Frank Sedgman

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Frank Sedgman’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: five titles in five seasons

Across 1948-1952, Sedgman won five Grand Slam titles and reached three more finals, with only two semifinal exits in that span. His amateur-era record is the clear core of his résumé: 5 x champion, 3 x finalist, 2 x semifinalist.

1952 was his strongest single season

At age 24, he won both Wimbledon and the US Open, while also finishing runner-up at the French Open and Australian Open. That makes 1952 the only year in the data with two titles plus two additional finals.

Open-era returns were limited to early-round exits

In his 1970-1976 Grand Slam appearances, his best result was one round of 16, followed by five round-of-32 finishes and two round-of-64 finishes. He never advanced beyond the fourth round in the Open Era rows shown.

Long gap between Slam peaks

The data shows a 18-year gap between his last amateur-era Slam title in 1952 and his first Open-era appearance in 1970. His career therefore splits sharply into an early championship phase and a much later comeback phase.

Australian Open was his most frequent stage

He appeared at the Australian Open 10 times, more than any other Slam in the table. It also produced both extremes of his career: multiple amateur-era wins and finals, then Open-era results ranging from R16 to R64.

Basics

Born	29 October 1927
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1948-1952, 1970-1976

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	24
Best results Open Era	1 x R16 5 x R32 2 x R64
Best results Amateur Era	5 x champion 3 x finalist 2 x semifinalist
Total matches	113
W/L-record	94-19 (83% 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.

Frank Sedgman – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	48
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	47
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	46
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	45
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	45
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	44
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	43
1971	French Open	Open Era	R128	43
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	43
1970	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	42
1952	US Open	Amateur Era	W	24
1952	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	24
1952	French Open	Amateur Era	F	24
1952	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	24
1951	US Open	Amateur Era	W	23
1951	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	23
1951	French Open	Amateur Era	S	23
1951	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	23
1950	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	22
1950	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	22
1949	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	21
1949	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	21
1949	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	21
1948	Australian Open	Amateur Era	Q	20