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Anna Kournikova

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Anna Kournikova’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.

Insights

Peak run came at Wimbledon in 1997

Her best Grand Slam result was a semifinal at Wimbledon in 1997, reached at age 16. That stands out as her deepest finish across 21 tournaments and 61 matches.

1999 was her most consistent Slam season

In 1999 she reached the round of 16 at all three events listed: Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. That was her only season with three straight R16 results.

Early breakthrough, then immediate consolidation

She reached the US Open round of 16 in 1996 at age 15, then improved to the Wimbledon semifinal in 1997. The next two seasons still produced repeated R16 finishes, showing a sustained early peak.

Late-career decline was abrupt

After reaching the Australian Open quarterfinal in 2001, her 2002 results were all first-round exits at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. Her final listed Slam match in 2003 was a round-of-64 loss at the Australian Open.

Strong overall record, but limited volume

Across 21 Grand Slam tournaments she compiled a 40-21 record, winning 66% of her matches. The results table shows that most of her career output clustered between 1996 and 2000, before the sharp drop in 2002-03.

Basics

Born 7 June 1981
GenderFemale
NationRussia
EraOpen Era
Grand Slam careerCareer1996-2003

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments21
Best results
1 x semifinalist
1 x quarterfinalist
7 x R16
Total matches61
W/L-record40-21 (66% won)

Compared with other women

In the Open Era#160 of 1961
With overlapping career#50 of 369
From Russia#12 of 61
Born in 1981#4 of 26

Grand Slam results

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Anna Kournikova – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
YearTournamentResultAge
2003Australian OpenR6421
2002US OpenR12821
2002WimbledonR12821
2002French OpenR12820
2002Australian OpenR12820
2001Australian OpenQ19
2000US OpenR3219
2000WimbledonR6419
2000French OpenR6418
2000Australian OpenR1618
1999WimbledonR1618
1999French OpenR1617
1999Australian OpenR1617
1998US OpenR1617
1998French OpenR1616
1998Australian OpenR3216
1997US OpenR6416
1997WimbledonS16
1997French OpenR3215
1997Australian OpenR12815
1996US OpenR1615