Pimek v Vilas

Guillermo Vilas takes it, 9–5 on categories

Vilas wins on titles. Pimek’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Pimek 243 matches, Vilas 1,197 matches.

• Vilas has 63 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Pimek’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
• Vilas has the better first serve in %: 70.3 to Pimek’s 53.7.
• Pimek averages 1.3 aces a match to Vilas’ 0.
• Winners’ edge: Vilas’s team won 76%, Pimek’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Vilas has 1,197 matches across 23 seasons, Pimek 243 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, aces…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
• Different eras: the game, the rules and the stat-keeping have all changed between their careers.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.