Open Era Grand Slam TennisArt Larsen
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Art Larsen’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.
Insights
Peak came in a five-year burst
All 10 Grand Slam results are concentrated between 1949 and 1954, with no entries outside that span. Within that window, his best finishes include one title, one final, and two semifinals.
US Open was his strongest major
His US Open record is the deepest of the four events: one champion in 1950, one semifinal in 1951, and two quarterfinal exits in 1949 and 1954. No other tournament shows a title.
French Open produced both his title match and a quarterfinal
At the French Open, he reached the final in 1954 at age 29 and also posted a quarterfinal in 1950 at age 25. That gives him one of his clearest two-point progressions across the same event.
Wimbledon repeatedly stopped at the quarterfinal stage
Wimbledon appears three times in the data, and every result is a quarterfinal: 1950 at age 25, 1951 at age 26, and 1953 at age 28. It is the only Slam where he never advanced beyond that round.
Australian Open was a one-off semifinal run
The Australian Open appears only once, in 1951, and it produced a semifinal at age 25. That makes it his sole result at that event and one of only two semifinal finishes overall.
Basics
| Born | 17 April 1925 |
| Gender | Male |
| AKA | Arthur Larsen |
| Nation | United States |
| Era | Amateur Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1949-1951, 1953-1954 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Best results Amateur Era | 1 x champion 1 x finalist 2 x semifinalist |
| Total matches | 56 |
During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.
| Year | Tournament | Era | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | US Open | Amateur Era | Q | 29 |
| 1954 | French Open | Amateur Era | F | 29 |
| 1953 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | Q | 28 |
| 1951 | US Open | Amateur Era | S | 26 |
| 1951 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | Q | 26 |
| 1951 | Australian Open | Amateur Era | S | 25 |
| 1950 | US Open | Amateur Era | W | 25 |
| 1950 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | Q | 25 |
| 1950 | French Open | Amateur Era | Q | 25 |
| 1949 | US Open | Amateur Era | Q | 24 |