Ross Case

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Ross Case’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

Peak came in 1974 with a semifinal run

Ross Case’s deepest Grand Slam result was the 1974 Australian Open semifinal at age 22. That stands out as his only result beyond the quarterfinal stage across 38 tournaments.

Best stretch clustered between ages 21 and 27

His strongest results were concentrated from 1973 to 1979: one semifinal, two quarterfinals, and four round-of-16 finishes in the Open Era. During that span he repeatedly reached at least the third round, especially at the Australian Open and US Open.

Australian Open was his most productive Slam

Across the data, the Australian Open produced his best result, his only semifinal, both quarterfinal appearances, and multiple additional deep runs. It is also the only Slam where he reached the round of 16 in both the Amateur Era and Open Era.

Late-career decline was sharp after 1980

After reaching the US Open round of 32 in 1980 at age 28, his final three Grand Slam seasons all ended in the first or second round. In 1981 and 1982, every recorded result was R128 or R64.

Career volume was high but conversion to late rounds was limited

He played 38 Grand Slam tournaments and won 56 of 94 matches, a 60% record. Even so, only one result reached the semifinal stage, and just three total results got as far as the quarterfinals or better.

Basics

Born	1 November 1951
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1968-1969, 1971-1982

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	38
Best results Open Era	1 x semifinalist 2 x quarterfinalist 4 x R16
Best results Amateur Era	1 x R16
Total matches	94
W/L-record	56-38 (60% 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.

Ross Case – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1982	Australian Open	Open Era	R128	31
1981	US Open	Open Era	R128	29
1981	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	29
1981	French Open	Open Era	R128	29
1980	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	29
1980	US Open	Open Era	R32	28
1980	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	28
1980	French Open	Open Era	R128	28
1979	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	28
1979	US Open	Open Era	R128	27
1979	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	27
1979	French Open	Open Era	R32	27
1978	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	27
1978	US Open	Open Era	R128	26
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	26
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	Q	26
1977	US Open	Open Era	R128	25
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	25
1976	US Open	Open Era	R64	24
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	24
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	24
1975	US Open	Open Era	R32	23
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	23
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	23
1974	US Open	Open Era	R128	22
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	22
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	S	22
1973	US Open	Open Era	R16	21
1973	French Open	Open Era	R128	21
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	21
1972	US Open	Open Era	R32	20
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	20
1971	US Open	Open Era	R64	19
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	19
1971	French Open	Open Era	R64	19
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	19
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	17
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	R16	16