Bob Hewitt

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Bob Hewitt’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

Amateur-era peak came early and repeatedly

Before the Open Era, Hewitt reached three semifinals and four quarterfinals in Grand Slams. Those results came between ages 20 and 27, with semifinal runs in 1960, 1962, and 1963 and quarterfinals in 1962, 1964, and 1966.

Open-era results were far shallower than his amateur peak

In the Open Era, his best listed results were only four round-of-16 finishes, plus three round-of-32 and six round-of-64 exits. That contrasts sharply with the amateur-era semifinal and quarterfinal cluster, showing a clear drop in peak depth.

His busiest Grand Slam stretch was 1968-1972

He appeared in every listed year from 1968 through 1972, producing 11 tournament entries across those five seasons. That span includes his best Open-era run at Wimbledon in 1970, when he reached the round of 16 at age 30.

Late-career appearances were frequent but brief

From 1975 to 1978, he entered seven Grand Slams and never advanced beyond the round of 16. The sequence ends with three first-round exits in 1978, all at age 38.

His overall record was built on consistency, not titles

Across 31 tournaments and 86 matches, he compiled a 55-31 record, a 64% win rate. The data show repeated deep runs in the amateur era and many later early exits, but no Grand Slam title result is listed.

Basics

Born	12 January 1940
Gender	Male
Nation	1967- South Africa 1960-1966 Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1960, 1962-1964, 1966-1972, 1974-1978

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	31
Best results Open Era	4 x R16 3 x R32 6 x R64
Best results Amateur Era	3 x semifinalist 4 x quarterfinalist
Total matches	86
W/L-record	55-31 (64% won)

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.

Bob Hewitt – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age	Nation
1978	US Open	Open Era	R128	38	South Africa
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	38	South Africa
1978	French Open	Open Era	R128	38	South Africa
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	R64	37	South Africa
1977	US Open	Open Era	R128	37	South Africa
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	37	South Africa
1977	French Open	Open Era	R128	37	South Africa
1976	US Open	Open Era	R128	36	South Africa
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	36	South Africa
1975	US Open	Open Era	R16	35	South Africa
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	35	South Africa
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	34	South Africa
1972	US Open	Open Era	R16	32	South Africa
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	32	South Africa
1972	French Open	Open Era	R64	32	South Africa
1971	US Open	Open Era	R64	31	South Africa
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	31	South Africa
1970	US Open	Open Era	R64	30	South Africa
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	30	South Africa
1970	French Open	Open Era	R64	30	South Africa
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	29	South Africa
1969	French Open	Open Era	R32	29	South Africa
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	28	South Africa
1968	French Open	Open Era	R32	28	South Africa
1967	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	27	South Africa
1966	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	26	Australia
1964	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	24	Australia
1963	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	23	Australia
1962	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	22	Australia
1962	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	22	Australia
1960	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	20	Australia