Cecilia Martinez
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Cecilia Martinez’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
Best run came at Wimbledon in 1970
Martinez’s top Grand Slam result was a quarterfinal at Wimbledon in 1970, when she was 23. That was her only appearance beyond the round of 32, and it stands out against nine round-of-32 finishes overall.
US Open was her most productive major
She played the US Open six times and reached the round of 32 in five of those starts: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, and 1973. Her only deeper run there was a round-of-64 exit in 1971.
Strongest stretch came from 1968 to 1973
Across her first six seasons in the data, she never lost before the round of 64 and produced her only quarterfinal plus one round of 16. That span accounts for 14 of her 17 Grand Slam tournaments.
Late-career decline was abrupt in 1976
Her final two recorded majors, both at age 29 in 1976, ended in the round of 64 at Wimbledon and the French Open. Those were her two earliest exits in the dataset and came after a round of 16 in 1975.
Career profile is built on consistency, not volume
Martinez compiled a 30-17 Grand Slam match record across 17 tournaments and 47 matches, winning 64%. She never had a title run, but she repeatedly advanced to the same middle rounds, especially the round of 32.
Basics
| Born | 24 May 1947 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nation | United States |
| Era | Open Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1968-1976 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Tournaments | 17 |
| Best results | 1 x quarterfinalist 1 x R16 9 x R32 |
| Total matches | 47 |
| W/L-record | 30-17 (64% won) |
Compared with other women
| In the Open Era | #298 of 1961 |
| With overlapping career | #69 of 359 |
| From United States | #64 of 449 |
| Born in 1947 | #3 of 15 |
| Year | Tournament | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Wimbledon | R64 | 29 |
| 1976 | French Open | R64 | 29 |
| 1975 | Australian Open | R16 | 27 |
| 1974 | US Open | R32 | 27 |
| 1973 | US Open | R32 | 26 |
| 1972 | US Open | R32 | 25 |
| 1972 | Wimbledon | R32 | 25 |
| 1971 | US Open | R64 | 24 |
| 1971 | Wimbledon | R32 | 24 |
| 1971 | French Open | R64 | 24 |
| 1970 | US Open | R32 | 23 |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | Q | 23 |
| 1970 | French Open | R64 | 23 |
| 1969 | US Open | R32 | 22 |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | R128 | 22 |
| 1968 | US Open | R32 | 21 |
| 1968 | Wimbledon | R32 | 21 |
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