Lucie Šafářová

Insights

Peak run came in 2015, capped by a French Open final

Her best Grand Slam result was the 2015 French Open final at age 28. That season also included Wimbledon R16 and a US Open R128, making 2015 her clearest single-year peak in the data.

Wimbledon produced her deepest non-final breakthrough

Her second-best Grand Slam result was a 2014 Wimbledon semifinal at age 27. Across the rest of her career, she never matched that level again, with later Wimbledon results of R16 in 2015, R16 in 2016, R64 in 2017, and R32 in 2018.

French Open was her most productive major overall

Among the four Slams, the French Open contains her deepest results: one final, one semifinal, one quarterfinal, and multiple additional R16 and R64 finishes. That concentration is stronger than at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, or US Open.

Her early career climbed quickly from first-round exits to the second week

In 2005 and 2006 she was still losing in the opening rounds, including three straight R128 exits at the 2005 Slams and another R128 at the 2006 Australian Open. By 2007 she had reached R16 at the French Open and R32 at both Wimbledon and the US Open.

She finished with a clear late-career decline after 2016

After reaching R16 or better in three of four Slams in 2014 and again in three of four in 2015, her results softened. From 2017 to 2018 she did not get past R16, and in 2018 she exited in R32 or R64 at all four majors.