Karen Susman

Insights

Amateur-era peak: one title and five quarterfinals

Her Amateur Era Grand Slam record is clearly the strongest part of the profile: 1 champion finish and 5 quarterfinals. Those six deep runs account for all six Amateur Era results shown, including Wimbledon 1962 and quarterfinals at Wimbledon 1960-1961, US Open 1959, and both 1964 majors listed.

Open Era results were much shallower

In the Open Era, her best result was only the round of 32, with three round-of-64 finishes and one round of 128. Across the five Open Era tournaments listed, she never advanced beyond the third round-equivalent stage.

Late-career returns came at the US Open

After a five-year gap from 1964 to 1969, every listed appearance from 1969 onward was at the US Open except Wimbledon 1977. That late stretch includes US Open results at ages 26, 33, 36, and 37, showing a long tail to her Grand Slam career.

Her best result came at age 19

The title at Wimbledon in 1962 came when she was 19, making it her youngest and best Grand Slam result in the data. Before that, she had already reached quarterfinals at ages 16, 17, 18, and 19, indicating a rapid early rise.

Most of her Grand Slam matches were wins

She compiled a 32-10 Grand Slam match record across 42 matches, which is a 76% winning rate. That efficiency is consistent with the concentration of deep Amateur Era runs and the relatively limited number of early exits in the Open Era.