José Luis Clerc

Insights

Two semifinal runs define the peak

Clerc’s best Grand Slam results were two semifinals, both at the French Open in 1981 and 1982. No other Slam run in the table goes beyond the round of 16, making those clay-court peaks stand clearly above the rest.

French Open was his most productive major

Across nine French Open appearances, he reached the semifinals twice, the round of 32 once, the round of 64 three times, and the round of 128 once. That concentration of deeper results makes Roland Garros his strongest Slam by far in the supplied data.

His best stretch came from ages 20 to 23

From age 20 through 23, Clerc produced his strongest Grand Slam sequence: R16 at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1979, then R32 at Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 1980, followed by semifinal runs at the French Open in 1981 and 1982. The table shows his peak clustered tightly in those early twenties.

After 1982, the results trend sharply downward

Following the 1982 French Open semifinal at age 23, his next five Slam results were all outside the top 32: R64 at the 1983 and 1984 French Opens, R128 at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1983, and R128 at the 1985 US Open and 1989 French Open. The late-career pattern is a clear drop from his earlier level.

He was a frequent Slam entrant but not a deep-round regular

Clerc played 23 Grand Slam tournaments and 58 matches, finishing 35-23 for a 60% win rate. Even so, only five of his listed results reached the round of 32 or better, showing that most of his wins were concentrated in a relatively small number of deeper runs.