Dick Crealy

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Dick Crealy’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 three-year Open Era surge

Crealy’s best Open Era stretch ran from 1970 to 1972: finalist at the 1970 Australian Open, then round of 16 at the 1970 French Open, and quarterfinals at the 1972 Australian Open. Those are his only Open Era results beyond the fourth round.

Australian Open was clearly his strongest Slam

Across the data, his Australian Open results include the finalist in 1970, semifinalist in 1975, quarterfinals in 1972 and 1976, plus round-of-16 and round-of-32 finishes in other years. No other Slam matches that concentration of deep runs.

His career was unusually durable into his mid-30s

Crealy’s final Grand Slam appearance came at the 1979 French Open at age 34, and he was still reaching the Australian Open round of 32 at 34 in 1978. His Grand Slam span runs from age 23 in 1968 to age 34 in 1979.

Wimbledon and the French Open were mostly early exits

He never advanced beyond the round of 32 at Wimbledon, with results of R64, R128, R64, R128, R128, and R64 across 1968-1978. At the French Open, his best result was the 1970 round of 16, followed by repeated R64 and R128 exits.

His overall record is solid but front-loaded by a few deep runs

Crealy played 98 Grand Slam matches and finished 58-40, a 59% win rate. The totals suggest a respectable career, but the standout results are concentrated in a small number of tournaments rather than spread evenly across all 40 events.

Basics

Born	18 September 1944
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1968-1979

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	40
Best results Open Era	1 x finalist 1 x semifinalist 2 x quarterfinalist
Best results Amateur Era	1 x quarterfinalist
Total matches	98
W/L-record	58-40 (59% 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.

Dick Crealy – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1979	French Open	Open Era	R128	34
1978	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	34
1978	US Open	Open Era	R64	33
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	33
1978	French Open	Open Era	R128	33
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	R16	33
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	32
1977	French Open	Open Era	R128	32
1977	Australian Open (Dec)	Open Era	R32	32
1976	US Open	Open Era	R128	31
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	31
1976	French Open	Open Era	R128	31
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	31
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	30
1975	French Open	Open Era	R128	30
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	S	30
1974	US Open	Open Era	R128	29
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	29
1974	French Open	Open Era	R64	29
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	29
1973	US Open	Open Era	R64	28
1973	French Open	Open Era	R128	28
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	28
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	27
1972	French Open	Open Era	R64	27
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	27
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	26
1971	French Open	Open Era	R64	26
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	26
1970	US Open	Open Era	R128	25
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	25
1970	French Open	Open Era	R16	25
1970	Australian Open	Open Era	F	25
1969	US Open	Open Era	R64	24
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	24
1969	French Open	Open Era	R64	24
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	24
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	23
1968	French Open	Open Era	R32	23
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	Q	23