 4R | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||
| Roland Garros | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | ||
| US Open | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1981–1983).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2115.
Career titles (7)
- 1986 Newport Grass
- 1982 Zurich WCT Carpet
- 1981 Bangkok Carpet
- 1981 Salisbury WCT Carpet
- 1981 Auckland Hard
- 1979 Maui Hard
- 1978 Maui Hard
Match results
| R128 | L | Michael Chang | 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-3 | H2H |
| R16 | L | Ivan Lendl | 6-2 6-4 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Pat Cash | 2-4 0-30 RET | H2H |
| R64 | W | David Pate | 6-7 6-2 6-3 | H2H |
| R64 | L | Yannick Noah | 4-6 7-5 3-6 6-1 6-3 | H2H |
| R128 | W | Shelby Cannon | 4-6 6-2 7-5 7-5 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Johan Kriek | 6-1 6-3 | H2H |
| R64 | W | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 6-3 6-1 | 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.