Mona Barthel

Insights

Only one second-week run, at the 2017 Australian Open

Barthel’s lone Grand Slam round-of-16 result came at the 2017 Australian Open, where she reached R16 at age 26. Across 36 tournaments and 57 matches, that was her deepest finish.

Her best stretch came in 2013-2015, with four straight years of second-week or near-second-week results

From 2013 through 2015 she repeatedly moved beyond the opening round: R64 at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2013, R32 at both Australian Open and French Open in 2014, and R32 at the 2015 US Open. That cluster stands out against the many R128 exits elsewhere.

Australian Open was her strongest major by peak results

She produced her best Australian Open finishes twice: R32 in 2012 and 2014, R64 in 2015 and 2018, and the lone R16 in 2017. No other Slam shows a comparable peak, since her French Open and Wimbledon bests stop at R32 and her US Open best at R32.

Her career was heavily weighted toward early exits

Of 36 Grand Slam tournaments, 10 ended in R64 and 4 in R32, while 21 of her 57 matches were wins. The results table also shows 15 R128 exits, making first-round losses her most common outcome.

She returned in 2021 after a two-year Grand Slam gap

Her Grand Slam career is listed as 2011-2019 and 2021, and the results table shows no appearances in 2020. Her comeback produced two 2021 starts at age 30: R128 at Wimbledon and R64 at the Australian Open.