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Jack Kramer

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Jack Kramer’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

Three Grand Slam titles in a two-year span

Jack Kramer’s entire Grand Slam career in the data runs from 1946 to 1947, and every listed result is a title. He won three majors total, with victories at the 1946 US Open, 1947 Wimbledon, and 1947 US Open.

Perfect conversion rate: 3 wins from 3 matches

The results table contains only three entries, and all three are marked “W.” That matches the summary line showing 21 total matches overall, but within the supplied Grand Slam result rows he never appears in a losing round.

Back-to-back major wins in 1947

In 1947, Kramer won both Grand Slam events listed for him: Wimbledon at age 25 and the US Open at age 26. The two titles came in the same year, making 1947 his most productive season in the dataset.

Age range across his title run was narrow

His listed championship ages span only from 25 to 26. That means all three Grand Slam titles in the data were captured within a one-year age window, starting with the 1946 US Open at 25.

US Open appears twice, Wimbledon once

Across the three rows, the US Open appears twice and Wimbledon once. Kramer’s title distribution is therefore weighted toward the US Open, while Wimbledon accounts for the other major in his short Grand Slam record.

Basics

Born 1 August 1921
GenderMale
NationUnited States
EraAmateur Era
Grand Slam careerCareer1946-1947

Grand Slam statistics

Best results
Amateur Era
3 x champion
Total matches21

Grand Slam results

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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.

Jack Kramer – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
YearTournamentEraResultAge
1947US OpenAmateur EraW26
1947WimbledonAmateur EraW25
1946US OpenAmateur EraW25