Eddie Edwards
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Eddie Edwards’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
Best run came at Wimbledon in 1986
Edwards’ only Grand Slam round of 16 appearance was at Wimbledon in 1986, when he was 29. Across 24 tournaments and 44 matches, that stands out as his deepest run by two rounds.
His results peaked in the middle of the career, then faded
From 1980 to 1984 he reached the R64 or better in every listed tournament, including three R32 finishes in 1984 and 1988. After the 1986 Wimbledon R16, his last three appearances were all R64 or R32, with no further improvement.
Wimbledon was his most productive major
Wimbledon produced his best result and also three additional R64 finishes plus two R128 exits. That gives him more Wimbledon appearances than any other Slam in the table, and his only R16 came there.
Australian Open was his strongest early Slam
He opened with R64 at the Australian Open in 1980 and 1981, then improved to R32 in 1984 and again in 1988. No other Slam shows as many top-two-round finishes in the data.
He never advanced beyond the first two rounds at Roland Garros or the US Open
At the French Open his results were R128, R128, and R64; at the US Open they were R64, R128, R64, and R32. Neither event produced a run past the round of 32.
Basics
| Born | 3 July 1956 |
| Gender | Male |
| Nation | South Africa |
| Era | Open Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1980-1988 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Tournaments | 24 |
| Best results | 1 x R16 3 x R32 11 x R64 |
| Total matches | 44 |
| W/L-record | 20-24 (45% won) |
Compared with other men
| In the Open Era | #514 of 2311 |
| With overlapping career | #190 of 554 |
| From South Africa | #15 of 71 |
| Born in 1956 | #11 of 34 |
| Year | Tournament | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Australian Open | R32 | 31 |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | R64 | 30 |
| 1987 | Australian Open | R64 | 30 |
| 1986 | US Open | R32 | 30 |
| 1986 | Wimbledon | R16 | 29 |
| 1986 | French Open | R128 | 29 |
| 1985 | Australian Open | R128 | 29 |
| 1985 | Wimbledon | R64 | 28 |
| 1985 | French Open | R128 | 28 |
| 1984 | Australian Open | R32 | 28 |
| 1984 | US Open | R64 | 28 |
| 1984 | Wimbledon | R64 | 27 |
| 1983 | US Open | R128 | 27 |
| 1983 | Wimbledon | R128 | 26 |
| 1983 | French Open | R64 | 26 |
| 1982 | Australian Open | R64 | 26 |
| 1982 | US Open | R128 | 26 |
| 1982 | Wimbledon | R64 | 25 |
| 1981 | Australian Open | R64 | 25 |
| 1981 | US Open | R64 | 25 |
| 1981 | Wimbledon | R128 | 24 |
| 1981 | French Open | R128 | 24 |
| 1980 | Australian Open | R64 | 24 |
| 1980 | Wimbledon | R128 | 23 |
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