Diego Perez

Insights

French Open was the center of his Grand Slam career

He played the French Open 11 times, far more than any other Slam shown here. His best result also came there: a round-of-16 run in 1992, plus three round-of-32 finishes and four round-of-64 finishes.

His only second-week appearance came at age 30

Across 21 Grand Slam tournaments and 36 matches, Perez reached the round of 16 only once. That lone deeper run came at the 1992 French Open, when he was 30 years old.

Best results clustered on clay, not on hard courts or grass

All of his top four results came at Roland Garros or the French Open: one R16, three R32, and six R64 finishes. By contrast, his Wimbledon results never moved beyond R128, and his US Open best was R32.

His strongest stretch came in the mid-1980s

From 1985 through 1987, he produced his best US Open results in consecutive years: R64 in 1985, R128 in 1986, and R32 in 1987. That period also included a French Open R64 in 1986 and R128 in 1987.

He returned after a two-year Grand Slam gap

His Grand Slam career is split into 1981-1987 and 1989-1993, with no results listed for 1988. After that gap, he reached the French Open R64 in 1989 and R32 in 1990 before his 1992 peak.