Peng Shuai

Insights

Peak came in 2014, when she reached the semifinals

Her best Grand Slam result is a single semifinal, and it came at the 2014 US Open at age 28. That season also included a Wimbledon round of 16, making 2014 her clear high-water mark.

2011-2014 was her strongest four-year stretch

Across those four seasons she reached at least the round of 32 every year, with three round-of-16 runs in 2011, 2012 and 2014. The sequence culminated in the 2014 semifinal, before results dropped back to early-round exits.

She was most productive on hard courts, especially in New York and Melbourne

Her best Australian Open result was the round of 16 in 2015, and her best US Open result was the semifinal in 2014. By contrast, her French Open peak was only the round of 32, and Wimbledon peaked at the round of 16.

Her late-career Grand Slam results fell sharply after age 29

At 29 she still reached the Australian Open round of 16 in 2015, but from age 30 onward she never advanced beyond the round of 128. The final six tournaments in the data all ended in either R128 or R64.

She played 51 majors and finished almost exactly at break-even

Her Grand Slam record is 53-51 across 104 matches, a 51% win rate. That volume places her at 51 tournaments, with a career spanning 2004 to 2020.