TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 188 cm · b. 1946-06-13

Butch Seewagen

Active 1968–1981 · best rank seen: 112

56–79
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Career summary

Butch Seewagen of the United States is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1968 to 1981. He finished with a career match record of 56–79 (41.5%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 30–31 (49%). His best three-year stretch came in 1971–1973, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 1777.

Hard
0–2 (0.0%)
Clay
24–35 (40.7%)
Grass
30–31 (49.2%)
Carpet
2–11 (15.4%)

Grand Slam record

'68'69'70'71'72'73'74'75'76'77
Australian Open
Roland Garros 1R
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R
US Open 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R

Season by season

Peak window 1971–1973 151 302 1968: 85 pts 1969: 110 pts 1970: 145 pts 1971: 175 pts 1972: 255 pts 1973: 280 pts 1974: 70 pts 1976: 70 pts 1977: 125 pts 1978: 45 pts 1981: 10 pts 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980

Gold band: best three-year window (1971–1973).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1777.

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.