Iva Budařová

Insights

French Open was her strongest Slam

Her best Grand Slam result was the French Open round of 16 in 1979, and she also reached the French Open round of 32 four more times. Across her 35 Slam tournaments, clay produced her deepest and most frequent runs.

Wimbledon was the clearest late-career breakthrough

She first reached the Wimbledon round of 32 in 1983 at age 22, repeated it in 1984 and 1986, and then matched her career-best round of 32 again in 1986. That makes Wimbledon her most consistent non-French Open surface peak.

Her peak years came in a narrow mid-1980s window

From 1983 through 1986, she produced her best concentration of results: multiple round-of-32 finishes, plus her only round of 32 at Wimbledon in 1986 and her only round of 32 at the Australian Open in 1984. Before and after that span, she was mostly limited to round-of-64 or round-of-128 exits.

She finished with a modest but positive balance of deep runs

Her overall Grand Slam record was 33-35 across 68 matches, and her best results were one round of 16, nine round-of-32 finishes, and 12 round-of-64 finishes. That profile shows frequent early exits, but enough repeated progress to stay near break-even.

Her career stretched from age 17 to 29 in Grand Slams

She debuted at the 1978 French Open at age 17 and played her final listed Slam at the 1990 French Open at age 29. The results show a long career arc, with her deepest run arriving early and her last appearance still reaching the round of 64.