Mima Jaušovec

Insights

Peak run came in 1977

Her only Grand Slam title is the 1977 French Open, and it sits alongside two other deep runs: a 1976 US Open semifinal and a 1978 French Open final. Those three results mark the clear high point of her Slam career.

French Open was her strongest major

Across the French Open rows she reached the title, a final, and later a semifinal-equivalent quarterfinal run to the round of 16 in 1982 and round of 32 in 1984-1987. No other Slam shows that combination of a championship and repeated late-stage appearances.

Best results clustered between ages 20 and 26

Her top outcomes all came before age 27: the 1977 French Open win at 20, the 1978 French Open final at 21, the 1980 Australian Open semifinal at 24, and the 1983 French Open final at 26. After that, her results never again moved beyond the round of 32.

Strongest stretch ran from 1976 to 1983

From 1976 through 1983 she produced all of her standout results, including one title, two finals, one semifinal, and multiple quarterfinal or round-of-16 finishes. The later years from 1984 to 1988 were a clear decline, with no result better than the round of 32.

Longevity without matching late-career peaks

She played 42 Grand Slam tournaments and 140 matches, finishing 99-41 for a 71% win rate. Even so, her last five listed appearances from 1984 to 1988 were all early exits, ending with round-of-128 losses at the 1987 French Open and 1988 Australian Open.