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Matt Mitchell

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Matt Mitchell’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.

Insights

Best runs came in two different years, both at age 27 or younger

Mitchell’s top Grand Slam results were two round-of-32 finishes: the 1979 Australian Open at age 22 and the 1984 Australian Open at age 27. Those are his only results better than round of 64.

His Slam record was heavily concentrated in first-round exits

Of 28 total matches, 16 ended in R128, compared with only 3 R64 and 2 R32 results. That distribution matches his 7-21 overall record and shows how rarely he advanced beyond the opening round.

1983 was his most active Slam season, but without a breakthrough

He played all four majors in 1983, yet every result was R128 at age 26. It is the clearest example of volume without progress in his Grand Slam career.

His career stretched across two separate spans

The Grand Slam career line shows 1976-1977 and 1979-1985, with no results listed for 1978. That gap splits his Slam appearances into an early two-year phase and a longer later run.

Wimbledon was his only non-Australian Open result above R128

Across 21 tournaments, his only Wimbledon finish better than R128 was R64 in 1985 at age 28. Every other non-Australian Open result listed is R128.

Basics

Born 16 March 1957
GenderMale
NationUnited States
EraOpen Era
Grand Slam careerCareer1976-1977, 1979-1985

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments21
Best results
2 x R32
3 x R64
16 x R128
Total matches28
W/L-record7-21 (25% won)

Compared with other men

In the Open Era#820 of 2311
With overlapping career#281 of 531
From United States#171 of 466
Born in 1957#7 of 26

Grand Slam results

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Matt Mitchell – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
YearTournamentResultAge
1985Australian OpenR12828
1985US OpenR12828
1985WimbledonR6428
1985French OpenR12828
1984Australian OpenR3227
1984US OpenR12827
1984WimbledonR12827
1984French OpenR12827
1983Australian OpenR12826
1983US OpenR12826
1983WimbledonR12826
1983French OpenR12826
1982Australian OpenR12825
1982US OpenR6425
1981Australian OpenR6424
1980US OpenR12823
1980WimbledonR12823
1979Australian OpenR3222
1979US OpenR12822
1977US OpenR12820
1976US OpenR12819