Janet Young
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Janet Young’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.
Insights
Strongest results came in the Open Era, not the Amateur Era
Her best Amateur Era result was only R64, while in the Open Era she reached R16 seven times and R32 seven times across 17 tournaments. That split shows a clear step up in depth once the Open Era began.
Australian Open was her most productive Slam by far
She played the Australian Open eight times and reached at least R16 in five of those starts, including four R16 finishes and one R64. No other Slam appears more than four times in her record.
1973 was her busiest and most versatile Slam year
In 1973 she entered four different majors and advanced to at least R32 in all four, with an R16 at Wimbledon. That is her only season with four Slam appearances in the supplied data.
Her peak run came at age 21
At age 21 in 1973, she produced her best non-Australian Open result, reaching the R16 at Wimbledon. The same year also included R32 finishes at the US Open, French Open, and Australian Open.
Her career ended with a late-career rebound at the Australian Open
After a 1975 Wimbledon R128 at age 23, she returned to the Australian Open and reached R16 in both 1976 and 1977, at ages 24 and 26. Those were her final two Grand Slam results.
Basics
| Born | 22 October 1951 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nation | Australia |
| Era | Amateur Era and Open Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1968-1977 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Tournaments | 18 |
| Best results Open Era | 7 x R16 7 x R32 1 x R64 |
| Best results Amateur Era | 1 x R64 |
| Total matches | 55 |
| W/L-record | 37-18 (67% 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.
| Year | Tournament | Era | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Australian Open (Jan) | Open Era | R16 | 26 |
| 1976 | Australian Open | Open Era | R16 | 24 |
| 1975 | Wimbledon | Open Era | R128 | 23 |
| 1974 | US Open | Open Era | R32 | 22 |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | Open Era | R32 | 22 |
| 1974 | Australian Open | Open Era | R16 | 22 |
| 1973 | US Open | Open Era | R32 | 21 |
| 1973 | Wimbledon | Open Era | R16 | 21 |
| 1973 | French Open | Open Era | R32 | 21 |
| 1973 | Australian Open | Open Era | R32 | 21 |
| 1972 | Australian Open | Open Era | R16 | 20 |
| 1971 | Australian Open | Open Era | R32 | 19 |
| 1970 | Australian Open | Open Era | R16 | 18 |
| 1969 | US Open | Open Era | R32 | 17 |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | Open Era | R128 | 17 |
| 1969 | French Open | Open Era | R64 | 17 |
| 1969 | Australian Open | Open Era | R16 | 17 |
| 1968 | Australian Open | Amateur Era | R64 | 16 |
Open Era Grand Slam Tennis