Maria Bueno

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Maria Bueno’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

Seven Amateur-Era titles, then a sharp Open-Era drop-off

In the Amateur Era, Bueno won 7 Grand Slam titles and reached 5 more finals. In the Open Era, her best results were only one semifinal, two quarterfinals, and one round of 16 across four appearances.

Peak dominance came in a three-year burst from 1959 to 1966

She won Grand Slam titles in 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, and 1966, with no title listed in 1961, 1962, or 1965. That run also includes repeated finals and semifinals, showing sustained contention rather than isolated peaks.

Wimbledon and the US Open were her strongest stages

Her best results table shows 7 Amateur-Era titles overall, and the results list includes multiple Wimbledon and US Open victories. Wimbledon produced wins in 1959, 1960, and 1964, while the US Open produced wins in 1959, 1963, 1964, and 1966.

She stayed elite into her mid-20s before the late-career decline

Bueno reached Grand Slam finals at age 25 in 1965 and age 26 in 1966, then a semifinal at age 28 in 1968. Her final listed appearances at age 36 and 37 in 1976-1977 ended in the early rounds.

Her career spans two eras and 34 tournaments, but the volume was front-loaded

The data lists 34 Grand Slam tournaments and 191 matches, with an 164-27 record. Most of the deep runs are concentrated before 1967, while the 1976-1977 return produced only first- or second-week exits.

Basics

Born	11 October 1939
Gender	Female
Nation	Brazil
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1958-1968, 1976-1977

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	34
Best results Open Era	1 x semifinalist 2 x quarterfinalist 1 x R16
Best results Amateur Era	7 x champion 5 x finalist 7 x semifinalist
Total matches	191
W/L-record	164-27 (86% 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.

Maria Bueno – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1977	US Open	Open Era	R64	37
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	37
1976	US Open	Open Era	R32	36
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	36
1976	French Open	Open Era	R64	36
1968	US Open	Open Era	S	28
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	28
1968	French Open	Open Era	Q	28
1967	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	27
1966	US Open	Amateur Era	W	26
1966	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	26
1966	French Open	Amateur Era	S	26
1965	US Open	Amateur Era	S	25
1965	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	25
1965	French Open	Amateur Era	S	25
1965	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	25
1964	US Open	Amateur Era	W	24
1964	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	24
1964	French Open	Amateur Era	F	24
1963	US Open	Amateur Era	W	23
1963	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	23
1962	US Open	Amateur Era	S	22
1962	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	22
1961	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	21
1960	US Open	Amateur Era	F	20
1960	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	20
1960	French Open	Amateur Era	S	20
1960	Australian Open	Amateur Era	Q	20
1959	US Open	Amateur Era	W	19
1959	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	19
1959	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	19
1958	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	18
1958	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	18
1958	French Open	Amateur Era	S	18