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Katrina Adams

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Katrina Adams’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

Peak came at Wimbledon in 1988

Her best Grand Slam result was a round-of-16 run at Wimbledon in 1988, achieved at age 19. That was her only result better than the round of 32 across 23 tournaments.

Most of her Slam appearances ended in the first round

She reached R128 in 13 of 23 tournaments, including every Slam she played in 1994, 1996, and 1997 except Wimbledon 1996. That concentration explains why her overall record settled at 12-23.

1992 was her strongest season by depth

In 1992 she produced her only three-Slam year with multiple wins: Australian Open R32, Wimbledon R64, and French Open R128. It was also the only season in which she reached at least the third round at two different majors.

Her best results clustered early in the career

All three of her round-of-32-or-better results came before age 24: Wimbledon 1988 (R16), Australian Open 1989 (R64), Wimbledon 1989 (R32), and Australian Open 1992 (R32). After age 24, she never advanced beyond R64.

Career was split into two distinct blocks

Her Grand Slam career ran 1988-1990 and then resumed in 1992-1997, with no results listed for 1991. The gap separates an early burst of four straight Slam seasons from a longer but shallower second phase.

Basics

Born 5 August 1968
GenderFemale
NationUnited States
EraOpen Era
Grand Slam careerCareer1988-1990, 1992-1997

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments23
Best results
1 x R16
3 x R32
3 x R64
Total matches35
W/L-record12-23 (34% won)

Compared with other women

In the Open Era#518 of 1961
With overlapping career#163 of 472
From United States#119 of 449
Born in 1968#12 of 45

Grand Slam results

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Katrina Adams – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
YearTournamentResultAge
1997Australian OpenR12828
1996US OpenR12828
1996WimbledonR6427
1996French OpenR12827
1995US OpenR3227
1995WimbledonR12826
1994US OpenR12826
1994WimbledonR12825
1993US OpenR12825
1992WimbledonR6423
1992French OpenR12823
1992Australian OpenR3223
1990US OpenR12822
1990WimbledonR12821
1990Australian OpenR12821
1989US OpenR12821
1989WimbledonR3220
1989French OpenR12820
1989Australian OpenR6420
1988US OpenR12820
1988WimbledonR1619
1988French OpenR12819
1988Australian OpenR12819