Neale Fraser

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Neale Fraser’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

Amateur-era peak: three titles plus four more finals

Across the Amateur Era rows, Fraser reached seven finals and converted three into championships: the US Open and Wimbledon in 1960, plus the US Open in 1959. He also finished runner-up four times, showing a sustained title-level peak rather than a single breakthrough.

1962 was a rare all-semifinal Slam season

In 1962, Fraser reached the semifinals at all three listed events: the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. That makes it his most uniform Grand Slam season in the data, with every appearance ending one round short of the final.

Open Era results dropped sharply after 1968

His Open Era record is limited to five tournaments and only one result better than the opening rounds: a round-of-16 at the 1972 Australian Open. The remaining four Open Era appearances ended in the round of 64 or round of 128, all between ages 38 and 41.

Best results came before age 30

Fraser’s strongest Grand Slam outcomes cluster between ages 22 and 28. His three titles, four finals, and nine semifinal finishes all occur in that span, while the later entries at ages 34, 38, 39, 40, and 41 are far shallower.

Australian Open was his most frequent deep run venue

Among the rows shown, the Australian Open appears most often in his deepest finishes: three semifinals, three finals, and one title-level run to the final in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, and 1968. That concentration stands out against his more mixed French Open and Wimbledon results.

Basics

Born	3 October 1933
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1956-1960, 1962, 1968, 1972-1975

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	30
Best results Open Era	1 x R16 4 x R64 3 x R128
Best results Amateur Era	3 x champion 4 x finalist 9 x semifinalist
Total matches	147
W/L-record	120-27 (82% 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.

Neale Fraser – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	41
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	41
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	40
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	40
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	39
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	39
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	38
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	38
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	R16	34
1962	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	28
1962	French Open	Amateur Era	S	28
1962	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	28
1960	US Open	Amateur Era	W	26
1960	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	26
1960	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	26
1960	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	26
1959	US Open	Amateur Era	W	25
1959	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	25
1959	French Open	Amateur Era	S	25
1959	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	25
1958	US Open	Amateur Era	S	24
1958	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	24
1958	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	24
1958	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	24
1957	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	23
1957	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	23
1957	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	23
1956	US Open	Amateur Era	S	22
1956	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	22
1956	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	22